Tony Wright (Cannock Chase MP)
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Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase Cannock and Burntwood (1992–1997) |
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In office 10 April 1992 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Gerald Howarth |
| Succeeded by | Aidan Burley |
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11 March 1948 Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Moira Wright |
| Children | Three sons |
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London School of Economics Balliol College, Oxford Harvard University |
Anthony Wayland Wright (born 11 March 1948) is a British Labour Party politician and author, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cannock Chase from 1997 to 2010. He was first elected in 1992 for Cannock and Burntwood.
Wright was educated at Desborough County Primary School, then Kettering Grammar School (now known as the Tresham Institute although the old building has been recently knocked down) on Windmill Avenue in Kettering. Wright was educated at the London School of Economics (gaining a First class honours BSc in Government in 1970), Harvard University (where he was a Kennedy Scholar from 1970–1), and Balliol College, Oxford, gaining a DPhil in 1973.
He was a lecturer in politics at the University College of North Wales, Bangor from 1973–5. He was a lecturer in politics from 1975–92 at the University of Birmingham (School of Continuing Studies), where he is now an honorary professor.
He contested the Kidderminster seat in 1979. He has a keen interest in constitutional affairs, and from 1999 to 2010 was Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee. He also chaired the Reform of the House of Commons Committee ("the Wright Committee") from 2008 to 2009. He has written or edited 21 books.
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