Keith Best
Keith Best | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn Anglesey (1979 - 1983) | |
| In office 3 May 1979 – 18 May 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Cledwyn Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Ieuan Wyn Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Keith Lander Best 10 June 1949 |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Gibson |
Keith Lander Best (born 10 June 1949) is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Anglesey from 1979 when he gained the seat from Labour until 1983, and for the renamed Ynys Môn from 1983 to 1987. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales from 1981 to 1984. He was described by Austin Mitchell in 1982 as one of 12 MPs who “are the parliamentary activists, the people who keep the place going. Compared to their efforts, a much larger number of MPs either do a lot less or direct their activity into less public channels.”
He resigned his seat in 1987 following the revelation by the Labour Research Department that he had made multiple share applications in the BT offer (for which he was later imprisoned). He has since led the organisations Prisoners Abroad (1989–1993), the Immigration Advisory Service (1993–2009), Freedom from Torture (2010–2014) and SurvivorsUK (2015-2018). He is currently the President of Stop Human Trafficking Worldwide.