Roger Roberts, Baron Roberts of Llandudno (born October 23, 1935) is a Welsh

Wales

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 Liberal Democrat politician.

Roberts was educated at John Bright Grammar School in Llandudno

Llandudno

Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy County Borough, Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community...

, the University College of North Wales and Handsworth Methodist College, Birmingham

Birmingham

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. In 1957 he became a Methodist

Methodism

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 minister and has been Superintendent Methodist Minister at Llandudno for twenty years.

Roberts was for many years President of the Welsh Liberals

Liberal Party (UK)

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 then of the Welsh Liberal Democrats. He was a councillor and leader of the Liberal Democrats on Aberconwy

Aberconwy (district)

The Borough of Aberconwy was one of five districts of Gwynedd, north-west Wales, from 1974 to 1996.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on April 1, 1974 from parts of the administrative counties of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire....

 borough council for several years and stood as candidate for the parliamentary seat of Conwy

Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)

Conwy was an electoral constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament by the single-member district plurality system of voting....

 five times. His son, Gareth Roberts, stood for the same seat for the Liberal Democrats in 2005.

Roberts was made a life peer

Life peer

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 as Baron Roberts of Llandudno

Llandudno

Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy County Borough, Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community...

and speaks on International Development and Welsh Affairs for the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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.

Roberts is a widower with three children and lives in Llandudno.

External links

• Lord Roberts of Llandudno profile at the site of Liberal Democrats