The Lord Touhig | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans | |
In office 11 May 2005 – 5 May 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Ivor Caplin |
Succeeded by | Tom Watson |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs | |
In office 12 June 2003 – 10 May 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales | |
In office 11 June 2001 – 10 May 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | David Hanson |
Succeeded by | Nick Ainger |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Assumed office 30 June 2010 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Islwyn | |
In office 16 February 1995 – 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Neil Kinnock |
Succeeded by | Chris Evans |
Personal details | |
Born | Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales | 5 December 1947
Political party | Labour and Co-operative |
Spouse |
Jennifer Hughes
(m. 1968; died 2014) |
Children | 4 |
James Donnelly Touhig, Baron Touhig PC KSS (born 5 December 1947), known as Don Touhig, is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Islwyn from 1995 to 2010.[1] A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he served in government as an Assistant Whip from 1999 to 2001 and a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from 2001 to 2006.