Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Merioneth 1970 general election. MP (Plaid Cymru) for Caernarfon February 1974-2001
Parliamentary career
Sponsor Disabled Persons Act 1981;
Plaid Cymru:
Whip 1987-91,
Spokesman for Constitutional Affairs 1997-2000
Party groups
President, Plaid Cymru 1981-84, 1991-2000
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Merthy Tydfil County Borough Council 1972-74
Political interests
Industry, employment, disability, Europe, minority languages
Countries of interest
Argentina, Ireland, Slovenia, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Wigley, of Caernarfon in the County of Gwynedd 2011
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Writer of regular weekly articles for Daily Post newspaper (North Wales news)
Occasional income from broadcasting for BBC, ITV and independent broadcasters
Chair, Advisory Board, Bangor University School of Business
5: Land and property
Flat in Llandaf, Cardiff
Part share in a house in Canton, Cardiff
6 acres of land near Caernarfon from which rental income is received
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Acapela/Kissan Ltd (recording studio in Pentyrch near Cardiff)
Director, Gwernafalau Cyf (designers of medical equipment)
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Trustee, National Assembly of Wales Ex-Members’ Pension Fund
10: Non-financial interests (c)
President, National Library of Wales
Trustee, Sir Kyffin Williams Trust, Llangefni