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{{Short description|British politician (born 1950)}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
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| name = Dai Havard
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| office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (UK Parliament constituency)|Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney]]
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| majority = 4,056 (12.6%)
| predecessor = [[Ted Rowlands, Baron Rowlands|Ted Rowlands]]
| successor = [[Gerald Jones]]
| term_start = 7 June 2001
| term_end = 30 March 2015
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| birth_place = [[Merthyr Tydfil]], [[Glamorgan]], [[Wales]]
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| nationality = British
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| party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
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'''David Stuart Havard''' (born 7 February 1950) is a [[British people|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[politician]] who was the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of parliament]] (MP) for [[Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (UK Parliament constituency)|Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney]] from [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]] to [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]].

== Career ==
Havard was a trade union researcher, education tutor, official and ultimately the Wales Secretary of the [[Manufacturing, Science and Finance]] (MSF) Union.

=== Member of Parliament ===
He claimed more than £205,000 in his [[United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal|expenses]] and wages between 2007 and 2008, which was revealed in May 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/dai-comes-clean-on-expenses-2106768|title=Dai comes clean on expenses|work=walesonline.co.uk|date=21 May 2009|accessdate=1 October 2020}}</ref>

He continued as a member of [[Unite the Union]] following his election to Parliament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.daihavardmp.co.uk/page2.html |title=About Me |website=DAI HAVARD Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney Constituency |accessdate=5 May 2018}}</ref> During his time in Parliament, Havard was a member of the [[Regulatory Reform Committee]] (2001–2005) and the [[Defence Select Committee]] (2003–2015).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-dai-havard/1430 |title=Mr Dai Havard |website=UK Parliament |accessdate=5 May 2018}}</ref> He consistently voted against [[Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom|same sex marriage]] the most recent being February 2013, one month prior to the [[Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013|act coming into force]] which became an [[Act of Parliament (UK)|official law]] in July 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21346694|title=MP-by-MP: Gay marriage vote|publisher=BBC|date=5 February 2013|accessdate=1 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23338279|title=Same-sex marriage becomes law in England and Wales|publisher=BBC|date=17 July 2013|accessdate=1 October 2020}}</ref>

Havard announced his decision to stand down as an MP at the following year's [[2015 United Kingdom general election|general election]] in September 2014, which he did so in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Labour MP Dai Havard to stand down at next election|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-29355573|accessdate=28 March 2015|publisher=BBC|date=24 September 2014}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.daihavardmp.co.uk/ Dai Havard MP] ''official constituency website''
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[[Category:1950 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Welsh Labour MPs]]
[[Category:UK MPs 2001–2005]]
[[Category:UK MPs 2005–2010]]
[[Category:UK MPs 2010–2015]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Warwick]]
[[Category:Politics of Merthyr Tydfil]]
[[Category:People from Merthyr Tydfil]]


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