The Rt. Hon. The Baron Howarth of Newport CBE PC, (born June 11, 1944) is a British politician, and was a Member of Parliament from 1983 until 2005. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand Cross... This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Alan Thomas Howarth was Conservative Party MP for Stratford-on-Avon, first elected in 1983. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Science from 1989 to 1992. In 1995 he defected from the Conservative Party to the Labour Party, the first MP to defect from the Tories to Labour since Sir Oswald Mosley. He wanted a new seat to contest as a Labour candidate and, after failing to win the seats of Wentworth and Wythenshawe, he was selected for the safe Labour seat of Newport East in Wales. The miners' leader Arthur Scargill stood against him under the Socialist Labour Party banner, but he easily held the seat for Labour. The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon is a town in Warwickshire, England. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party is a a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (November 16, 1896 - December 3, 1980) was a British politician principally known as the founder of the British Union of Fascists. ... Wentworth may refer to: Wentworth, New South Wales William Wentworth Wentworth, South Dakota Wentworth, Missouri Wentworth, North Carolina Wentworth, Grafton County, New Hampshire This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Wythenshawe is a housing estate to the south of Manchester. ... Newport East is a census-designated place located in Newport County, Rhode Island. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... Arthur Scargill (born January 11, 1938) was leader of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1981 to 2000 and is presently (2003) the leader of the Socialist Labour Party, a political party he founded in 1996. ... The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) is a small left-wing political party in the United Kingdom. ...

After the election victory of 1997 he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment, becoming Minister of Arts at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport the following year. He is also a member of the Privy Council. He was dropped from the government after the 2001 general election. He stood down from the House of Commons at the 2005 general election. Jessica Morden was selected to replace him as candidate by the Constituency Labour Party. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (sometimes abbreviated DCMS) is a department of the British government. ... This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... Jessica Morden is the Labour MP for Newport East. ... A Constituency Labour Party (CLP) is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party who live in a particular parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales. ...

On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer, and entered the House of Lords as Baron Howarth of Newport on 16 June 2005 May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is the third largest city in Wales (after Cardiff and Swansea). ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...