Caerwyn Roderick

Caerwyn Eifion Roderick (* July 15, 1927, † 16 October 2011) was a British Labour Party politician, who the Welsh constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire 1970-1974 and Brecon and Radnor 1974-1979 in the lower house (House of Commons ) represented.

Life

After schooling Roderick studied at the University College of North Wales, and was after graduating from 1949 to 1952 as a teacher at Caterham School in Surrey working and after a stint at the National carbon Authority ( National Coal Board ) 1954-1957 as a mathematics teacher at the Brecon Boys ' Grammar School. After a new activity at the National Coal Board from 1960 to 1969 he was a mathematics teacher at Hartridge High School in Newport.

In 1969 he was nominated as the successor of Tudor Watkins, the Brecon and Radnorshire constituency represented since 1945 as a member of the Labour Party in the House. In the general election on June 18, 1970 Roderick won with a majority of 4844 votes - little more than half of the majority that Watkins had achieved in 1966 during his last re-election. He put his parliamentary talent in his maiden speech, in which he spoke with wit and foresight about the necessary parliamentary reforms that have been carried out until several years later. In the general election of 28 February 1974, after the Labour Party with Harold Wilson again could ask the Prime Minister, he received a majority of just 2277 votes in the new constituency of Brecon and Radnor. Also in the general election of 10 October 1974, the Labour Party a nationally better result earned, he won only a majority of votes 3012.

1974 Roderick was, who was a strong supporter of a National Assembly for Wales and opponents of the Vietnam War, Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of State Eric Heffer, followed by industry minister Tony Benn and last from 1975 to 1979 by Labor Minister Michael Foot.

Although he was active in the House, he could not stop the steady affection of his dominated by agriculture constituency for the Conservative Party, especially since Margaret Thatcher as Chairman of the Conservatives called in 1975 to lower taxes and less regulation according to their choice. In the following years he fought for his constituency to prevent the intentional flooding of Senni Valley or to obtain a free public transport, particularly for isolated rural villages. He was also against the closure of rail lines and demanded cheaper fuel for rural areas. He also rejected the policy of apartheid in South Africa as well as from the European common market and was in 1977 one of the signatories of a letter published in the Journal Tribune, which described the common European internal market as utter disaster.

In the general election of May 3, 1979, he suffered a defeat against Tom Hooson, challenger of the Conservative Party, and resigned from the House of.

He then became involved in the Welsh local politics and worked from 1980 to 1986 Member of the County Council of South Glamorgan. In addition, he was there. 1980-1991 Regional Chairman of the National Union of Teachers (NUT ), the British teachers' union, which he already advised during his time as House deputy