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John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, KG, PC, KC (5 November 1931 – 5 June 2023) was a British politician. He was a Labour Party Member of Parliament for over 41 years, from 1959 to 2001, which included a period as Secretary of State for Wales from 1974 to 1979 and as Attorney General between 1997 and 1999. He was the last living former Labour MP who was first elected in the 1950s. He was also the last surviving member of Harold Wilson's 1974–76 cabinet, and was the longest-serving Privy Counsellor at the time of his death. His combined parliamentary service totalled over 60 years. Following the death of Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford on 18 March 2023, Morris and Stratton Mills became the surviving former MPs with the earliest date of first election, having first entered Parliament at the 1959 general election.
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5 November 1931 Capel Bangor, United Kingdom
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5 June 2023 (aged 91)
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