Gwilym Jones
Member of Parliament
for Cardiff North
In office
9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byIan Grist
Succeeded byJulie Morgan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office
20 July 1994[1] – 2 May 1997
Alongside Rod Richards then Jonathan Evans
Succeeded byPeter Hain & Win Griffiths[2]
Personal details
Born (1947-09-20) 20 September 1947 (age 76)
Chiswick, London, England
Political partyConservative
ChildrenFay Jones

Gwilym Haydn Jones (born 20 September 1947) is a British Conservative politician who served as Under Secretary of State in the Welsh Office.

Early life

Gwilym Jones was born in Chiswick, London, on 20 September 1947 and moved to Cardiff in 1960. He worked as an insurance broker.[3] When he was 21 he was elected to Cardiff City Council, and is believed to be its youngest ever member. He became deputy leader and acting leader of the Conservative group on the council.[citation needed]

Parliament

At the 1983 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Cardiff North. He retained his seat until the 1997 election,[4] when was defeated by Labour's Julie Morgan.[5] Between 1994 and 1997 he served as Under Secretary of State in the Welsh Office.[1]

Personal life

Jones is active in freemasonry.[6][7] His daughter, Fay Jones, was elected in 2019 to serve Brecon and Radnorshire after beating Liberal Democrat incumbent Jane Dodds.[8]

His wife Linda died on 28 February 2022, aged 75.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Holders of Ministerial Office in the Conservative Governments 1979-1997" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  2. ^ Coleman, Charley (3 July 2012). "Ministers in the Labour Governments: 1997–2010". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Gwilym Jones, MP, Papers". Archives Wales.
  4. ^ "Next generation?". South Wales Echo. 15 June 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  5. ^ "AM selected to fight MP seat". BBC News Online. 6 January 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Mark Year Book 2016" (PDF). South Wales Mark Master Masons. January 2017.
  7. ^ "Officers 2017 – 2018". Provisional Grand Chapter of South Wales. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Fay Jones 'over the moon' to win in Brecon and Radnorshire". Brecon & Radnor Express. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  9. ^ Jones, Fay [@JonesyFay] (27 March 2022). "We said goodbye to our lovely Mum on Friday, surrounded by beautiful sunshine and all her favourite people" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 March 2022 – via Twitter.

Offices held

Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byIan Grist Member of Parliament for Cardiff North 1983–1997 Succeeded byJulie Morgan


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