Kammala wannan jumla: Howells ya kasance mai goyon bayan juyin halitta. Ya taka rawar gani a cikin
Yaƙin neman zaɓe na 1979 a Wales. Ya kuma sami damar samun Farmers Union of Wales (FUW) a matsayin daya daga cikin kungiyoyin kwadago na hukuma don tattaunawar gwamnati a lokacin yarjejeniyar Lib-Lab a shekarun 1970.