| The Right Honourable The Lord Anderson of Swansea PC, DL |
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| Member of Parliament for Swansea East |
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| In office 10 October 1974 – 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Neil McBride |
| Succeeded by | Sian James |
| Member of Parliament for Monmouth |
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| In office 31 March 1966 – 18 June 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Thorneycroft |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Stradling Thomas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1939 Swansea |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Swansea University |
Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea, PC, DL (born 17 June 1939, Swansea), is a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament for Swansea East from 1966 to 1970 and from 1974 to 2005.
Anderson was educated at Brynmill Primary School in Swansea, Liberton High School, Swansea Grammar School (now known as Bishop Gore School) and Swansea University.
He was one of the longest-serving Members of Parliament in the UK in recent years. He 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.
From 1971 to 1974 he was a Labour councillor in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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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 Oct 1974–2005 |
Succeeded by Sian James |