Rhodri Morgan

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Jenny Randerson (Acting)
Ieuan Wyn Jones
Preceded byAlun Michael
Succeeded byCarwyn Jones
Leader of Welsh Labour
In office
9 February 2000 – 1 December 2009
UK party leaderTony Blair
Gordon Brown
Preceded byAlun Michael
Succeeded byCarwyn Jones
Member of the Welsh Assembly
for Cardiff West
In office
6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMark Drakeford
Member of Parliament
for Cardiff West
In office
11 June 1987 – 14 May 2001
Preceded byStefan Terlezki
Succeeded byKevin Brennan
Personal details
Born
Hywel Rhodri Morgan

(1939-09-29)29 September 1939
Roath, Cardiff, Wales
Died17 May 2017(2017-05-17) (aged 77)
Wenvoe, Wales
Political partyWelsh Labour
Spouse
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(m. 1967)​
Children3
Parent(s)T. J. Morgan
Huana Rees
RelativesPrys Morgan (brother)
Garel Rhys (second cousin)
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford
Harvard University
Cabinet
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Hywel Rhodri Morgan (29 September 1939 – 17 May 2017) was a Welsh Labour politician who was the First Minister of Wales and the Leader of Welsh Labour from 2000 to 2009. He was also the Assembly Member for Cardiff West from 1999 to 2011 and the Member of Parliament for Cardiff West from 1987 to 2001. He remains the longest-serving First Minister of Wales, having served in the position for 9 years and 304 days. He was Chancellor of Swansea University from 2011 until his death in 2017.

Early life and education

Hywel Rhodri Morgan was born at Mrs Gill's Nursing Home in

second cousin.[1]

Childhood and education

Morgan was raised with his brother Prys in the village of

dig for victory campaign.[16][17] Radyr did, however, avoid the conflict's worst hardships.[18] Morgan had a mostly positive childhood, however he was often ill as an infant, and he almost died from pneumonia in 1942.[18][3]: 9  As a child, Morgan was nicknamed "fuzzy" by his family and friends for his curly, frizzy hair.[19]

In 1944, Morgan started attending Radyr Primary School. Having begun his education near the end of World War II, Morgan found his class in the first year of primary school was mostly populated by

modern languages.[18]

At Oxford, Morgan studied modern languages for two academic terms before becoming disinterested in the subject and changing his subject to

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences with a Master of Arts degree in government in 1963,[26] before coming back to the United Kingdom in that year's summer.[18]

Early political involvement

Morgan's interest in politics began when he was eleven or twelve years old.[27][24] He had convinced his mother to take him to a local political meeting. At the meeting he saw Dorothy Rees, the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Barry, shouted down by public school pupils who supported the Conservative Party, which made her cry.[21][24] Morgan later recalled thinking: "I'm going to nail those bastards".[7][21] He was an active member of the Oxford University Labour Club[28] and is said to have discouraged other students at Oxford from joining Plaid Cymru.[29]: 2  By the time Morgan finished his studies at Harvard, he had decided to pursue his political interests practically rather than academically.[4] He joined the Labour Party in December 1963, where he became a member of the constituency Labour Party for Cardiff South East.[4][29]: 2 

Early career

Morgan returned to the United Kingdom in the summer of 1963, where he took up his first job as a tutor organiser for the

1964 general election, Morgan campaigned with Edwards, Kinnock and Kinnock's partner Glenys in support of James Callaghan, the Labour MP for Cardiff South East who later became Prime Minister.[8][30] Morgan pursued a relationship with Edwards and after three years of campaigning together they married on 22 April 1967.[18] They had their first child, Mari, in 1968, and a second child, Siani, in 1969.[21] They also had an adopted son, Stuart, who was born in 1969 or 1970.[33]

In 1966, Morgan was considered for selection as the Labour Party's

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre in Wales, as well as the relocation of the Royal Mint and a part of the Inland Revenue to Wales.[35] In addition to his work as a research officer at Cardiff City Council, Morgan was also a junior town planner.[4][2]: 55  He reported to the Cardiff City Planning Department.[26]

From 1974 to 1980 Morgan worked at South Glamorgan County Council
as an industrial development officer. He said this was his "dream job"

In 1972, Morgan became a

civil servant at the Department of Trade and Industry[36] where he worked for Christopher Chataway as an economic adviser.[4][3]: 55  He remained at the department until 1974.[26] In 1974, Morgan became the industrial development officer for South Glamorgan County Council, which he said was his "dream job".[4][3]: 59  He stopped working for the council in 1980.[4] From 1980 to 1987 Morgan worked at the European Commission's Office for Wales as the head of its press and information bureau.[17][7][28] His ability to speak German, Welsh and French proved useful.[4] In this role, he was the highest paid civil servant in Wales.[37]

Morgan's work had permitted him to keep living in Cardiff while staying politically active as a neutral civil servant.

