Gwilym Jones

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

Gwilym Jones
Member of Parliament for Cardiff North
In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Ian Grist
Succeeded by	Julie Morgan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office 20 July 1994[1] – 2 May 1997 Alongside Rod Richards then Jonathan Evans
Succeeded by	Peter Hain & Win Griffiths[2]
Personal details
Born	20 September 1947 Chiswick, London, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Children	Fay Jones

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.

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, was elected in 2019 to serve Brecon and Radnorshire after beating Liberal Democrat incumbent Jane Dodds,[8] who had been the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats since 2017. Fay became the first Conservative woman to represent her constituency and one of the first three female Welsh Conservatives elected to Parliament.[9][10]

References

1. "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. Mosalski, Ruth (13 December 2019). "The General Election result in Brecon and Radnorshire". Wales Online. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
10. "General election 2019: Tories re-take Brecon and Radnorshire". BBC News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.

Offices held