Tony Banks politician

Anthony Louis Banks (Tony Banks) (born April 8, 1943) is an British politician, and member of Parliament for West Ham. He is a member of the Labour Party, and was Sports Minister from 1997 to 1999.

He was born in Belfast and educated at St John's School, Brixton, Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School in Kennington, University of York and the London School of Economics.

During the 1970s and 1980s he was a prominent member of the Greater London Council representing Hammersmith (1970-1977) and Tooting (1981-1986). From 1983 to 1997 was the Labour MP for Newham North West and has represented West Ham since 1997.

In 1964 he -- unsuccessfully -- stood for the Liberal Party in the first elections to the new London Boroughs.

See also

Chris Whitbread Conservative Party Spokesman for West Ham

External links

• Labour Party - West Ham (http://www.labour.org.uk/maps/locinfo.phtml?ctid=2764) official biography
• Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Tony Banks (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-221.html)
• They Work For You - Tony Banks (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?pid=10025)

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