Ray Powell (British politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
Ray Powell
Office:Member of Parliament
for Ogmore
Term Start:3 May 1979
Term End:7 December 2001
Predecessor:Walter Padley
Successor:Huw Irranca-Davies
Birth Date:19 June 1928
Birth Place:Treorchy, Mid Glamorgan[1]
Death Place:London, England, UK
Nationality:British
Party:Labour

Sir Raymond Powell (19 June 1928 – 7 December 2001), known as Ray Powell, was a Welsh politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Ogmore. He continued as constituency MP until his death.[2]

Powell, a former shop worker and manager, was sponsored by his trade union, USDAW,[1] and entered Parliament at the 1979 election, after becoming chairman of the Welsh Labour Party in 1977; he was an opponent of Welsh devolution. He was an opposition whip from 1983 to 1995, when he retired to the backbenches. He was knighted in 1996.

He was opposed to Sunday trading and was active in Parliament to block legislation to allow it.[1] He married Marion Evans in 1950, and their daughter, Janice Gregory, was a member of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2016.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sir Ray Powell. 10 December 2001. The Telegraph. 25 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Sir Ray Powell. 10 December 2001. Andrew Roth. The Guardian. 25 January 2020.