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Huw William Edmund Edwards (born 12 April 1953) is a
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Labour Party politician who was the
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(MP) for Monmouth over two separate terms. Throughout both of his terms, he served on the
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. 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
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and 2001 elections. Edwards lost the seat again in the 2005 election.


See also

* 1991 Monmouth by-election


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* Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University 1953 births Living people Welsh Labour Party MPs UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 Alumni of the University of York Monmouth, Wales {{Wales-Labour-UK-MP-stub