Peter Law

Peter Law
Official portrait, c. 2003
Member of Parliament
for Blaenau Gwent
In office
5 May 2005 – 25 April 2006
Preceded byLlew Smith
Succeeded byDai Davies
Majority9,121 (25.9%)
Minister for Local Government and Regeneration
In office
6 May 1999 – 17 June 2000
First MinisterAlun Michael
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byEdwina Hart
Member of the Welsh Assembly
for Blaenau Gwent
In office
6 May 1999 – 25 April 2006
Preceded byNew Assembly
Succeeded byTrish Law
Majority11736 (59.4%)
Personal details
Born
Peter John Law

(1948-04-01)1 April 1948
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died25 April 2006(2006-04-25) (aged 58)
Nantyglo, Gwent, Wales
Political partyBlaenau Gwent People's Voice (2005-2006)
Independent (2005)
Labour and Co-operative (before 2005)
SpouseTrish Law
Children3 daughters, 2 sons
ResidenceNantyglo
Alma materOpen University
OccupationGrocer, NHS Trust Chair

Peter John Law (1 April 1948 – 25 April 2006)[1] was a Welsh politician. For most of his career Law sat as a Labour councillor and subsequently Labour Co-operative Assembly member (AM) for Blaenau Gwent. Latterly he sat as an independent member of Parliament (MP) and AM for the same constituency.

Law resigned from the Labour Party in 2005. In the 2005 general election, he defeated the Labour candidate by over 9,000 votes. The Daily Telegraph described his victory as "one of the most spectacular general election results of modern times".[2]

  1. ^ "People in the Assembly". BBC News.
  2. ^ "Peter Law". The Daily Telegraph. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2021.