Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea
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Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea, PC, DL (b. 17 June 1939, Swansea), is a British Labour politician and was a Member of Parliament until 2005.
Educated at Brynmill Primary School, Swansea Grammar School (now known as Bishop Gore School) and Swansea University, Anderson was one of the longest-serving Members of Parliament in the UK of recent years.
Anderson retired from Parliament at the 2005 general election. On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer, and on 28 June 2005 he was created Baron Anderson of Swansea, of Swansea in the County of West Glamorgan. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of West Glamorgan in February 2006.
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| Preceded by Peter Thorneycroft |
Member of Parliament for Monmouth 1966–1970 |
Succeeded by Sir John Stradling Thomas |
| Preceded by Neil McBride |
Member of Parliament for Swansea East 1974–2005 |
Succeeded by Sian James |
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