# Gwilym Jones

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British politician

For the Welsh editor and poet, see [Gwilym R. Jones](/source/Gwilym_R._Jones).

Gwilym Jones Member of Parliament for Cardiff North In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997 Preceded by Ian Grist Succeeded by Julie Morgan Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales In office 20 July 1994[1] – 2 May 1997 Alongside Rod Richards then Jonathan Evans Prime Minister John Major Succeeded by Peter Hain & Win Griffiths[2] Personal details Born (1947-09-20) 20 September 1947 (age 78) Chiswick, London, England Party Conservative Children Fay Jones

**Gwilym Haydn Jones** (born 20 September 1947) is a British [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) politician who served as [Under Secretary of State](/source/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State) in the [Welsh Office](/source/Welsh_Office).

## Early life

Gwilym Jones was born in [Chiswick](/source/Chiswick), London, on 20 September 1947 and moved to Cardiff in 1960. He worked as an [insurance broker](/source/Insurance_broker).[3] When he was 21 he was elected to [Cardiff City Council](/source/Cardiff_City_Council%2C_1905-1974), and is believed to be its youngest ever member. He became deputy leader and acting leader of the Conservative group on the council.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Parliament

At the [1983 general election](/source/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election), he was elected as [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Cardiff North](/source/Cardiff_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)). He retained his seat until the [1997 election](/source/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election),[4] when was defeated by [Labour's](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) [Julie Morgan](/source/Julie_Morgan).[5] Between 1994 and 1997 he served as Under Secretary of State in the Welsh Office.[1]

## Personal life

Jones is active in [freemasonry](/source/Freemasonry).[6][7] His daughter, [Fay Jones](/source/Fay_Jones_(politician)), was [elected in 2019](/source/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election) to serve [Brecon and Radnorshire](/source/Brecon_and_Radnorshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) after beating [Liberal Democrat](/source/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)) incumbent [Jane Dodds](/source/Jane_Dodds).[8] In 2023, she was appointed to his previous role as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales.[9]

His wife Linda died on 28 February 2022, aged 75.[10]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-holders_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-holders_1-1) ["Holders of Ministerial Office in the Conservative Governments 1979-1997"](https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04657.pdf) (PDF). [House of Commons Library](/source/House_of_Commons_Library). 11 March 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Coleman, Charley (3 July 2012). ["Ministers in the Labour Governments: 1997–2010"](https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN06065). *House of Commons Library*. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Gwilym Jones, MP, Papers"](https://archives.library.wales/index.php/gwilym-jones-mp-papers). *Archives Wales*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-next_4-0)** ["Next generation?"](https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-118224242). [South Wales Echo](/source/South_Wales_Echo). 15 June 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-selected_5-0)** ["AM selected to fight MP seat"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3372181.stm). [BBC News Online](/source/BBC_News_Online). 6 January 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Mark Year Book 2016"](http://www.southwalesmarkmastermasons.co.uk/documents/MarkYearBook2016.pdf) (PDF). *South Wales Mark Master Masons*. January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Officers 2017 – 2018"](https://www.southwalesmason.com/ra-officers-2017-2018/). *Provisional Grand Chapter of South Wales*. Retrieved 30 January 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Fay Jones 'over the moon' to win in Brecon and Radnorshire"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210710053848/https://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/article.cfm?id=112168&headline=Fay+Jones+%27over+the+moon%27+to+win+in+Brecon+and+Radnorshire&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019). *Brecon & Radnor Express*. 13 December 2019. Archived from [the original](http://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/article.cfm?id=112168&headline=Fay%20Jones%20%27over%20the%20moon%27%20to%20win%20in%20Brecon%20and%20Radnorshire&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019) on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Ministerial appointments: November 2023"](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-november-2023). *Gov.uk*. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Jones, Fay \[@JonesyFay\]](/source/Fay_Jones_(politician)) (27 March 2022). ["We said goodbye to our lovely Mum on Friday, surrounded by beautiful sunshine and all her favourite people"](https://twitter.com/JonesyFay/status/1508002447742181379) ([Tweet](/source/Tweet_(social_media))). Retrieved 29 March 2022 – via [Twitter](/source/Twitter).

## Offices held

Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by Ian Grist Member of Parliament for Cardiff North 1983–1997 Succeeded by Julie Morgan

v t e Conservative Party MPs in Wales Until 1990s Nicholas Bennett Jonathan Evans Roger Evans Ian Grist Gwilym Jones Rod Richards Wyn Roberts Walter Sweeney Until 2019 Guto Bebb Chris Davies Until 2024 Sarah Atherton Simon Baynes Alun Cairns Stephen Crabb Virginia Crosbie David TC Davies James Davies Simon Hart David Jones Fay Jones Robin Millar Katie Wallis Craig Williams

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