Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea


Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea, is a British Labour Party politician, who was one of the longest-serving Members of Parliament in recent years, his service totalling 34 years.

Education

Anderson was educated at Brynmill Primary School in Swansea, Swansea Grammar School and Swansea University.

Political career

He entered the House of Commons in 1966 for Monmouth until being defeated in 1970 by the Conservative John Stradling Thomas.
From 1971 to 1974, he was a resident in Kensington and Chelsea and councillor in a neighbouring borough.
He then re-entered the Commons in October 1974, as MP for Swansea East. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 2000, and retired from Parliament at the 2005 general election.
In the 2005 Dissolution Honours, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Anderson of Swansea, of Swansea in the County of West Glamorgan. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of West Glamorgan in January 2006. Anderson belongs to Labour Friends of Israel.