1987 general election.[28]

Parliamentary career

parliamentary constituency of Cardiff West
, displayed above in red

In the

1997 general election.[42] He was sponsored by the Transport and General Workers' Union[43] and shared an office at Transport House with Alun Michael, the Labour MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, following their election to parliament in 1987.[44] He was joined in parliament by his wife Julie following the 1997 general election, when she was elected as the Labour MP for Cardiff North.[45]

Morgan made his

Finance Bill.[46] The media developed a liking for Morgan; The Times reviewed the maiden speeches of the 1987 parliamentary intake and placed Morgan's maiden speech into joint-first place.[18] He established a reputation for being a "maverick" and a witty and outspoken "loose-cannon".[47] In line with the majority of backbench MPs from Wales,[48] Morgan aligned himself with the soft left of the Labour Party.[49][3]: 68  He was associated with the "Riverside Mafia", a group of soft left Labour councillors in South Glamorgan County Council which included Mark Drakeford, Jane Hutt, Sue Essex and Morgan's wife Julie.[29]: 4–5, 297  Morgan's main interests as an MP were industrial policy, regional policy, regional development, health, European affairs, the environment, and the conservation of wild life, particularly marine life and birds.[50] He also had an interest in freedom of information.[21]

Cardiff Bay Barrage campaign

An early challenge for Morgan during his parliamentary career was the controversial Cardiff Bay Barrage project. Mark Drakeford and Jane Hutt were suspended by the leadership of the Labour group in South Glamorgan County Council for opposing the scheme.[51][29]: 5  The council had been promoting the project with the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation, with both organisations claiming that the barrage would regenerate the Cardiff Docklands. Its opponents, meanwhile, claimed that it would be costly and potentially damaging to the environment.[52] Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock and Labour MP for Cardiff South and Penarth Alun Michael, whose constituency included the site where the new bay would be formed, both supported the project.[53] However, the constituency Labour Party for Cardiff West, Morgan's own constituency, had voted to oppose the barrage, and the local Labour Party branches for Riverside and Canton were also against it.[53]

On 3 July 1989, Morgan announced his opposition to the barrage, stating that it was wrong "to subject my constituents to disturbance for something of extremely doubtful value".

Welsh secretary, that a Labour government might stop the construction of the barrage before its completion. This prompted Michael to state that he was "fed up" with Morgan's "outrageous and irresponsible nonsense", adding that his remarks could deter employers from coming to Cardiff.[56]

Shadow ministerial career

In his first year in parliament, Morgan worked on

shadow minister for energy, where he was given responsibility for Labour's response to the government's electricity privatisation policy. When taking the role, Morgan said he intended to scrutinise the government's plans for electricity privatisation as he found "no virtues in converting a public monopoly into a private sector monopoly" and wanted to find "a better deal for consumers".[59] During Morgan's tenure, the shadow energy team opposed electricity privatisation.[60] He spoke beyond his brief, asking why Wales received less investment than Cornwall and Devon and exploring a now disproven conspiracy theory[61] that the Spandau prisoner believed to be Nazi German deputy Führer Rudolf Hess was an imposter.[28][62]

In the shadow energy team, Morgan initially worked under

shadow secretary of state for energy from 1988 to 1989.[4][63] He then worked under Frank Dobson, the shadow energy secretary from 1989 to 1992.[47][64] According to The Independent, Morgan and Blair worked "harmoniously" together.[17] In contrast, the New Statesman said Morgan "antagonised [Blair] at every step".[65] Morgan himself believed that he was "highly regarded" by Blair.[60] He supported Blair's attempt to get elected to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in 1992 and voted for Blair during his campaign for the Labour leadership in 1994, which he won.[17][60]

Morgan in 1992. He served as a shadow minister for Welsh affairs from 1992 to 1997

On 30 July 1992, the recently elected Labour leader John Smith appointed Morgan as a shadow minister for Welsh affairs.[66] He remained in this post after Tony Blair became Labour leader in 1994.[67][68] At first, Morgan worked under Ann Clwyd, the shadow secretary of state for Wales from July 1992 to November 1992.[66][69] He then worked under Ron Davies, the shadow welsh secretary from November 1992, serving as his deputy.[29]: 3  He was also given responsibility for Labour's health policy in Wales.[70][71]

In the Welsh affairs brief, Morgan targeted

Conservative Party Conference, where he claimed that the total cost of the quangos in Wales had reached £51.5 million.[75]

To tackle the cost of the Welsh quangos, Morgan stated in 1996 that a devolved

pressure group within the Labour Party that called for the establishment of a Welsh Assembly.[79]
: 40 

