There was some controversy surrounding his selection to succeed AllanRogers, but he set about burnishing his Welsh roots: a great-uncle captained the Welsh rugby team.
MPs who urged a No vote (Allan Rogers, Sir Ray Powell and Denzil Davies) have vowed to get proportional representation taken out of the scheme altogether.
Rhondda Labour MP AllanRogers agreed that a mistake had been made but said there were plenty of other opportunities on the census form to express one's Welshness.