Constituency : Conway 1966-70, Caerphilly 1979 -81 ( Labour ), 1981-3 (SDP)
Ednyfed crossed over to the SDP on the same day as Jeffrey Thomas.
Ednyed was a Congregationalist minister's son from Llanelli. He was educated at Dynevor Grammar School and Oxford. He became a lecturer and Welsh-language broadcaster. He took Conway from the Conservatives in 1966 by a narrow majority , campaigning on leasehold reform then lost narrowly in 1970. He was chairman of the Welsh Tourist Board in 1976. He returned to the Commons for the safe seat of Caerphilly in 1979. He was a champion of the Welsh language and devolution. He was popular at Westminster but seen as a maverick.
Ednyfed had long since moved to the New Forest and contested Basingstoke in 1983.He came a respectable second.
Ednyfed became chairman of a local museum trust.He developed business interests in commercial radio.
Ednyfed was keen on chess, sailing , fast cars and photography.
He died in 2018 aged 88.
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