Mabon ap Gwynfor
Mabon ap Gwynfor | |
|---|---|
 ap Gwynfor in 2021 | |
| Member of the Senedd for Dwyfor Meirionnydd | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Dafydd Elis-Thomas |
| Majority | 7,096 |
| Denbighsire County Councillor for Llandrillo Ward | |
| In office 4 May 2017 – 6 August 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Plaid Cymru |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Gwynfor Evans (grandfather) |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Bangor |
Rhodri Mabon ap Gwynfor is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has been Member of the Senedd (MS) for Dwyfor Meirionnydd since 2021.[1]
Career[edit]
ap Gwynfor was elected as a town councillor in Aberystwyth Town Council in 2004.
ap Gwynfor stood for the UK Parliament and Senedd unsuccessfully on several occaisions between 2005 and 2016. He contested the Brecon and Radnorshire UK Parliament constituency at the 2005 general election. He attempted to be selected as Plaid Cymru candidate for the Ceredigion UK Parliament constituency in 2010, but was not successful. He stood for the Clwyd South Senedd constituency in the 2011[2] and 2016[3] elections, and for the identically named Clwyd South UK Parliamentary constituency at the 2015 General Election.[4]
He was later elected as a Denbighshire County Councillor for Llandrillo in 2017.[5]
In 2021 it was announced he would be the Plaid Cymru candidate for the Dwyfor Meirionnydd Senedd constituency in the 2021 Senedd elections. He was elected, with a majority of 7,096 votes.[1] Shortly after he was elected, in August 2021, he resigned as councillor for Llandrillo. He said it was impossible to "effectively" fulfil roles as a councillor and Senedd Member.[6] He had previously said he would remain in place until elections to be held in May 2022.[6]
ap Gwynfor is a member of the Senedd Health and Social Care committee.[7] He chairs cross-party groups on Fisheries and Aquaculture, Housing, and Peace and Reconciliation, and is vice-chair of the North Wales group. He is a member of cross-party groups on Hospice and Palliative care, Human rights, Long COVID, poverty, renewable and low carbon energy, rural growth, stroke and welsh wool.[7]
Personal life[edit]
He is the grandson of Plaid Cymru's first Member of Parliament and former president, Gwynfor Evans.[8] He is married, and has 4 children.[7]
ab Gwynfor graduated from the University of Wales, Bangor with a BA in History.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Dwyfor Meirionnydd". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ Election results for Clwyd South (Senedd 2011) (April 2013). "Denbighshire County Council". Retrieved 8 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Senedd Election 2016 (April 2013). "Denbighshire County Council". Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Election results for Clwyd South (2015)". Denbighshire County Council. April 2013.
- ^ "Councillor Mabon ap Gwynfor". Denbighshire County Council. April 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ a b "New Plaid Cymru Senedd member steps down as councillor". Nation.Cymru. 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Mabon ap Gwynfor MS". senedd.wales. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Mabon ap Gwynfor welcomed as Plaid Cymru's Dwyfor Meirionnydd candidate". Plaid Cymru. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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