Tony Cunningham

Tony Cunningham
Shadow Minister for International Development
In office
7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013
Serving with Rushanara Ali
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byMark Lazarowicz
Succeeded byAlison McGovern
Gavin Shuker
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
5 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byAlan Campbell
Succeeded byJames Duddridge
Member of Parliament
for Workington
In office
7 June 2001 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byDale Campbell-Savours
Succeeded bySue Hayman
Member of the European Parliament
for Cumbria and Lancashire North
In office
1994–1999
Preceded byRichard Fletcher-Vane
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1952-09-16) 16 September 1952 (age 71)
Workington, Cumberland, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Anne Margaret Gilmore
(m. 1984)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool
Manchester Metropolitan University

Sir Thomas Anthony Cunningham DL (born 16 September 1952) is a British politician who served as member of parliament (MP) for Workington from 2001 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Cumbria and Lancashire North from 1994 to 1999.

Cunningham served in junior posts in the Blair and Brown governments from 2004 to 2010, and on Ed Miliband's opposition front bench from 2011 to 2013. Prior to his election to the European Parliament, he was Leader of Allerdale District Council from 1992 to 1994.


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