Morgan's opposition to the Welsh quangos, as well as his attempts to stop the construction of the Cardiff Bay Barrage, alienated the traditionalists within the Labour Party in Wales. These actions also made him a known troublemaker towards the Welsh political establishment. In Cardiff, Morgan faced hostility from the local political establishment in the Labour Party.[29]: 3–4  He ultimately found the 1992–1997 parliament more challenging than the previous parliament.[4] He had a difficult relationship with some of Tony Blair's inner circle,[18] including his close confidant Alun Michael and his closest adviser Peter Mandelson.[60][77]

Return to the backbenches

In the

consolation prize.[21][87]

In his later parliamentary career as a backbencher, Morgan provoked the Labour government for its hesitance to ban the advertising of cigarettes, its unenthusiastic approach to freedom of information and for the party's parliamentary selection process.[28]

Welsh Labour leadership campaigns

Labour's election manifesto for the 1997 general election included a commitment to hold a devolution referendum in Wales to determine whether to establish a devolved Welsh assembly.

First Secretary of Wales.[90]

Following the result of the 1997 devolution referendum, Morgan immediately decided to run for the leadership of the

Labour Party in Wales.[4] This meant that he was also running to become the inaugural first secretary of Wales, as Labour was expected to win the most seats in the first election to the assembly.[4][91] Leading the assembly had been a long-held ambition of Morgan's.[92][79]: 202  However, the favourite to become first secretary was the Welsh secretary Ron Davies, who was viewed as the architect of the government's plans for the devolved assembly.[93] In March 1998, Davies announced his intention to stand for a seat in the assembly and run for the post of first secretary.[94] Morgan then called for a leadership election to determine who the party's candidate for first secretary would be.[95] Senior figures in the Labour Party in Wales feared that a leadership election could split the party and instead preferred to avoid an election, with Davies running for the post of first secretary unopposed. However, Morgan continued to insist on a leadership election, stating that he had already announced his intention to become first secretary before Davies did.[95][79]
: 202 

Campaigning for the 1998 Welsh Labour leadership election began in March 1998 and lasted until September.[96] In his leadership pitch, Morgan cited his administrative experience in London, Europe, local government and the Welsh Office.[93] He also presented himself as the "new beginning, anti-establishment" candidate and as the "unity" candidate.[94][95] Davies had the support of Tony Blair and the party machinery of the Labour Party[4] and was viewed as the establishment candidate.[97] Morgan also presented himself as the "democratic" candidate, as he had campaigned for the election to be held under the one member, one vote electoral system.[97] However, senior figures in the Labour Party in Wales decided to hold the election under an electoral college with block voting, which was decried as "undemocratic" by Davies' opponents.[98] Support for Davies came from the large trade unions such as Unison and the Transport and General Workers' Union and from the majority of Labour MPs, MEPs and Welsh assembly candidates. Support for Morgan came from the smaller trade unions, the constituency membership and the party grassroots.[97] Ideologically, both Morgan and Davies were on the soft left of the Labour Party.[97]

In September 1998, Davies won the leadership election, therefore becoming the Labour Party in Wales' candidate for first secretary.[99] Morgan had won the most nominations from the constituency Labour parties,[4] as well as the membership vote across the constituency parties which held a membership ballot, but the electoral college left him with 31.78% of the vote to Davies' 68.22%.[99] Davies would resign from the cabinet and the leadership six weeks later after being involved in an alleged gay sex scandal on Clapham Common. Tony Blair appointed Alun Michael as Welsh secretary and planned for him to become the first secretary without a leadership election.[4] Blair appointed Michael, a Blairite, to prevent Morgan from taking the leadership.[18] Michael invited Morgan and another likely contender for the post, Wayne David, to serve with him as his deputies. Morgan declined Michael's offer and insisted on another leadership election.[92][4] Blair met with Morgan and tried to convince him not to stand, but Morgan rejected this appeal and continued his leadership campaign.[100][4]

The

Old Labour" candidate while Michael was described as the centrist "New Labour
" candidate. Although Michael had by this point become a Blairite, both candidates had their origins in the soft left of the Labour Party. There was also some animosity between them, as Morgan had been a leading campaigner against the Cardiff Bay Barrage project while Michael had been a leading campaigner in support of it.

Assembly career

First Assembly (1999)

Welsh Labour Party
Election2003, 2007
Appointed byElizabeth II
SeatTŷ Hywel

A committed supporter of Welsh

Ron Davies. Davies was then forced to resign his position after an alleged sex scandal, whereupon Morgan again ran for the post. His opponent, Alun Michael, the new Secretary of State for Wales, was seen as a reluctant participant despite also having a long-standing commitment to Welsh devolution, and was widely regarded as being the choice of the UK leadership of the Labour Party.[101]

Michael was duly elected to the leadership but resigned a little more than a year later, amid threats of an imminent no-confidence vote and alleged plotting against him by members of not only his own party, but also Assembly groups and Cabinet members. Morgan, who had served as Minister for Economic Development under Michael,

Privy Council in July 2000.[102]

Morgan stepped down from the House of Commons at the 2001 General Election.

