Rod Richards

Roderick Richards (12 March 1947 – 13 July 2019) was a British politician. He was a Conservative before joining UK Independence Party in 2013. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Clwyd North West, in Wales, from 1992 to 1997.

Richards was also the Conservative leader in the National Assembly for Wales in 1999, after being elected as an Assembly Member for North Wales. He was born in Llanelli, Wales.

Richards died on 13 July 2019 in Penarth, Wales of cancer, aged 72.