John Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa
John Edward Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa, DL ( born April 12, 1927) is a British politician ( Labour Party ), life peer and boxing functionary.
Life and career
Brooks was born in 1927 as the son of Edward George Brooks and Rachel White. He attended Coleg Harlech, a postgraduate college in Harlech, Merionethshire County, Wales, and was educated at University College, Cardiff.
Brooks was 1966-1984 Parteisekrekretär the Labour Party for the constituency of Cardiff South East. He went to the Labour Party at the general election in February 1974 and October 1974 general election in the constituency Barry February. Brooks worked as parlamentary Agent for James Callaghan.
He was from 1973 to 1993 Member Council Member of Glamorgan City Council. From 1973 to 1977, from 1986 to 1992 he was there Group Chairman (Leader); 1981 to 1982 he was Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Board. From 1978 to 1979 he was Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Labour Party in Wales. In the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation, he was a member since 1987 (until 1996 ) and was also the Vice-Chairman ( Deputy Chairman ). Since 1994 he has been Deputy Lieutenant (DL ) of South Glamorgan. He lives in Rumney, a district of Cardiff (as of 2003).
After he was from 1999 to 2000 Vice Chairman ( Vice-Chairman ) of the British Boxing Board of Control, he is also a steward since 1986 and president since 2004. Moreover, he is since 1988 Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame since 1992 of Sport Wales.
After the death of Audrey and James Callaghan, he praised his leadership style and their support for her husband.
Membership in the House of Lords
Brooks was appointed Life peer as Baron Brooks of Tremorfa, of Tremorfa in the County of Glamorgan on 17 July 1979. His official introduction in the House of Lords on July 23, 1979 with the support of Gordon Parry, Baron Parry and Lord Leonard. His inaugural address was delivered on 24 October 1979.
From 1980 to 1981 he was opposition spokesman on defense. He played an important role in the known redevelopment of Dockbereiches in Cardiff, now as Cardiff Bay. In the 1980s he reported on education, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and to Thrma "Central and local administration " to speak. He spoke in the 1990s to free volunteer services in Wales, the cost of the UK EU membership and the Local Government ( Wales ) Bill. In the 2000s he reported on the requirements for nursing homes and the Brixton word. Most recently, he reported in 2003 writing to word.
From 1990 to 1991 he belonged to the Ecclesiastical Committee and from 1980 to 1998, the Statutory Instruments Committee. In July 2000 he was one of 18 Labour peers who rejected a bill and brought to preliminary failure.
At a meeting of days, he is regularly present.
Honors
He is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff ( UWIC ).
Family
He married in 1948 and divorced in 1956. In 1958 he married his second wife Margaret Pringle. With his first wife he had a son and a daughter with his second wife and two sons. One of the sons, Anthony Brooks, died in January 2004 of cancer.