Rod Richards

Rod Richards
Leader of the Welsh Conservative Party
In office 12 May 1999 – 18 August 1999
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Nick Bourne
Member of the Welsh Assembly for North Wales
In office 6 May 1999 – 10 September 2002
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	David Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office 20 July 1994 – 2 June 1996
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Nicholas Bennett
Succeeded by	Jonathan Evans
Member of Parliament for Clwyd North West
In office 9 April 1992 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Sir Anthony Meyer
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	(1947-03-12)12 March 1947 Llanelli, Wales
Died	13 July 2019(2019-07-13) (aged 72) Penarth, Wales
Political party	UK Independence Party (2013–2019)
Other political affiliations	Conservative (until 2013)
Children	3
Education	Llandovery College, Aberystwyth University

Roderick Richards (12 March 1947 – 13 July 2019) was a British politician who was leader of the Welsh Conservatives from 1996 to 1999, and a Welsh Assembly member (AM) for the North Wales region from 1999 until 2003.

Prior to this, Richards was the Member of Parliament for Clwyd North West, in Wales, from 1992 to 1997.

He later defected to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in 2013.