Llywelyn Williams (22 July 1911 – 4 February 1965) was a Welsh Labour Party politician. Born in

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, Williams was educated at Llanelli Grammar School and

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, after which he became a Congregational minister. He served at Bethesda from 1936 until 1942, and then in

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until 1946, and finally at the Welsh Tabernacle in Kings Cross. In November 1950 he was elected as member of parliament (MP) for the safe Labour seat of

in a

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after the death of sitting MP George Daggar. He was re-elected to the

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at the next four

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, and died in office, in Newport, in 1965, aged 53. His daughter,

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, was a Labour

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between 1994 and 2004.

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* * 1911 births 1965 deaths Welsh Labour MPs UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 {{Wales-Labour-UK-MP-stub