Tony Wright (Staffordshire politician)

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Anthony Wayland Wright, known as Tony Wright, (born 11 March 1948) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour member of Parliament for Cannock Chase, and was first elected in 1992 for Cannock and Burntwood.

He was educated at the London School of Economics, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard University, where he was a Kennedy Scholar.

He was a lecturer in politics at the University of Birmingham, where he is now an honorary professor. He has a keen interest in constitutional affairs, and since 1999 he has been Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee. He is also the author of several books.

He should not be confused with Anthony David Wright, MP for Great Yarmouth.

[edit] Works

Restating the State? (Blackwell, 2004) ISBN 1-4051-2454-7
British Politics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford Paperbacks, 2002) ISBN 0-19-285459-3
The British Political Process: An Introduction edited by Tony Wright (Routledge, 1999) ISBN 0-415-04965-2
New Social Democracy edited by Tony Wright and Andrew Gamble (Blackwell, 1999) ISBN 0-631-21765-7
The People's Party: the History of the Labour Party with Matt Carter (Thames and Hudson, 1997) ISBN 0-500-01768-9
Why Vote Labour? (Penguin, 1997) ISBN 0-14-026397-7
Who Wins Dares: New Labour - New Politics (Fabian Society, 1997) ISBN 0-7163-0579-8
Socialisms: Old and New (Routledge, 1996) ISBN 0-415-15179-1
Power to the Back Benches? Restoring the Balance Between Government and Parliament by Stuart Weir, Tony Wright (Charter 88, 1996) ISBN 1-873311-36-2
Values, Visions and Voices edited with Gordon Brown (Mainstream, 1995) ISBN 1-85158-731-4
Beyond the Patronage State (Fabian Society, 1995) ISBN 0-7163-0569-0
Contemporary Political Ideologies edited by Roger Eatwell, Anthony Wright (Pinter, 1993) ISBN 0-86187-096-4
Citizens and Subjects (Routledge, 1993) ISBN 0-415-04964-4
Political Thought Since 1945: Philosophy, Science, Ideology edited by Leonard Tivey, Anthony Wright (Edward Elgar, 1992) ISBN 1-85278-311-7
Consuming Public Services by Nicholas Deakin, Anthony Wright (Routledge, 1990) ISBN 0-415-03208-3
Matters of Death and Life: a Study of Bereavement Support in NHS Hospitals in England (King's Fund, 1988) ISBN 1-870551-84-2
R.H. Tawney (Manchester University, 1987) ISBN 0-7190-1998-2
Socialisms: Theories and Practices (Oxford University Press, 1986) ISBN 0-19-219188-8
Socialism and Decentralisation (Fabian Society, 1984) ISBN 0-7163-0496-1
Worlds of Labour: Essays in Birmingham Labour History edited by Anthony Wright, Richard Shackleton (University of Birmingham, 1983) ISBN 0-7044-0673-X
G.D.H.Cole and Socialist Democracy (Oxford University, 1979) ISBN 0-19-827421-1

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gerald Howarth	Member of Parliament for Cannock and Burntwood 1992–1997	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase 1997 – present	Incumbent