"Many Photos" - Labour MP Paul Flynn dies aged 84

Paul Flynn (pictured), the Labour MP for Newport West, has died at the age of 84

Paul Flynn, the Labour MP for Newport West, has died at the age of 84. 

The veteran Labour MP was elected to the House of Commons in 1987 and went on to win the seat in South Wales another seven times. 

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn paid tribute last night, saying: 'I'm very sad at the passing of my good friend Paul Flynn. 

'He had such love for Newport, knowledge of radical South Wales history and a dry wit. 

'He was an independent thinker who was a credit to the Labour Party. He will be greatly missed.' 

His local association said: 'It's with great sadness that we let you know that our MP, Paul Flynn, has died today.

'Paul is a hero to many of us in the Newport Labour family and we mourn for his family's loss. 

'We would ask that the privacy of Paul's family is respected at this difficult time.'

Mr Flynn unseated Conservative MP Mark Robinson in 1987 and held the seat for the rest of his life. 

He held several shadow cabinet posts during his parliamentary career, but had not been active in the Commons in recent months. 

Mark Drakeford, the Welsh First Minister and party leader in Wales, also joined the tributes. 

He said: 'Paul Flynn was a giant of the Welsh Labour movement and today's news will be a source of great sadness to all those who knew him. 

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn paid tribute to Paul Flynn, pictured together at the Labour conference in Liverpool in 2016 

'He was one of the most effective communicators of his generation - inside the House of Commons and outside. 

'But it was Paul's willingness to speak up for causes beyond the political mainstream, which marked him out as a politician of real courage and integrity. 

'I first met him more than 35 years ago, and it has been a privilege to have worked with him, in the run-up to the devolution era and beyond. 

'Our thoughts are with his family today and all those who knew him.'   

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