Tony Wright (Cannock Chase MP)

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Tony Wright MP
Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase Cannock and Burntwood (1992-1997)
Incumbent
Assumed office  9 April 1992
Preceded by	Gerald Howarth
Majority	9,227
Born	11 March 1948 (1948-03-11) (age 60) Leicester
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Moira Wright
Children	Three sons
Alma mater	London School of Economics Balliol College, Oxford Harvard University
Signature
Website	www.tonywright.org

Dr. Anthony Wayland Wright, known as Tony Wright, (born 11 March 1948) is a British author and politician. He is Labour member of Parliament for Cannock Chase, and was first elected in 1992 for Cannock and Burntwood.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Parliamentary career 3 Personal life 4 Works 5 External links 6 News items

[edit] Early life

He went to 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.

[edit] Parliamentary career

He contested the Kidderminster seat in 1979. He has a keen interest in constitutional affairs, and since 1999 he has been Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee. He has written or edited 21 books.

[edit] Personal life

He married Moira Phillips in 1973 in Oxford. He has had leukaemia.

[edit] Works

• Restating the State? (Blackwell, 2004) ISBN 1-4051-2454-7
• British Politics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford Paperbacks, 2002) ISBN 0-19-285459-3
• The British Political Process: An Introduction edited by Tony Wright (Routledge, 1999) ISBN 0-415-04965-2
• New Social Democracy edited by Tony Wright and Andrew Gamble (Blackwell, 1999) ISBN 0-631-21765-7
• The People's Party: the History of the Labour Party with Matt Carter (Thames and Hudson, 1997) ISBN 0-500-01768-9
• Why Vote Labour? (Penguin, 1997) ISBN 0-14-026397-7
• Who Wins Dares: New Labour - New Politics (Fabian Society, 1997) ISBN 0-7163-0579-8
• Socialisms: Old and New (Routledge, 1996) ISBN 0-415-15179-1
• Power to the Back Benches? Restoring the Balance Between Government and Parliament by Stuart Weir, Tony Wright (Charter 88, 1996) ISBN 1-873311-36-2
• Values, Visions and Voices edited with Gordon Brown (Mainstream, 1995) ISBN 1-85158-731-4
• Beyond the Patronage State (Fabian Society, 1995) ISBN 0-7163-0569-0
• Contemporary Political Ideologies edited by Roger Eatwell, Anthony Wright (Pinter, 1993) ISBN 0-86187-096-4
• Citizens and Subjects (Routledge, 1993) ISBN 0-415-04964-4
• Political Thought Since 1945: Philosophy, Science, Ideology edited by Leonard Tivey, Anthony Wright (Edward Elgar, 1992) ISBN 1-85278-311-7
• Consuming Public Services by Nicholas Deakin, Anthony Wright (Routledge, 1990) ISBN 0-415-03208-3
• Matters of Death and Life: a Study of Bereavement Support in NHS Hospitals in England (King's Fund, 1988) ISBN 1-870551-84-2
• R.H. Tawney (Manchester University, 1987) ISBN 0-7190-1998-2
• Socialisms: Theories and Practices (Oxford University Press, 1986) ISBN 0-19-219188-8
• Socialism and Decentralisation (Fabian Society, 1984) ISBN 0-7163-0496-1
• Worlds of Labour: Essays in Birmingham Labour History edited by Anthony Wright, Richard Shackleton (University of Birmingham, 1983) ISBN 0-7044-0673-X
• G.D.H.Cole and Socialist Democracy (Oxford University, 1979) ISBN 0-19-827421-1

[edit] External links

• www.tonywright.org - official site
• Tony Wright photos on Flickr
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Tony Wright MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Tony Wright MP
• BBC Politics page

[edit] News items

• Announcing his leukaemia in October 2004

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gerald Howarth	Member of Parliament for Cannock and Burntwood 1992–1997	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase 1997 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Rhodri Morgan	Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee 1999 – present	Incumbent