Gwilym Jones


Gwilym Haydn Jones is a British Conservative politician who served as Under Secretary of State in the Welsh Office.

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. 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, when was defeated by Labour's Julie Morgan. Between 1994 and 1997 he served as Under Secretary of State in the Welsh Office.

Personal life

Jones is active in freemasonry. His daughter, Fay, was elected in 2019 to serve Brecon and Radnorshire after beating Liberal Democrat incumbent Jane Dodds, 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.

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