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Alan Howarth

Born: 11 June 1944

Baron Howarth of Newport - 16 June 2005

Member of Privy Council - 28 July 2000

King's College, Cambridge

Rugby School

Assistant Government Whip	1987	1988
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	1988	1989
Under Secretary of State for Education and Science	1989	11 April 1992
Under Secretary of State for Education and Employment	5 May 1997

9 June 1983	Stratford-on-Avon	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,041	60.90
11 June 1987	Stratford-on-Avon	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,483	61.93
9 April 1992	Stratford-on-Avon	Conservative & Unionist Party	40,224	59.22
7 October 1995 Alan Howarth resigns from the Conservative Party and joins the Labour Party.
1 May 1997	Newport East	Labour Party	21,481	57.65
7 June 2001	Newport East	Labour Party	17,120	54.73