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Lord Touhig Papers
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Westminster

Material relating to Don Touhig's political career in Westminster following his 1995 Islwyn by-election victory, incorporating his post as Under Secretary of State for Wales and as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the then Chancellor Gordon Brown. Material includes parliamentary diaries, 1996, 2000-2004, 2006-2008; parliamentary reports; general election literature; newsletters; press releases; material relating to the 1998 resignation of Ron Davies as Secretary of State for Wales and his succession by Alun Michael; and correspondence, which includes messages of congratulations to Don Touhig on his elevation to the peerage and letters to/from the Home Office concerning the British naturalisation process of the Welsh Labour MP Leo Abse's Polish wife Anja.

Post-1995 political career

Material relating to Don Touhig's political career following his 1995 Islwyn by-election victory, both as MP for Islwyn and as Under Secretary of State for Wales and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the then Chancellor Gordon Brown.

Chartist convention

Speech notes and printed event tickets relating to the Chartist convention held in Newport (Gwent), 2 November 1996.

Islwyn constituency

Material relating to Don Touhig's political career following his 1995 by-election victory as MP for Islwyn. Material includes diaries kept by Mrs Jennifer Touhig, wife of Don Touhig, 1998, 2001-2010, 2013; election campaign material; constituency reports and statistics; Islwyn Constituency Labour Party meeting agendas and minutes; press releases; press cuttings; and correspondence, which includes numerous letters and cards to Don Touhig from Islwyn constituents expressing thanks for their recent visit to the Houses of Parliament and for services rendered and to offer congratulations following his elevation to the peerage and on his retirement.

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