The Lord Howarth of Newport | |
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 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Arts | |
| In office 28 July 1998 – 7 June 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Mark Fisher |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Blackstone |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education | |
| In office 5 May 1997 – 28 July 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Jim Paice |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Hodge |
| In office 24 July 1989 – 28 November 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | John Butcher |
| Succeeded by | Tim Boswell |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 27 July 1988 – 24 July 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Mark Lennox-Boyd |
| Succeeded by | David Heathcoat-Amory |
| Member of Parliament for Newport East | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Roy Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Jessica Morden |
| Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon | |
| In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Angus Maude |
| Succeeded by | John Maples |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alan Thomas Howarth 11 June 1944 Marylebone, London, England |
| Political party | Labour (1995–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative (until 1995) |
| Spouse |
Gillian Chance
(m. 1967; div. 1996) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Alan Thomas Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport, CBE, PC (born 11 June 1944), is a British Labour Party politician and life peer who was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 2005. First elected as a Conservative before defecting to Labour in 1995, he is one of few politicians in recent years to have served as a minister in both Labour and Conservative governments. He currently sits in the House of Lords as a Labour life peer.