Llewellyn Heycock, Baron Heycock
CBE
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(12 August 1905 – 13 March 1990) was a
Welsh
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local politician, who became a
life peer in 1967.
Heycock was born in
Margam
Margam is a suburb and community of Port Talbot in the Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, close to junction 39 of the M4 motorway. The community had a population of 3,017 in 2011; the built up area being larger and extending into ...
and began his career as an engine driver with the
Great Western Railway. He subsequently rose to a powerful position in South Wales local politics through his
trade union
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connections and membership of the
Labour Party, a "personality of transcendent authority". Despite having himself received little formal education, he became Chairman of the Glamorganshire Education Committee.
He was first elected to
Glamorgan County Council
Glamorgan County Council was established in 1889 together with the administrative county of Glamorganshire under the Local Government Act 1888. The first elections to the council were held in January 1889. The council was abolished under the Local ...
in 1937 at a by-election following the re-election of long-serving miners' agent John Thomas of
Pontrhydyfen
Pontrhydyfen (or Pont-rhyd-y-fen) is a small village in the Afan Valley, in Neath Port Talbot county borough in Wales (). The village sits at the confluence of the River Afan and the smaller Afon Pelenna, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) north of the l ...
as an alderman. Heycock was chosen as Labour candidate at the expense of Joe Brown, a former mayor of Port Talbot and a close associate of
Ramsay Macdonald when he was MP for Aberavon. Brown resigned from the Labour Party in protest and stood as an Independent.
However, Heycock held the seat by 569 votes.
In April 1967 he was elected as a county councillor to
Glamorgan County Council
Glamorgan County Council was established in 1889 together with the administrative county of Glamorganshire under the Local Government Act 1888. The first elections to the council were held in January 1889. The council was abolished under the Local ...
for the Port Talbot East ward. In 1973 he was elected unopposed as councillor for Margam Central on the new
West Glamorgan County Council
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History
The county was created in 1974 under the ...
.
He became a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
(CBE) in 1959, a Commander of the
Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (CStJ) in April 1967, and a life peer on 10 July 1967 as Baron Heycock, of
Taibach
Taibach or Tai-bach ( en, Little Houses) is a community and suburban district of Port Talbot, Wales. It is a settlement centered on the main A48 road, sandwiched between the river Ffrwdwyllt and Margam. Parts of Margam are within the community b ...
in the Borough of
Port Talbot
Port Talbot (, ) is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately from Swansea. The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which dominates the south ...
.
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1905 births
1990 deaths
Councillors in Wales
Labour Party (UK) life peers
Life peers created by Elizabeth II
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Commanders of the Order of St John
Members of Glamorgan County Council