The Right Honourable Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea PC (b. 17 June 1939), is a British Labour politician and was a Member of Parliament until 2005. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... 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. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Anderson was one of the longest-serving Members of Parliament in the UK of recent years, having first been elected for Monmouth in 1966, although he lost this seat in 1970 and was out of Parliament for four years. He was unfortunate in that his time as a frontbencher coincided neatly with Labour's wilderness years, depriving him of ministerial office. Nonetheless, he achieved a high profile as chairman of the Commons foreign affairs select committee and survived a government attempt to oust him after the 2001 general election. Creation 1536 MP David Davies Party Conservative Type House of Commons County Gwent EP constituency Wales Monmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The United Kingdom general election of 7 June 2001 was dubbed as the quiet landslide by the media. ...

He speaks with authority on international matters and was one of the Commons' leading opponents of the apartheid regime in South Africa. Anderson has been a consistent supporter of the European Union, since before Britain's entry into the European Economic Community. He is socially conservative on matters like abortion, homosexuality, and alcohol and was a supporter of the "Keep Sunday Special" campaign against Sunday trading. A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... Since its coining, the term homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-khwl الكحول, or al-ghawl الغول) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). ... Sunday shopping refers to the ability of retailers to operate stores on Sundays, in countries where Christian tradition typically require a day of rest. Rules governing Sunday shopping vary around the world but most European nations continue to not allow Sunday shopping, although it has been introduced in the Netherlands...

Anderson 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. Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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). ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...