Win Griffiths
OBE
Member of Parliament
for Bridgend
In office
11 June 1987 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byPeter Hubbard-Miles
Succeeded byMadeleine Moon
Member of the European Parliament
for South Wales
In office
10 June 1979 – 15 June 1989
Preceded byConstituency Created
Succeeded byWayne David
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office
May 1997[1] – 29 July 1998
Alongside Peter Hain
Preceded byGwilym Jones & Jonathan Evans[2]
Succeeded byJon Owen Jones
Personal details
Born (1943-02-11) 11 February 1943
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour

Winston James Griffiths, OBE (born 11 February 1943), known as Win Griffiths, is a former teacher[3] and politician, who served as a Member of the European Parliament for South Wales from 1979 to 1989 and as member of parliament for Bridgend from 1987 to 2005 for the Labour Party.

He held a number of front bench roles in opposition and was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary[4] in the Welsh Office by Tony Blair in May 1997, but left government after the July 1998 reshuffle.[5] After leaving government he chaired the Welsh Grand Committee and retired from parliament in 2005.[3]

He served as chair of Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust following his retirement [6] and is now chairman of Wales Council for Voluntary Action and the Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust.

He was appointed an OBE in the 2011 New Year Honours list.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://researchbriefings.intranet.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN06065
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. 1 2 "Win Griffiths". 21 October 2002.
  4. ↑ "NHS Trusts (Running Costs): 18 Jun 1997: House of Commons debates".
  5. ↑ "BBC NEWS | Special Report | 1998 | 07/98 | Cabinet reshuffle | New faces join government".
  6. ↑ "Complaint over ex-MP's health job". June 2005.
  7. ↑ "Rugby legend Martyn Williams honoured with MBE in New Year Honours List". 31 December 2011.

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