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Dai Havard
Dai Havard
Member of Parliament ; for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
	In office; 7 June 2001 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Ted Rowlands
Succeeded by	Gerald Jones
Majority	4,056 (12.6%)
Personal details
Born	7 February 1950 (age 74); Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	Warwick University

David Stuart Havard (born 7 February 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney from 2001 to 2015.

Career

Havard was a trade union researcher, education tutor, official and ultimately the Wales Secretary of the Manufacturing, Science and Finance (MSF) Union.

Member of Parliament

He claimed more than £205,000 in his expenses and wages between 2007 and 2008, which was revealed in May 2009.^[1]

He continued as a member of Unite the Union following his election to Parliament.^[2] During his time in Parliament, Havard was a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee (2001–2005) and the Defence Select Committee (2003–2015).^[3] He consistently voted against same sex marriage the most recent being February 2013, one month prior to the act coming into force which became an official law in July 2013.^[4]^[5]

Havard announced his decision to stand down as an MP at the following year’s general election in September 2014, which he did so in March 2015.^[6]

Personal life

References

^ "Dai comes clean on expenses". walesonline.co.uk. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ "About Me". DAI HAVARD Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney Constituency. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
^ "Mr Dai Havard". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
^ "MP-by-MP: Gay marriage vote". bbc.co.uk. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ "Same-sex marriage becomes law in England and Wales". bbc.co.uk. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ "Labour MP Dai Havard to stand down at next election". BBC. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.