Win Griffiths
Winston James Griffiths, OBE, known as Win Griffiths, is a former teacher and politician, who served as a Member of the European Parliament for South Wales from 1979–1989 and as Member of Parliament for Bridgend from 1987–2005 for the Labour Party.
He held a number of front bench roles in opposition and was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Welsh Office by Tony Blair in May 1997, but left government after the July 1998 reshuffle. After leaving government he chaired the Welsh Grand Committee and retired from parliament in 2005.
He served as chair of Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust following his retirement and is now Chairman of Wales Council for Voluntary Action and the Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust.
He was awarded an OBE in the 2011 New Year Honours list.Offices Held
