Tony Newton

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Antony Harold Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, OBE PC, known as Tony Newton, (born August 29, 1937), is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member. He was member of Parliament for Braintree, until defeated in the 1997 general election, and is now a member of the House of Lords.

Educated at Friends School Saffron Walden, and Trinity College, Oxford, where he was President of the Union, he became MP for Braintree in 1974, and was a government whip in 1979. In 1982 he moved to a junior ministerial position at the Department of Health and Social Security, where he remained until 1988.

He became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and a minister at the DTI for a year, and then became Secretary of State for Social Security from 1989 to 1992, then Leader of the House of Commons until 1997. After he lost his seat he was created a life peer as Baron Newton of Braintree, of Coggleshall in the County of Essex.

Political offices
Preceded by Kenneth Clarke	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1988–1989	Succeeded by Kenneth Baker
Preceded by John Moore	Secretary of State for Social Security 1989–1992	Succeeded by Peter Lilley
Preceded by John MacGregor	Lord President of the Council 1992–1997	Succeeded by Ann Taylor
	Leader of the House of Commons 1992–1997