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Alan Williams (Swansea West MP)

Alan Williams
Official portrait, 2005
Father of the House of Commons
In office
5 May 2005 – 12 April 2010
Speaker
Preceded byTam Dalyell
Succeeded bySir Peter Tapsell
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
In office
13 July 1987 – 9 January 1989
LeaderNeil Kinnock
Preceded byBarry Jones
Succeeded byBarry Jones
Member of Parliament
for Swansea West
In office
15 October 1964 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byHugh Rees
Succeeded byGeraint Davies
Personal details
Born
Alan John Williams

(1930-10-14)14 October 1930
Caerphilly, Wales
Died21 December 2014(2014-12-21) (aged 84)
London, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
(Mary) Patricia Rees
(m. 1957)
Children3, including Sian
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford

Alan John Williams (14 October 1930 – 21 December 2014) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West for over 45 years, from 1964 to 2010. He was the longest serving MP for a Welsh constituency since David Lloyd George and built a reputation for his detailed scrutiny of the ways in which public money was spent.[1]

  1. ^ Langdon, Julia (23 December 2014). "Alan Williams obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

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