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Peter Hubbard-Miles


Peter Charles Hubbard-Miles CBE (9 May 1927 – 1 October 2005) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Hubbard-Miles was educated at Lewis School in Pengam. From 1967 onwards, he was a member at various times of Glamorgan County Council, Porthcawl Urban District Council, West Glamorgan County Council and Ogwr Borough Council. In the February 1974 general election, he stood unsuccessfully in the Labour stronghold of Aberavon.

However, he was elected Member of Parliament for the newly created seat of Bridgend in the 1983 Conservative landslide. He was a member of the Select Committee on Welsh Affairs from 1983 to 1985, and was parliamentary private secretary to Nicholas Edwards the Secretary of State for Wales from 1985 to 1987.

In July 1983, he introduced a private member's bill for the licensing of caravan and tent sites.

At the 1987 general election, Hubbard-Miles lost the Bridgend seat to Labour Party candidate Win Griffiths.

As is traditional, the incoming MP paid tribute to his predecessor in his maiden speech. Win Griffiths said:


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