Ronald Davies is a Welsh politician,former Secretary of State for Wales,former Member of Parliament and former member of the Welsh Assembly. He describes himself as a politician belonging to the "traditional left" who had "spent his life looking for a socialist progressive party". He was a member of the Labour Party,Forward Wales (2004-2009),an independent and eventually joined Plaid Cymru in 2010.
Sir Graham Stuart Brady is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham and Sale West since 1997. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Chairman of the 1922 Committee since 2020,previously holding the position from 2010 to 2019. During his tenure as 1922 Committee chairman,he has overseen votes of no confidence into prime ministers Theresa May and Boris Johnson.
(William) Richard Fletcher-Vane,2nd Baron Inglewood,usually called Richard Inglewood,is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Wayne David MP is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caerphilly since 2001. A member of the Labour Party,he was Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party from 1994 to 1998 and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1999. As an MEP,he represented South Wales from 1989 to 1994 and South Wales Central from 1994 to 1999.
Dame Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chesham and Amersham from 1992 until her death in 2021. A member of the Conservative Party,she served as Secretary of State for Wales from 2010 to 2012.
Charles Hendry is a British Conservative Party politician. Formerly the member of parliament for High Peak between the 1992 and 1997 general elections,he was returned as the MP for Wealden in 2001. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change and served until 2012. He stood down at the 2015 general election.
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.
The Welsh devolution referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative referendum held in Wales on 18 September 1997 over whether there was support for the creation of a National Assembly for Wales,and therefore a degree of self-government. The referendum was a Labour manifesto commitment and was held in their first term after the 1997 election under the provisions of the Referendums Act 1997. This was the second referendum held in Wales over the question of devolution:the first referendum was held in 1979 and was defeated by a large majority.
Timothy John Robert Kirkhope,Baron Kirkhope of Harrogate is a British lawyer and politician who previously served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber for the Conservative Party. After serving for ten years as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North East,he was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999. Between December 2004 and November 2010 he was leader of the Conservative delegation for a total of six years. He was the chairman of the Conservative Friends of Israel's Europe grouping,the European Conservatives Spokesman on Justice and Home Affairs,and a member of the European Parliament's U.S Delegation. In 2016,he was created a life peer.
Sir David George Hanson is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Delyn from 1992 to 2019. He held several ministerial offices in the Blair and Brown governments,serving in the Home Office,Ministry of Justice,Wales Office,Northern Ireland Office and Whips' Office. Hanson sat on Ed Miliband's opposition front bench as a Shadow Treasury Minister,and later the Shadow Immigration Minister.
Jessica Elizabeth Morden is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newport East since 2005.
Nicholas Henry Bourne,Baron Bourne of Aberystwyth is a Conservative Party politician who served as Leader of the Welsh Conservative Party and Member of the Senedd for Mid and West Wales from August 1999 until May 2011.
Jonathan Morgan,is a Welsh Conservative politician,who served as a Conservative Assembly Member (AM) for South Wales Central from 1999 to 2007 and AM for Cardiff North from 2007 to 2011. In the National Assembly elections in 2011 he was beaten by Labour's candidate Julie Morgan,wife of former First Minister Rhodri Morgan.
Darren David Millar is a British politician who has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Clwyd West since 2007. He is a member of the Welsh Conservatives.
Andrew Robert Tudor Davies CBE is a British politician serving as Leader of the Welsh Conservative Group in the Senedd since 2021,previously holding the position from 2011 to 2018. He has been a Member of the Senedd (MS) since 2007.
Paul Windsor Davies is a British politician who currently serves as Member of the Senedd (MS) for Preseli Pembrokeshire,a position he has held since 2007 election. He gained the seat from Labour and was re-elected in May 2011,and again in May 2016.
Patricia Morris,Baroness Morris of Bolton,OBE,DL,is a British peer and former Shadow Minister for Women and an Opposition Whip for the Conservative Party.
Philip Pedley is a British Conservative activist who held a number of positions in the Conservative Party at local,regional and national level and was appointed Deputy Chairman of one of the largest quangos in Wales. He was educated at Calday Grange Grammar School and Lancaster University.
The 2005 Dissolution Honours List was issued after the General Election of the same year on the advice of the Prime Minister,Tony Blair.
Christopher Philip James Elmore is a Welsh Labour Party politician. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ogmore since 2016.
