Gwilym Jones

For the Welsh editor and poet, see Gwilym R. Jones.

Gwilym Haydn Jones (born 20 September 1947) is a British Conservative politician who served as Under Secretary of State in the Welsh Office.

Gwilym Jones
Member of Parliament for Cardiff North
In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Ian Grist
Succeeded by	Julie Morgan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office 20 July 1994[1] – 2 May 1997 Alongside Rod Richards then Jonathan Evans
Prime Minister	John Major
Succeeded by	Peter Hain & Win Griffiths[2]
Personal details
Born	(1947-09-20) 20 September 1947 (age 77) Chiswick, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Children	Fay Jones

Early life

Gwilym Jones was born in Chiswick, London, on 20 September 1947 and moved to Cardiff in 1960. He worked as an insurance broker.^[3] When he was 21 he was elected to Cardiff City Council, and is believed to be its youngest ever member. He became deputy leader and acting leader of the Conservative group on the council.^{[citation needed]}

Parliament

At the 1983 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Cardiff North. He retained his seat until the 1997 election,^[4] when was defeated by Labour's Julie Morgan.^[5] Between 1994 and 1997 he served as Under Secretary of State in the Welsh Office.^[1]

Personal life

Jones is active in freemasonry.^[6][7] His daughter, Fay Jones, was elected in 2019 to serve Brecon and Radnorshire after beating Liberal Democrat incumbent Jane Dodds.^[8] In 2023, she was appointed to his previous role as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales.^[9]

His wife Linda died on 28 February 2022, aged 75.^[10]