Hywel Francis
| Hywel Francis | |
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Member of Parliament for Aberavon |
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In office 7 June 2001 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | John Morris |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Kinnock |
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6 June 1946 Neath, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Mair Francis |
| Alma mater | Swansea University |
| Website | www.hywelfrancis.co.uk |
David Hywel Francis (born 6 June 1946) is a Welsh Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberavon from 2001 to 2015.
Hywel Francis attended Whitchurch Grammar School and Llangatwg Secondary School. He studied at the University of Wales, Swansea, where he earned a doctorate in history. Francis continued to work at the University of Wales as a Professor in Adult Continuing Education prior to being elected in 2001. At the University of Wales, he founded the South Wales Miners' Library. He also was the chair of the Wales Congress in Support of Mining Communities. Hywel Francis is a speaker of the Welsh language.
Francis has been a member of the Gorsedd since 1986. He has been made Vice-President of Carers UK and Honorary Parliamentary Patron of the adult learners' body, NIACE. He is a Trustee of the Paul Robeson Wales Trust, and the Bevan Foundation, which he founded. He is President of the South Wales Miners' Museum. He has authored many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, as well as several books. His books include: The Fed: A History of the South Wales Miners in the 20th Century (co-author, Dai Smith) in 1980 (reprinted in 1998); Miners Against Fascism: Wales and the Spanish Civil War in 1984; Wales: A Learning Country in 1999; History on Our Side: Wales and the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike in 2009; and Do Miners Read Dickens?: The Origins and Progress of the South Wales Miners' Library (co-author, Sian Williams) in 2013. Francis is featured in the documentary film After Coal.
Hywel is the son of Dai Francis, who led the South Wales NUM during the industrial unrest of the 1970s. Like his father, Hywel was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
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