Morgan's leadership was characterised by a willingness to distance himself from a number of aspects of UK Labour Party policy, particularly in relation to plans to introduce choice and competition into

Clear Red Water"[103] separating policies in Wales and in Westminster.[104]

Second Assembly (2003)

U.S. Ambassador Robert Tuttle
on 7 October 2005 in Cardiff.

On 1 May 2003, Labour under Morgan's leadership was re-elected in the Assembly elections. Morgan managed to win enough seats to form a Labour-only administration (the election was held under proportional representation, and Labour won 30 of the 60 seats in the Assembly and the overall majority was achieved when Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM was elected Presiding Officer of the Assembly) and named his cabinet on 9 May. In that election, Labour easily took back all of the former strongholds they lost to Plaid Cymru at the height of Alun Michael's unpopularity in 1999.

In his second term, Morgan's administration continued its theme of "Welsh solutions for Welsh problems", a marked contrast to the Blairite public service reform agenda.[citation needed] Instead of competition, Welsh Labour emphasised the need for collaboration between public service providers.[105]

Third Assembly (2007)

coalition agreement (One Wales) with Ieuan Wyn Jones, leader of Plaid Cymru, on 27 June 2007. Morgan became the first modern political leader of Wales to lead an Assembly with powers to pass primary legislation (subject to consent from Westminster).[citation needed
]

Retirement

In July 2005, Morgan announced his intention to lead the Welsh Labour party into the 2007 general election, but retire as leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister sometime in 2009, when he would be 70.

AM Huw Lewis entered a leadership contest to elect a new Labour leader in Wales.[108] On 1 December 2009 the winner was declared as Carwyn Jones,[109] who assumed office as First Minister on 10 December 2009. Morgan remained a backbench AM until April 2011, when the third Assembly was dissolved before the general election on 5 May 2011
.

Personal life

Morgan married

née Edwards) in 1967. Julie would later have her own political career as an AM and MP, joining Morgan in the House of Commons in 1997.[4][45] The couple had two daughters, Mari and Siani, and an adopted son, Stuart. Mari was born in 1968 and became a scientist while Siani was born in 1969 and became a charity worker.[7] Stuart, born in 1969 or 1970,[33] was troubled and had multiple convictions.[7] Morgan also had eight grandchildren[110] and a Labrador named William Tell.[111][112] His elder brother Prys Morgan was a history professor at Swansea University[18] and his second cousin Garel Rhys was an academic.[1]

After marriage, Morgan settled at

tip".[114] The couple also had a caravan in Mwnt, on the coast of Ceredigion, where the family holidayed each summer for at least 40 years.[82][115] Morgan was a long-time friend of Neil Kinnock, leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992.[116][3]: 299  In their younger years, they were part of a rock band together.[117] They shared a flat in Cardiff from 1963 to 1965.[7] Morgan was also a long-time friend of the former AM Sue Essex.[118]

In July 2007, Morgan had an

heart attack.[119][29]: 20  He was admitted to hospital where he underwent cardiac surgery and had two stent implants to unblock his arteries.[120][121] Even though he left hospital within the week, doctors said he would not be fully recovered for a few weeks.[122]

Death

Thornhill Crematorium's Wenallt Chapel

Morgan collapsed on the evening of 17 May 2017 while cycling on Cwrt yr Ala Road, Wenvoe, near his home. Police and paramedics were called to the scene and he was pronounced dead.[123] He was 77.[124]

Morgan's family held a humanist funeral for him, in line with his humanist beliefs, at the Welsh Assembly on 31 May, which was open on a first-come first-served basis to the public, as well as broadcast on screens outside the Senedd and online. The funeral was televised and billed as a major national event. The ceremony was led by Morgan's friend and former Welsh Labour colleague Lorraine Barrett.[125][126] A private service of committal was held at Thornhill Crematorium's Wenallt Chapel in Cardiff the next day.

Honorary degrees

Morgan was awarded several honorary degrees for his service to the United Kingdom, including the following.

Country Date School Degree
 Wales 26 November 2007 University of Wales Honorary
Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[127]
 Wales June 2009 Bangor University Honorary Doctorate[128]
 Wales 2009 Aberystwyth University Honorary Fellow[129]
 Wales 2010 Cardiff University Honorary Doctorate[130]
 Wales 2010 Swansea University Honorary Doctorate[131]
 Wales July 2011 University of Glamorgan Honorary Doctorate[132]

He was also appointed Chancellor of Swansea University in 2011, a post he held until his death. He had close links with the university as both his parents had graduated from it in the 1920s and his father and brother also taught there.[133]

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Notes

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