Ray Powell

Ray Powell

Sir Raymond Powell, known as Ray Powell, (19 June 1928 – 7 December 2001) was a Welsh politician who served as a Labour Party member of Parliament for Ogmore.

He entered Parliament at the 1979 election, after becoming chairman of the Welsh Labour Party in 1977. He was an opposition whip from 1983 to 1995, and retired to the backbenches. He was knighted in 1996. He continued as constituency MP until his death.

He was opposed to Sunday trading and was active in Parliament to block legislation to allow it. He was also an opponent of the National Assembly for Wales. His daughter, Janice Gregory, is a member of that assembly.

Offices Held

###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title = Member of Parliament for Ogmore
years = 1979–2001
before = Walter Padley
after = Huw Irranca-Davies


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ray Powell (baseball) — Infobox MLB retired bgcolor1=#dcdcdc bgcolor2=#dcdcdc textcolor1=black textcolor2=black name=Ray Powell position=Outfielder bats=Left throws=Right birthdate=birth date|1888|11|20|mf=y city state|Siloam Springs|Arkansas deathdate=death date and… …   Wikipedia

  • Powell Peralta — Powell Peralta, originally founded by George Powell, is an American skateboard company.HistoryGeorge Powell studied engineering at Stanford University and started making homemade skateboards in 1957. In 1974, Powell s son came and asked for a… …   Wikipedia

  • Ray Barracks, Friedberg, Germany — Ray Barracks was a United States Army installation in Friedberg, Germany until it was closed by the U.S. government in 2007 and returned to the German government. Located in the southern part of the city near the industrial area, the barracks had …   Wikipedia

  • Ray Barbee — is an American skateboarder from San Jose, California and along with Ron Allen and Steve Steadham one of the first famous African American skaters. He started skateboarding in 1984, when he was in seventh grade. Barbee was on the cutting edge of… …   Wikipedia

  • Ray Milland — dans Ma vie à moi (1950) Données clés …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ray Bradbury — Born August 22, 1920 (1920 08 22) (age 91) Nationality American …   Wikipedia

  • Ray Brown — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Raymond Matthews Brown Información personal Nacimiento 13 de octubre de 1926 Origen Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,Estados Unidos …   Wikipedia Español

  • Ray Brown — Ray Brown, contrebassiste de jazz, né Raymond Matthews Brown, le 13 octobre 1926 à Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie, États Unis, meurt le 2 juillet 2002 à Indianapolis, Indiana, États Unis. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Discographie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ray (película) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Ray Título Ray Ficha técnica Dirección Taylor Hackford Guión James L. White Música C …   Wikipedia Español

  • Ray (Film) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ray (homonymie). Ray est un film américain réalisé par Taylor Hackford. Cette biographie filmée du chanteur Ray Charles a permis à Jamie Foxx d obtenir l Oscar du meilleur acteur en 2005 pour son interprétation… …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”