Peter Griffiths

For other people named Peter Griffiths, see Peter Griffiths (disambiguation).

Peter Griffiths
Member of Parliament
for Portsmouth North
In office
3 May 1979 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byFrank Judd
Succeeded bySyd Rapson
Member of Parliament
for Smethwick
In office
15 October 1964 – 10 March 1966
Preceded byPatrick Gordon Walker
Succeeded byAndrew Faulds
Personal details
Born
Peter Harry Steve Griffiths

(1928-05-24)24 May 1928
West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
Died20 November 2013(2013-11-20) (aged 85)
Portsmouth, England
CitizenshipBritish
Political partyConservative
ResidenceUnited Kingdom

Peter Harry Steve Griffiths (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2013) was a British Conservative politician best known for gaining the Smethwick seat by defeating the Shadow Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker in the 1964 general election, against the national trend, by using anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric.[1][2][3][4][5]

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