Anthony Wayland Wright (born 11 March 1948) is a British Labour Party politician and author, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cannock Chase from 1997 to 2010.

He was a lecturer in politics from 1975 to 1992 at the University of Birmingham (School of Continuing Studies), where he is now an honorary professor.

He has a keen interest in constitutional affairs, and from 1999 to 2010 was chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee.

[1] On 10 May 2010, University College London announced that Wright had been appointed Professor of Government and Public Policy.

[3] He married Moira Phillips in 1973 in Oxford, and they have three sons, one of whom is BBC political correspondent Ben Wright.