Peter Griffiths

Peter Griffiths
Member of Parliament
In office
3 May 1979 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byFrank Judd
Succeeded bySyd Rapson
ConstituencyPortsmouth North
In office
15 October 1964 – 10 March 1966
Preceded byPatrick Gordon Walker
Succeeded byAndrew Faulds
ConstituencySmethwick
Personal details
BornPeter Harry Steve Griffiths
(1928-05-24)24 May 1928
Died20 November 2013(2013-11-20) (aged 85)
Portsmouth, England
CitizenshipBritish
PartyConservative

Peter Harry Steve Griffiths (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2013) was a British Conservative politician best known for gaining the Smethwick seat by defeating the Shadow Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker in the 1964 general election, against the national trend, by using anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric.