Michael Roberts (politician)

For other people named Michael Roberts, see Michael Roberts (disambiguation).

Michael Hilary Arthur Roberts (6 May 1927 – 10 February 1983) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Roberts was Member of Parliament for Cardiff North from 1970 to 1974, and thereafter for Cardiff North West. He became a junior Welsh Office minister when the Margaret Thatcher government came to power in 1979.

Roberts was taken ill while speaking at the despatch box in the House of Commons (he was replying to an adjournment debate) and was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. Ordinarily there would have been a by-election to succeed him but none was called due to the impending 1983 general election, in which boundary changes abolished his Cardiff North West seat.

References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1979
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ted Rowlands	Member of Parliament for Cardiff North 1970–Feb 1974	Succeeded by Ian Grist
Preceded by new constituency	Member of Parliament for Cardiff North West Feb 1974–1983	Succeeded by constituency abolished