Gwilym Roberts

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Gwilym Edffrwd Roberts (born 7 August 1928) is a British Labour Party politician.

Roberts 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.

Roberts contested Ormskirk in 1959 and Conway in 1964. He was Member of Parliament for South Bedfordshire from 1966 to 1970, and for Cannock from 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.

Following 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 continues to serve 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 was most recently re-elected to this division in May 2005.

[edit] References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 & 1983
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Norman Cole	Member of Parliament for South Bedfordshire 1966–1970	Succeeded by David Madel
Preceded by Patrick Cormack	Member of Parliament for Cannock 1974–1983	Succeeded by (constituency abolished) (see Cannock and Burntwood)