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25/04/2006
Independent MP Peter Law dies
The independent MP for Blaenau Gwent, Peter Law, has died at the age of 58.
Mr Law, who won the seat at last year's General Election, had been suffering from a brain tumour, which was first diagnosed during the election campaign.
The illness had nearly forced him to withdraw from the campaign.
Mr Law had been a member of the Labour Party for 40 years, but left the party last year in a row over a list of all-women candidates in the Blaenau Gwent constituency. Labour had wanted to increase the number of female MPs in Wales, but the decision to introduce an all-female short-list of candidates caused divisions in the party.
Mr Law stood as an independent candidate and won the seat, overturning Labour's majority of nearly 20,000 in the constituency. The seat had previously been Labour's safest parliamentary seat in Wales.
By-elections will now be held in the constituency.
Mr Law is survived by his wife Trish and five children.
(KMcA/CD)
Mr Law, who won the seat at last year's General Election, had been suffering from a brain tumour, which was first diagnosed during the election campaign.
The illness had nearly forced him to withdraw from the campaign.
Mr Law had been a member of the Labour Party for 40 years, but left the party last year in a row over a list of all-women candidates in the Blaenau Gwent constituency. Labour had wanted to increase the number of female MPs in Wales, but the decision to introduce an all-female short-list of candidates caused divisions in the party.
Mr Law stood as an independent candidate and won the seat, overturning Labour's majority of nearly 20,000 in the constituency. The seat had previously been Labour's safest parliamentary seat in Wales.
By-elections will now be held in the constituency.
Mr Law is survived by his wife Trish and five children.
(KMcA/CD)
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