Dame Cheryl Gillan, Welsh Secretary under David Cameron and staunch opponent of HS2 – obituary
Dame Cheryl Gillan, Welsh Secretary under David Cameron and staunch opponent of HS2 – obituary She campaigned to protect the Chilterns against HS2 and housing development and in 2019 announced Boris Johnson's Tory leadership victory 5 April 2021 • 4:16pm Cheryl Gillan with her dog Tizzy after he was voted Westminster Dog of the Year in 1996 Credit: Brian Smith Dame Cheryl Gillan, who has died aged 68, was a combative Conservative MP who was Welsh Secretary in David Cameron’s Coalition, but made a greater impact campaigning against the HS2 high-speed railway being driven through her Ches...