# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hywel-francis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:36:51.291Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hywel-francis"
name: "Hywel Francis"
slug: "hywel-francis"
description: "David Hywel Francis was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberavon from 2001 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he chaired the Welsh Affairs Committee from 2005 to 2010 and the Joint Committee on Human Rights from 2010 to 2015."
tagline: "British politician (1946-2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Hywel_Francis_MP.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-06-06"
deathDate: "2021-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.141253333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://web.archive.org/web/20150401004454/http://www.hywelfrancis.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hywel_Francis"
    title: "Hywel Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "هيويل فرنسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "هيويل فرنسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hywel_Francis"
    title: "Hywel Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hywel_Francis"
    title: "Hywel Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hywel_Francis"
    title: "Hywel Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hywel_Francis"
    title: "Hywel Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q390825"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump