Owain ap Gruffydd,commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr or Glyn Dŵr,was a Welsh leader,soldier and military commander in the Late Middle Ages,who led a 15-year-long revolt with the aim of ending English rule in Wales. He was an educated lawyer,forming the first Welsh parliament under his rule,and was the last native-born Welshman to claim the title Prince of Wales.
John Arthur Stevens,Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington,was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2000 until 2005. From 1991 to 1996,he was Chief Constable of Northumbria Police before being appointed one of HM Inspectors of Constabulary in September 1996. He was then appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Met in 1998 until his promotion to Commissioner in 2000. He was a writer for the News of the World,for £7,000 an article,until his resignation as the hacking scandal progressed.
Flintshire is a county in the north-east of Wales. It has a maritime border with Merseyside along the Dee Estuary to the north,and land borders with Cheshire to the east,Wrexham County Borough to the south,and Denbighshire to the west. Connah's Quay is the largest town,while Flintshire County Council is based in Mold.
Douglas Martin Hogg,3rd Viscount Hailsham,Baron Hailsham of Kettlethorpe,is a British politician and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party,he served in John Major’s second government as Minister of Agriculture,Fisheries and Food from 1995 to 1997,and was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2010.
Cynog Glyndwr Dafis is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. Born Cynog Glyndwr Davies at Treboeth in Swansea,Glamorganshire,Wales,he was initially a school teacher and researcher before entering politics.
Mark Richard Tami is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Alyn and Deeside since 2001. He has served as Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons since 2023.
Richard Arthur Lloyd Livsey,Baron Livsey of Talgarth was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnorshire from 1985 to 1992,and again from 1997 to 2001.
Dafydd Wynne Wigley,Baron Wigley,is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from 1981 to 1984 and again from 1991 to 2000. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Caernarfon from 1974 to 2001 and as the Member of the Welsh Assembly for Caernarfon from 1999 to 2003. In 2010,Wigley was granted life peerage,taking his seat in the House of Lords in 2011.
Ivor Seward Richard,Baron Richard,was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 until 1974. He was also a member of the European Commission and latterly sat as a life peer in the House of Lords.
In the United Kingdom,life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited,in contrast to hereditary peers. With the exception of the Dukedom of Edinburgh awarded for life to Prince Edward in 2023,all life peerages conferred since 2009 have been created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 with the rank of baron and entitle their holders to sit and vote in the House of Lords,presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship. The legitimate children of a life peer appointed under the Life Peerages Act 1958 are entitled to style themselves with the prefix "The Honourable",although they cannot inherit the peerage itself. Prior to 2009,life peers of baronial rank could also be so created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 for senior judges.
Frederick Elwyn Elwyn-Jones,Baron Elwyn-Jones,,commonly known as Elwyn Jones,was a Welsh barrister and Labour politician.
Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas,Baron Elis-Thomas,,is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from 1984 to 1991 and represented the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency in the Senedd from 1999 to 2021.
Herbert William Bowden,Baron Aylestone,was a British Labour politician.
Alyn and Deeside is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created in 1983,and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post method of election.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2001 to Wales and its people.
Dafydd Elystan Elystan-Morgan,Baron Elystan-Morgan,known as Elystan Morgan,was a Welsh politician. He sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords from 1981 to 2020,and served as a Labour MP from 1966 to 1974.
David Sydney Rowe-Beddoe,Baron Rowe-Beddoe,was a Welsh businessman and life peer who was a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Lord Rowe-Beddoe was chairman of the Welsh Development Agency,and was chairman of Cardiff Airport until November 2016.
The 2001 Dissolution Honours List was gazetted on 2 June 2001 prior to the General Election of the same year by the Prime Minister,Tony Blair.
The Alyn and Deeside by-election,2018 is a by-election that took place in the National Assembly for Wales constituency of Alyn and Deeside on Tuesday 6 February 2018,following the death of incumbent Labour AM Carl Sargeant on 7 November 2017.
Jack Sargeant is a Welsh Labour Party politician,and a Member of the Senedd (MS). He represents the Alyn and Deeside constituency,where he succeeded his father Carl Sargeant following the February 2018 by-election.
