What is John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon?
[[File:Official portrait of Lord Morris of Aberavon crop 2.jpg|right|200px]] '''John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KG|PC|QC}} (5 November 1931 &ndash; 5 June 2023) was a British politician. He was a moderate<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mC7pEr0R6QC&dq=john+morris+moderate+labour&pg=PA4 |title = The Almanac of British Politics|isbn = 9780415185417|last1 = Waller|first1 = Robert|last2 = Criddle|first2 = Byron|year = 1999}}</ref> [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) from 1959 to 2001 and [[Secretary of State for Wales]] from 1974 to 1979. Morris was born in [[Capel Bangor]], [[Aberystwyth]], [[Cardiganshire]]. He worked in the cabinets of [[Harold Wilson]], [[James Callaghan]] and [[Tony Blair]]. He also worked in the shadow cabinets of [[Michael Foot]] and [[Neil Kinnock]]. Morris died on 5 June 2023 at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/06/06/john-morris-lord-aberavon-obituary-labour/|title = Lord Morris of Aberavon, MP who over 41 years in the Commons served in four Labour governments – obituary|newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]]|date = 6 June 2023|accessdate = 6 June 2023|url-access = subscription}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071029013504/http://www.glam.ac.uk/profile/59/directorate Profile on the University of Glamorgan website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071026020745/http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page2615.asp Downing Street press notice September 2002] *[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_morris_of_aberavon They Work for You.com] {{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, John}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs]] [[Category:English barristers]] [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:UK MPs 1959–1964]] [[Category:UK MPs 1964–1966]] [[Category:UK MPs 1966–1970]] [[Category:UK MPs 1970–1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974–1979]] [[Category:UK MPs 1979–1983]] [[Category:UK MP