Ann Clwyd Obituary

Former Welsh Member of Parliament, Ann Clwyd has died peacefully at her home at the age of 86. Her death occurred on Friday, July 21, 2023.

Tributes have been pouring in from politicians and loved ones after her death was announced.

“She didn’t flinch from speaking her mind, no matter what the personal or political cost. She fought the case of those employed in the coal industry, persuading my government to correct the failure to compensate former miners for the ill health they suffered through mining… I admired her enormously and I’m deeply sorry at her passing. A remarkable woman with an outstanding record of service to others,” Tony Blair shared.

“As a long-standing chair of the parliamentary Labour party, Ann was a leading figure in the Labour Party, dedicating her life to our movement. My thoughts are with her family and friends,” Sir Keir Starmer.

Kevin Brennan, the Labour MP for Cardiff West shared;

“As a constituent of mine, she frequently egged me on to fight injustice that outraged her.“