Anthony Staddon Biography

Educated at Southampton and Newcastle Universities, Anthony has a first degree in Politics and a Masters in European Union Studies. Anthony worked as an adviser to the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Edward Heath KG MBE, from 1995 to 1999, and joined the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in December 1999 as an Assistant Director. Between June 2002 and December 2006, Anthony headed the Secretary-General's office working closely with the then Secretary-General of the CPA, Denis Marshall, a former Minister in New Zealand.

In addition to work at Westminster, Anthony has engaged with a number of parliaments including legislatures in Trinidad & Tobago, Kenya, Solomon Islands, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Fiji & Nigeria. In 2007, Anthony acted as a consultant for the World Bank Institute as part of a parliamentary strengthening program and he is currently a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Westminster where his research interests include parliamentary development; democracy and good governance; and European Union politics.