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CodeDS/UK/14453
NameBanks; Tony (8 April 1942-8 January 2006); Baron Stratford; British Labour Party politician
Variations of NameAnthony Louis Banks
Dates8 April 1942-8 January 2006
GenderMale (cisgender)
Place of Birth/OriginBelfast, Northern Ireland (born)
RelationshipsSon of Albert Herbert Banks (sergeant in Royal Army Service Corps) and Olive Irene Rene Rusca
BiographyTony Banks, Baron Stratford was a British politician who served as Minister for Sport from 1997 to 1999. A member of the Labour Party, he was a member of Parliament from 1983 to 2005 and subsequently as a member of the House of Lords. He was well known in the House of Commons for his acid tongue.

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