Sandy Mewies
Sandy Mewies | |
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Member of the Welsh Assembly for Delyn | |
In office 1 May 2003 – 6 April 2016 | |
Preceded by | Alison Halford |
Succeeded by | Hannah Blythyn |
Majority | 2,881 (12.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1950-02-19) 19 February 1950 (age 74) Brymbo, Wrexham, Wales |
Political party | Welsh Labour |
Alma mater | Open University |
Sandra (Sandy) Mewies AM (born 16 February 1950) is a Welsh Labour[1] politician. Born in Brymbo, Wrexham, Mewies represented the constituency of Delyn at the National Assembly for Wales from her election in 2003 until 2016.[2]
Education
Grove Park Girls' Grammar School, Wrexham. Holds a degree from the Open University and is an Honorary Fellow of the North East Wales Institute. She has worked as a journalist, in the voluntary sector running the former Clwyd Community Care Federation and as a lay inspector of schools. She is a former director of the Wales European Centre in Brussels.
Political career
County and community councillor, Wrexham for 16 years – she served as deputy leader and mayor.
She was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 2003 as a Labour candidate to represent Delyn and re-elected in 2007 and again in 2011. At the 2011 election she joined the Labour Co-operative Assembly Group.[3] She was Chair of the European and External Affairs Committee and sat on the Enterprise and Learning Committee.
References
- ^ "National Assembly for Wales – Assembly Member details – Sandy Mewies". Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "Sandy Mewies AM – Delyn". er=Welsh Labour blog. Welsh Labour. 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Annual Report 2011". Co-operative Party. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
External links
- Sandy Mewies AM homepage
- Website of the Welsh Assembly Government
- Website of the National Assembly for Wales
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Preceded by | Assembly Member for Delyn 2003–2016 | Succeeded by |
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- Leighton Andrews
- Mick Antoniw
- (Rosemary Butler)
- Christine Chapman
- Jeffrey Cuthbert
- Alun Davies
- Keith Davies
- Mark Drakeford
- Carwyn Jones †
- Rebecca Evans
- Vaughan Gething
- Janice Gregory
- John Griffiths
- Lesley Griffiths
- Edwina Hart
- Mike Hedges
- Jane Hutt
- Julie James
- Ann Jones
- Huw Lewis
- Sandy Mewies
- Julie Morgan
- Lynne Neagle
- Gwyn R Price
- Jenny Rathbone
- David Rees
- Carl Sargeant
- Ken Skates
- Gwenda Thomas
- Joyce Watson
- Mohammad Asghar
- Angela Burns
- Andrew RT Davies †
- Byron Davies/Altaf Hussain
- Paul Davies
- Suzy Davies
- Janet Finch-Saunders
- Russell George
- William Graham
- Mark Isherwood
- David Melding
- Darren Millar
- Nick Ramsay
- Antoinette Sandbach/Janet Haworth
- Jocelyn Davies
- Llyr Gruffydd
- Bethan Jenkins
- Alun Ffred Jones
- Elin Jones
- Ieuan Wyn Jones † (leader until 2012/AM until June 2013)
- Rhodri Glyn Thomas
- Leanne Wood † (leader from March 2012)
- Rhun ap Iorwerth (Aug 2013–)
- Simon Thomas
- Lindsay Whittle
- Peter Black
- Eluned Parrott
- William Powell
- Aled Roberts
- Kirsty Williams †
- Presiding Officer: Rosemary Butler
- † = Party leaders