Huw Edwards (politician)

Huw Edwards
Huw Edwards speaking in The Senedd, June 2019
Member of Parliament
for Monmouth
In office
1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byRoger Kenneth Evans
Succeeded byDavid Davies
In office
16 May 1991 – 16 March 1992
Preceded bySir John Stradling Thomas
Succeeded byRoger Kenneth Evans
Personal details
Born (1953-04-12) 12 April 1953 (age 71)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
SpouseTess Edwards
ResidenceMonmouth
Alma materManchester Metropolitan University
Website[1]

Huw William Edmund Edwards MBE (born 12 April 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth over two separate terms.

Throughout both of his terms, he served on the Welsh Affairs Select Committee.[1]

Edwards was first elected as Monmouth's MP at a by-election in May 1991, but lost the seat at the 1992 general election. He won it again in the 1997 and 2001 elections. Edwards lost the seat again in the 2005 election.

He is a founding member of Monmouth Male Voice Choir, and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for his services to music.[2]

  1. ^ "Parliamentary career for Mr Huw Edwards – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. ^ "A former MP and a NHS nurse honoured for their work in the community". South Wales Argus. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.