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Papers of former Welsh Labour & Co-operative politician Don Touhig, Baron Touhig, comprising material relating to his political career both before and after his 1995 Islwyn by-election victory, and including campaign publicity; speech notes; parliamentary reports; diaries; and correspondence.

Material relating to Don Touhig's political career prior to his 1995 Islwyn by-election victory, both within his south Wales constituency and in his contest of the Richmond and Barnes seat in the 1992 general election.

Material relating to Don Touhig's political career prior to his 1995 Islwyn by-election victory, both within his south Wales constituency and in his contest of the Richmond and Barnes seat in the 1992 general election, comprising financial statements, speech notes, press releases, correspondence, diaries and printed election flyers.

Material relating to Don Touhig's campaign and subsequent victory in the 1995 Islwyn by-election.

Material relating to Don Touhig's campaign and subsequent victory in the 1995 Islwyn by-election, including electioneering material, speech notes, diaries and well-wishing/congratulatory correspondence.

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.

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.

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.

Speech notes of Don Touhig not directly related to the 1992 general election (Richmond and Barnes constituency) or to the 1995 Islwyn by-election, topics ranging from parliamentary debates to speeches given at local constituency events.

Speech notes relating to a Co-operative Party debate concerning unemployment.

Speech notes, 24 July 1995, relating to the creation and maintenance of public transport policies.

Speech notes relating to the 2004 Welsh Labour Party conference, held at Llandudno in March of that year.

Speech notes and printed programme relating to an Annual Spring Concert, held in Newbridge, 20 March 2004.

Speech notes and reports relating to the 2004 Welsh Grand Committee debate, held 24 March, which largely involved the 2004 budget.

Speech relating to a series of school visits made by Members of Parliament, April 2004.

Speech notes relating to an indoor bowls club presentation evening, 23 April 2004.

Speech notes and printed programme relating to a concert in aid of the NSPCC held at Newbridge, 7 May 2004.

Speech notes relating to Blackwood Comprehensive School prize-giving day, July 2004.

Speech notes, printed programme, printed hymn sheet and correspondence relating to a Royal British Legion Special Service of Remembrance held at Crumlin War Memorial, 4 July 2004.

Speech notes and report relating to the 2004 Welsh Labour Party special conference, held on 11 September.