Gwilym Edffrwd Roberts (7 August 1928 – 15 March 2018) was a British Labour Party politician,[1] who was Member of Parliament for South Bedfordshire from 1966 to 1970, and for Cannock from February 1974 to 1983.
Gwilym Roberts | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Cannock | |
| In office 28 February 1974 – 13 May 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Patrick Cormack |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of Parliament for South Bedfordshire | |
| In office 31 March 1966 – 29 May 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Norman Cole |
| Succeeded by | David Madel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gwilym Edffrwd Roberts 7 August 1928 |
| Died | 15 March 2018 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse |
Mair Griffiths (m. 1954) |
| Education | Brynrefail Grammar School |
| Alma mater | University of Wales |
Early life
editRoberts was educated at Brynrefail Grammar School and the University of Wales. He was a lecturer in scientific management techniques and served as a councillor on Luton Borough Council from 1965. He married Mair Griffiths in 1954.[2]
Parliamentary career
editRoberts contested Ormskirk in 1959 and Conway in 1964. He was Member of Parliament for South Bedfordshire from 1966 to 1970, and for Cannock from February 1974 to 1983. Boundary changes that year changed his seat to Cannock and Burntwood, but he lost it in Labour's landslide defeat to the Conservative Gerald Howarth. He stood again in that constituency in 1987, but Howarth increased his majority.
After Parliament
editFollowing his Westminster defeat he resumed his career in local government, serving as leader of Cannock Chase District Council, where he represented the Rugeley ward of Brereton and Ravenhill until losing his seat in 2002. He served as a Labour councillor on Staffordshire County Council, representing the Brereton and Ravenhill division, which incorporates a slightly larger area than the district council ward of the same name. He retired from membership of the County Council in 2010.
He continued to live in Rugeley with his wife until his death in 2018.[3][2]
References
edit- ^ Benn, Tony (2013). Conflicts of Interest: Diaries 1977-80. Random House. p. 18. ISBN 9781448165117.
- ^ a b Julia Langdon (17 April 2018). "Gwilym Roberts obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ Well respected former MP and councillor dies
Sources
edit- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 & 1983
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
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