Huw William Edmund Edwards (born 12 April 1953) is a
British
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Labour Party politician who was the
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Monmouth over two separate terms.
Throughout both of his terms, he served on the
Welsh Affairs Select Committee
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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
1997
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and
2001 elections. Edwards lost the seat again in the
2005 election.
See also
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1991 Monmouth by-election
References
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External links
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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
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