Tony Banks, Baron Stratford

The Lord Stratford
Official portrait, 2005
Minister for Sport
In office
2 May 1997 – 20 October 1999
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byIain Sproat
Succeeded byKate Hoey
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
23 June 2005 – 8 January 2006
Member of Parliament
for West Ham
Newham North West (1983–1997)
In office
9 June 1983 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byArthur Lewis
Succeeded byLyn Brown
Personal details
Born
Anthony Louis Banks

(1942-04-08)8 April 1942
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died8 January 2006(2006-01-08) (aged 63)
Fort Myers, Florida, US
Political partyLabour (after 1960s)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (1960s)
Alma mater

Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford (8 April 1942[1] – 8 January 2006) 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.[2]

  1. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography profile
  2. ^ BBC report on "wit and wisdom of Tony Banks", BBC News, 8 January 2006