Thomas Anthony Cunningham (born 16 September1952, Workington) is Member of Parliament for Workington in the United Kingdom, and a member of the Labour Party. He became MP in 2001, having previously been leader of Allerdale District Council, and a member of the European Parliament for Cumbria North, from 1994 to 1999. Before entering politics he was a teacher at Netherhall School in Maryport. September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Workington once celebrated its own version of Easter Football. The somewhat questionable glories of Workington Easter football play have passed away, partly in consequence of the occupation of a portion of the playing ground by railways and works, and not less because of a change of feeling. ... 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. ... Workington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... Cumbria is a administrative county located in the northwest area of England. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Location within the British Isles. ...
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The Labour Party - Tony Cunningham MP official profile
Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Tony Cunningham MP
TonyCunningham was born in Workington and educated at the Workington Grammar School before attending the University of Liverpool where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 1975, and the Didsbury College, Manchester where he qualified as a tacher with a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in 1976.
TonyCunningham was elected at the 2001 General Election for the safe Labour seat of Workington on the retirement with a peerage Dale Campbell-Savours.
TonyCunningham is very sport minded, he is a qualified rugby union coach and referee, and has played cricket and football, as well as rugby (both league and union) competitively.
Cunningham was reportedly almost court-martialed while still in flight school for breaking into an office to compare his records with those of his colleagues—a charge denied by Cunningham, but supported by two of his superior officers at the time.
Cunningham was a member of the Appropriations and Intelligence committees, and chaired the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Human Intelligence Analysis and Counterintelligence during the 109th Congress.
Cunningham was the lead sponsor of the Shark Finning Prohibition Act, which banned the practice of shark finning in all US waters and pushed America to the lead on efforts to ban shark finning worldwide.
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