Jeffrey Thomas (12 November 1933 – 17 May 1989) was a British politician.

Early life

Thomas was educated at

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and King's College London, where he was president of the

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1955–56. He was a barrister, called to the bar by

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in 1957, and was appointed

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Parliamentary career

After being defeated by 1,394 votes at Barry in 1966, Thomas was elected as a Labour

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for

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. In December 1981, he was one of a number of Labour MPs who defected to the new

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(SDP). His seat was abolished by boundary changes in 1983, and he stood that year in Cardiff West. He came third with 25.5% of the vote, which may have contributed to the victory of the Conservative

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in a normally strong Labour seat. He rejoined the Labour party in 1986. He died in Pontypool, aged 55.

References

Sources

*''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'',

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, 1983 * Thomas, Jeffrey) 1989 deaths Welsh Labour Party MPs Social Democratic Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 Alumni of King's College London Welsh King's Counsel 20th-century British lawyers Members of Gray's Inn {{Wales-Labour-UK-MP-stub