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| − | [[Dai Havard]] | + | [[Dai Havard]] was the [[Labour Party]] member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney from 2001 to 2015.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-dai-havard/1430 Mr Dai Havard], www.parliament.uk, accessed 23 March 2013.</ref> |
Havard is a former Secretary of the Welsh section of the [[MSF]] trade union.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2120901.stm Dai Harvard], BBC news, 17 October 2002.</ref> | Havard is a former Secretary of the Welsh section of the [[MSF]] trade union.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2120901.stm Dai Harvard], BBC news, 17 October 2002.</ref> | ||
Havard was vice-chairman of the Commons Defence Select Committee until 2012, when he resigned as a result of a dispute during a visit to the Falklands.<ref>Brendan Carlin, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116512/Did-Labours-Dai-Basra-lose-job-upset-missed-horse-ride.html Did Labour's 'Dai Basra' lose job because he was upset over a missed horse ride?], ''Daily Mail'', 17 March 2012.</ref> | Havard was vice-chairman of the Commons Defence Select Committee until 2012, when he resigned as a result of a dispute during a visit to the Falklands.<ref>Brendan Carlin, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116512/Did-Labours-Dai-Basra-lose-job-upset-missed-horse-ride.html Did Labour's 'Dai Basra' lose job because he was upset over a missed horse ride?], ''Daily Mail'', 17 March 2012.</ref> | ||
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| + | Harvard decided not to contest the 2015 general election due to him reaching retirement age soon and wanting someone new to come in and be involved in the debate for constitutional change and greater devolution for Wales.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-29355573 Labour MP Dai Havard to stand down at next election], 24 September 2014, accessed 15 May 2015.</ref> He was replaced by [[Gerald Jones]] who held the seat by 11,513 votes.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000071 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney], accessed 15 May 2015.</ref> | ||
==External resources== | ==External resources== | ||
Latest revision as of 09:55, 15 May 2015
Dai Havard was the Labour Party member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney from 2001 to 2015.[1]
Havard is a former Secretary of the Welsh section of the MSF trade union.[2]
Havard was vice-chairman of the Commons Defence Select Committee until 2012, when he resigned as a result of a dispute during a visit to the Falklands.[3]
Harvard decided not to contest the 2015 general election due to him reaching retirement age soon and wanting someone new to come in and be involved in the debate for constitutional change and greater devolution for Wales.[4] He was replaced by Gerald Jones who held the seat by 11,513 votes.[5]
External resources
- Merthyr MP Dai Havard was paid thousands in rent deal, Wales on Sunday, 31 May 2009.
- Brendan Carlin, Did Labour's 'Dai Basra' lose job because he was upset over a missed horse ride?, Daily Mail, 17 March 2012
Notes
- ↑ Mr Dai Havard, www.parliament.uk, accessed 23 March 2013.
- ↑ Dai Harvard, BBC news, 17 October 2002.
- ↑ Brendan Carlin, Did Labour's 'Dai Basra' lose job because he was upset over a missed horse ride?, Daily Mail, 17 March 2012.
- ↑ BBC News Labour MP Dai Havard to stand down at next election, 24 September 2014, accessed 15 May 2015.
- ↑ BBC News Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, accessed 15 May 2015.
