"It has been a huge privilege to represent Islwyn in the House of Commons, " he added.

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Plaid had a dramatic victory in Islwyn and the Tories secured their only first-past-the-post victory in Monmouth.

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Lord Kinnock will be attending the funeral of a former Labour councillor in his old Islwyn constituency instead.

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Also present will be the Right Honourable member for Islwyn (Don Touhig, the chairman of the Members' Allowances Committee).

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The reverend TE Nicholas (alias Nicholas of Glais) and his son Islwyn were arrested by Aberystwyth police on the evening of 11 July 1940.

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Something other than a Welsh appetite for a seat in the United Nations must explain Labour's defeats in hitherto loyal party fastnesses such as Llanelli, Islwyn and Rhondda.

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The Conservatives will be hopeful of holding on to Monmouth, and Neil Kinnock s old seat of Islwyn is a key Labour target seat, as the party strives to win an overall majority.

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"Many of us have grown up with Islwyn and Norman regard them as the elder statesmen of the choir and we hold them in high esteem, not just as first-class choristers but true gentlemen, " he added.

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