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    James Donnelly Touhig, Baron Touhig PC KSS (born 5 December 1947), known as Don Touhig, is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of...
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    18 June 1970 – 20 January 1995 Preceded by Harold Finch Succeeded by Don Touhig Personal details Born Neil Gordon Kinnock (1942-03-28) 28 March 1942 (age 82)...
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    union official. He worked as a parliamentary researcher to then-Islwyn MP Don Touhig for four years. He was the Labour candidate for Cheltenham at the 2005...
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    the Labour Party & Leader of the Opposition 1983–92 1995 by-election Don Touhig Labour Co-op Junior Defence Minister & current Shadow Spokesperson for...
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    January 2006, according to former Ministry of Defence junior minister Don Touhig, the QARNNS had a total strength of 90 Nursing Officers and 200 Naval...
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    – historian of religion Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, politician Don Touhig – politician Joan Ruddock – politician Ivor Bulmer-Thomas – politician...
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  • office 10 May 2005 – 28 June 2007 Prime Minister Tony Blair Preceded by Don Touhig Succeeded by Huw Irranca-Davies Lord Commissioner of the Treasury In office...
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    office 5 May 2006 – 6 September 2006 Prime Minister Tony Blair Preceded by Don Touhig Succeeded by Derek Twigg Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life...
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    December 2001) Chris Ruane John Smith Llew Smith Mark Tami Gareth Thomas Don Touhig Alan Williams Betty Williams Lembit Öpik Roger Williams Elfyn Llwyd Adam...
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    Minister Tony Blair Preceded by Peter Hain Jon Owen Jones Succeeded by Don Touhig Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Incumbent Assumed office 18...
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    Rugby Club. Abersychan was the birthplace of the politicians Roy Jenkins, Don Touhig and Paul Murphy (member of parliament for Torfaen); and of the rugby footballers...
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  • of State Geoff Hoon John Reid Preceded by Lewis Moonie Succeeded by Don Touhig Member of Parliament for Hove In office 1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005 Preceded...
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    purchasing the land for a car park, a public meeting called by local MP Don Touhig led to the formation of The Friends of Newbridge Memo who got the buildings...
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    Sutcliffe July 1999 - June 2001 Tony McNulty October 1999 - May 2001 Don Touhig November 1999 - June 2001 Ian Pearson February - June 2001 Government...
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    Finsbury Emily Thornberry Labour Chris Smith Labour Islwyn Don Touhig Labour/Co-operative Don Touhig Labour/Co-operative Constituency Elected MP Elected party...
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    sufficient support. Harriet Harman, the Leader of the House of Commons, asked Don Touhig, the Chairman of the Members' Allowance Committee, to devise a method...
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    with whistleblowers were introduced to Parliament, by Tony Wright and Don Touhig respectively, but both efforts fell through. When Richard Shepherd proposed...
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  • blues-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2022) 1947 – Don Touhig, Welsh journalist and politician 1948 – Denise Drysdale, Australian television...
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  • 2010   Jack McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale 2010   Don Touhig, Baron Touhig 2010   Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford 2010   Angela Smith...
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  • revised version, the Public Interest Disclosure Bill, was introduced by MP Don Touhig at the end of 1995. The bill completed its committee stage in the Commons...
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    June 2003 – September 2004 Anne McGuire (Scotland) June 2003 – May 2005 Don Touhig (Wales) June 2003 – May 2005 Baroness Ashton of Upholland (jointly with...
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  • Isle of Arran in Ayrshire and Arran Labour 28 June 2010 (9 a.m.) Don Touhig ‡ Baron Touhig of Islwyn and Glansychan in the County of Gwent Labour 7 July...
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  • Toole, Salford South, 1923–24; 1929–31 Robert Tootill, Bolton, 1914–22 Don Touhig, Islwyn, 1995–2010 William John Tout, Oldham, 1922–24; Sowerby, 1929–31...
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  • Commissioner, sparking a by-election in his Islwyn constituency in South Wales. Don Touhig retains the seat for Labour, with nearly 70% of the vote. 17 February...
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    Labour Tony Blair Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans Don Touhig 11 May 2005 5 May 2006 Labour Tony Blair Tom Watson 5 May 2006 6 September...
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  • May 2011 Lord Justice of Appeal (2010–2017) Labour politician Don Touhig, Baron Touhig 19 July 2006 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry...
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  • Central, 1978–1983 Meredith Farrar Titterington, Bradford South, 1945–1950 Don Touhig, Islwyn, 1995–2010 Anna Turley, Redcar, 2015–2019; 2024–present Dennis...
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    stronghold represented since the 2024 general election by Ruth Jones. Don Touhig previously represented the constituency following a by-election in 1995...
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    German of Llanfrechfa in the County Borough of Torfaen 2010 Current Don Touhig, Baron Touhig of Islwyn and Glansychan in the County of Gwent 2010 Current Michael...
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    Davies† Islwyn   Don Touhig 19,505 (61.5%) Phillip Howells 2,543 (8.0%) Kevin Etheridge 4,196 (13.2%) Leigh Thomas 3,767 (11.9%)   Don Touhig Merthyr Tydfil...
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