David John Delwyn Williams (born 1 November 1938) is a British former
Conservative Party
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politician and solicitor.
Early life
He was educated at Welshpool High School and the
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he obtained an LL.B. degree. He subsequently qualified as a solicitor.
Political career
Having previously fought it unsuccessfully in
1970 United Kingdom general election
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, he was elected
Member of Parliament for the traditionally Liberal seat of
Montgomeryshire
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in
1979
Events
January
* January 1
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, ousting
Emlyn Hooson
Hugh Emlyn Hooson, Baron Hooson, (26 March 1925 – 21 February 2012) was a Welsh Liberal and then Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Montgomeryshire from 1962 until 1979.
Early life
Hooson was born at Colom ...
by a majority of 1,593 votes, but lost the seat by 668 votes after one term to the Liberal
Alex Carlile in
1983
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.
He stood in a by-election to
Powys County Council in 2007 in the Welshpool, Gungrog ward as an Independent but came third behind the Liberal Democrat candidate and another Independent.
In the campaign for the
2015 General Election he publicly declared his support for the
United Kingdom Independence Party, citing in at least one newspaper letter dissatisfaction with the Prime Ministerial record of
David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He previously served as Leader o ...
, and objection to proposals by the Conservatives to extend tax raising powers to the
Welsh Assembly.
[Letter published for benefit of former Conservative supporters.]
In September 2016 he criticised
Wales Boundary Commission proposals that would partition the present Montgomeryshire UK Parliament constituency between three neighbouring seats, claiming it would "create a bureaucratic nightmare" of three MPs representing the existing shire county area. He suggested instead the whole seat be amalgamated with the neighbouring
Brecon and Radnorshire on grounds of their common administration under Powys County Council.
Personal life
His current (2015) home is in
Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire.
References
*Times Guide to the House of Commons 1983
External links
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1938 births
Living people
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies
UK MPs 1979–1983
UK Independence Party people
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