Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6562/020 7219 2870
Fax: 020 7219 8602
trotmang@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Labour) for Monmouth 1966-70, for Swansea East October 1974-2005
Parliamentary career
PPS:
to Minister of Defence (Administration) 1969-70,
to Sam Silkin as Attorney General 1974-79;
Opposition Frontbench Spokesperson for:
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1983-92,
Defence, Disarmament and Arms Control 1993-94,
Shadow Solicitor General 1994-96
Party groups
Welsh Labour Group:
Vice-chair 1969-70,
Chair 1977-78
Select committees
Chair: Welsh Affairs 1981-83;
Member: Chairman's Panel 1994-97;
Chair: Foreign Affairs 1997-2005
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1970-75;
Vice-President, Institute of Environmental Health Officers 1984-95;
DL, West Glamorgan 2006-
International bodies
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) UK Branch:
Member, Executive Committee 1983-2012,
Vice-chair 1987-88, 2007-08, 2010-11,
Treasurer 1990-93,
Special Representative 1989-90,
Chair 1997-2001;
Co-founder and Senior Vice-President, Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA) (Southern) 1984-97;
Inter-Parliamentary Union:
Member,
Vice-chair 1985-88,
Treasurer 1988-90, 1993-95;
UK Delegation to North Atlantic Assembly:
Member 1992-2005,
Leader 1997-2001,
Leader of Socialist Group 1997-2001;
Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe:
Member 1997-2001,
Leader UK delegation 1997-98;
Executive Committee Member:
Inter-Parliamentary Union British Group 1983-2001, 2005-06, 2007-,
British-American Parliamentary Group 2006-,
UK Delegation to Council of Europe and WEU Assembly 2008-
Political interests
Wales, foreign affairs, law, transport
Countries of interest
Africa particularly South Africa, Central Europe and Balkans, EU, France, Germany, Norway
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Anderson of Swansea, of Swansea in the County of West Glamorgan 2005
Register of Interests
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Board Member, Mercy Ships UK (charity)