Peter Law

Peter Law
Official portrait, c. 2003
Member of Parliament for Blaenau Gwent
In office 5 May 2005 – 25 April 2006
Preceded by	Llew Smith
Succeeded by	Dai Davies
Majority	9,121 (25.9%)
Minister for Local Government and Regeneration
In office 6 May 1999 – 17 June 2000
First Minister	Alun Michael
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Edwina Hart
Member of the Welsh Assembly for Blaenau Gwent
In office 6 May 1999 – 25 April 2006
Preceded by	New Assembly
Succeeded by	Trish Law
Majority	11736 (59.4%)
Personal details
Born	Peter John Law (1948-04-01)1 April 1948 Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died	25 April 2006(2006-04-25) (aged 58) Nantyglo, Gwent, Wales
Political party	Blaenau Gwent People's Voice (2005-2006) Independent (2005) Labour and Co-operative (before 2005)
Spouse	Trish Law
Children	3 daughters, 2 sons
Residence	Nantyglo
Alma mater	Open University
Occupation	Grocer, NHS Trust Chair

Peter John Law (1 April 1948 – 25 April 2006)^[1] was a Welsh politician. For most of his career Law sat as a Labour councillor and subsequently Labour Co-operative Assembly member (AM) for Blaenau Gwent. Latterly he sat as an independent member of Parliament (MP) and AM for the same constituency.

Law resigned from the Labour Party in 2005. In the 2005 general election, he defeated the Labour candidate by over 9,000 votes. The Daily Telegraph described his victory as "one of the most spectacular general election results of modern times".^[2]