Don Touhig

The Lord Touhig
Official portrait, 2022
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans
In office
11 May 2005 – 5 May 2006
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byIvor Caplin
Succeeded byTom Watson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs
In office
12 June 2003 – 10 May 2005
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office
11 June 2001 – 10 May 2005
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byDavid Hanson
Succeeded byNick 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 byNeil Kinnock
Succeeded byChris Evans
Personal details
Born (1947-12-05) 5 December 1947 (age 76)
Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales
Political partyLabour and Co-operative
Spouse
Jennifer Hughes
(m. 1968; died 2014)
Children4
Other offices
  • 1999–2001: Assistant Whip in the Commons
  • 2015–2016: Opposition Whip in the Lords
  • 2015–2017, 2020–2021: Shadow Defence Spokesperson

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.

  1. ^ "Introduction: Lord Touhig: 30 Jun 2010: House of Lords debates". TheyWorkForYou.