Win Griffiths | |
Honorific-Suffix: | OBE |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Bridgend |
Term Start: | 11 June 1987 |
Term End: | 11 April 2005 |
Predecessor: | Peter Hubbard-Miles |
Successor: | Madeleine Moon |
Office2: | Member of the European Parliament for South Wales |
Term Start2: | 10 June 1979 |
Term End2: | 15 June 1989 |
Predecessor2: | Constituency Created |
Successor2: | Wayne David |
Birth Date: | 11 February 1943 |
Office3: | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales |
Term Start3: | May 1997[1] |
Term End3: | 29 July 1998 Alongside Peter Hain |
Predecessor3: | Gwilym Jones & Jonathan Evans[2] |
Successor3: | Jon Owen Jones |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Labour Party |
Winston James Griffiths, OBE (born 11 February 1943[3]), known as Win Griffiths, is a former teacher[4] and politician, who served as a Member of the European Parliament for South Wales from 1979 to 1989 and as member of parliament for Bridgend from 1987 to 2005 for the Labour Party.
He held a number of front bench roles in opposition and was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary[5] in the Welsh Office by Tony Blair in May 1997, but left government after the July 1998 reshuffle.[6] After leaving government he chaired the Welsh Grand Committee and retired from parliament in 2005.
He served as chair of Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust following his retirement [7] and is now chairman of Wales Council for Voluntary Action and the Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust.
He was appointed an OBE in the 2011 New Year Honours list.[8]