Ray Powell (British politician)

Sir Raymond Powell (19 June 1928 – 7 December 2001), known as Ray Powell, was a Welsh politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Ogmore.

[2] Powell, a former shop worker and manager, was sponsored by his trade union, USDAW,[1] and entered Parliament at the 1979 election, after becoming chairman of the Welsh Labour Party in 1977; he was an opponent of Welsh devolution.

He was opposed to Sunday trading and was active in Parliament to block legislation to allow it.

[1] He married Marion Evans in 1950, and their daughter, Janice Gregory, was a member of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2016.

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