suffering from a recurrent brain tumour first diagnosed during the 2005 election campaign. As a result of his death, there were by-elections in Blaenau Gwent for both the UK Parliament and the Welsh Assembly seats. In the by-elections Law's former agent, Dai Davies, won the election to Law's former Westminster seat, while his widow Trish Law succeeded him in the Welsh Assembly. Both stood under the banner of the Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group. His widow has claimed that he was offered a peerage not to stand against Labour in Blaenau Gwent in 2005, an allegation denied by Labour. The claim had considerable media impact because of the ongoing Cash for Peerages police investigation. Law's funeral was held on Thursday 4 May 2006, at Christchurch in Ebbw Vale, exactly a year after he was elected to parliament. Some schools and businesses closed in order to allow people to see the cortège, and people lined the streets, with the funeral described as the biggest in the town since that of Nye Bevan. Law was cremated at Gwent Crematorium. On 10 May 2006 a thanksgiving service took place at St Paul's Church for those unable to get a seat or unable to attend Law's funeral. In December 2007 a memorial concert in honour of Law was held locally, with the proceeds raised donated to Hospice of the Valleys. On 10 December 2007 a plaque in Law's honour was also installed at the new Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station, with the location chosen to mark his years of campaigning for a railway link to Cardiff to be restored for the community. See also List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service References External links Peter Law Campaign literature from the 2005 General Election Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Peter Law MP TheyWorkForyou.com – Peter Law MP The Lost Valley, The Independent on Sunday, 10 July 2005. Labour challenger Peter Law dies, BBC, 25 April 2006. Peter Law – obituary, Tony Heath, 26 April 2006, The Guardian Offices held 1948 births 2006 deaths Councillors in Wales Deaths from brain tumor Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Welsh constituencies Members of the Welsh Assembly Government Labour Co-operative members of the Senedd Independent politicians in Wales Independent members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom UK MPs 2005–2010 Wales AMs 1999–2003 Wales AMs 2003–2007 Welsh socialists Deaths from cancer