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AledCon Rev Aled Edwards originates from Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd. Educated in Blaenau Ffestiniog, he read History and Theology at Saint David’s University College, Lampeter before completing his theological training at Trinity College, Bristol. Following his ordination, Aled served a number of parishes in north and south Wales. He is currently the CEO of Cytûn: Churches Together in Wales and Chair of Displaced People in Action In June 2006 Aled was awarded an OBE for his charitable services. He is also a member of the Wales Committee of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and Sir Emyr Jones Parry’s All Wales Convention. He was recently made a member of the Gorsedd of Bards
jonathan Jonathan Edwards is the Parliamentary candidate for Plaid Cymru in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. He is a former strategic adviser to Plaid Cymru and was for a time the Public Affairs Officer for Citizens Advice Cymru. His political interests include social justice and foreign affairs.
angela EL20051 Angela Elniff-Larsen is co- director of her own research and development consultancy. By profession an economist, she is an experienced strategic development professional; her key skill lies in her ability to work at all levels of regeneration from community to strategic. She has an ongoing interest in childcare development and its economic and social impact for women and other excluded groups. She is a frequent speaker at conferences in the UK and Europe and writes articles regularly for various regeneration publications. She is Vice Chair of the Bevan Foundation and Chair of the new WI in Merthyr –Celtic Babes. Married to a Dane with four children, she still finds time to follow a passion for Welsh history.
jill-evans-mep Jill Evans MEP was born in the Rhondda in 1959 where she still lives. In June 1999 Jill Evans and fellow candidate Eurig Wyn were elected as the first MEPs in Plaid Cymru’s history. She was re-elected to the European Parliament in 2009 and is a member of the Green / European Free Alliance Group – the fourth largest group in the Parliament; and is a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Delegation for relations with Iraq. She deputises on the Agriculture Committee. She is Vice President of Plaid Cymru, party spokesperson for European and International issues and chair of CND Cymru.
Nerys Evans AM is Plaid Cymru Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales and her party’s director of policy. Born in Llangain near Carmarthen and educated at Manchester University and Cardiff University, she worked as an organiser for Plaid Cymru in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, as press officer for the Plaid Cymru group on Carmarthenshire County Council, and as a political officer for Plaid Cymru in the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff. She was elected to the Assembly in 2007. She is Plaid’s education spokesperson and chair of the cross party groups on epilepsy and broadband in rural Wales, and sits on the Assembly’s Enterprise and Learning committee. Her political interests include constitutional affairs, rural issues and workers rights. She lives in Carmarthenshire.
Paul Evans was born and bred in the Rhondda and was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Cymer before studying for a degree in Art and Aesthetics at UWIC. Paul has worked for the National Health Service and was Welsh Labour’s Media Monitoring Officer from 2004 – 2005 before taking up the post of office manager to John Griffiths AM.
Rebecca Evans was educated at the Universities of Leeds and Cambridge, where she specialized in the American Civil Rights Movement. A former Welsh Labour Organiser for Mid and West Wales, Rebecca has also worked as Press Officer and Researcher for Carl Sargeant AM at the National Assembly for Wales. Rebecca is currently Policy and Public Affairs Officer for the National Autistic Society Cymru.
Heledd Fychan Heledd Fychan is Plaid Cymru’s prospective Parliamentary Candidate in Montgomeryshire, and author of the Pendroni blog. She has lived in Dublin and London, but is now working and living in Cardiff when not campaigning in mid-Wales. Heledd is particularly interested in education, heritage and rural affairs policy, and her hobbies include medieval history and kick boxing.
Len Gibbs was born, bred, schooled and always resided in Port Talbot. Educated in London and the university of life. Retired management systems consultant with former clients in UK, RSA and the USA. No political alliance but has voted for every party except the Communists and BNP. Political stance, on some subjects, are left of right of centre and on others right of left of centre. Supporter, member and sometime spokesperson for the True Wales cross-party group. Paints scenes of Wales as a hobby and is currently assisting in developing a new patented exercise method.
Alison Goldsworthy Alison Goldsworthy is Director of Communications and Events at the Kidney Wales Foundation. An active Lib Dem, she sits on their Federal Executive and co-managed Kirsty Williams’ successful leadership campaign in Wales. She stood in Cardiff West in the 2005 and 2007 elections and is a member of two British Council future leader programmes, the Transatlantic 2020 and the UK China 400. She helps co-ordinate the Welsh Lib Dems collective blog Freedom Central, occasionally contributing herself.
Debbie Green head picture Debbie Green is the Policy and Campaigns Officer for NDCS (National Deaf Children’s Society) Cymru. She graduated from Cardiff University in 2006 with a First Class Honours in English Literature and Cultural Criticism. She has also worked as a journalist in the South Wales area.
Tom Griffin is a graduate of Oxford University in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and served on a Democratic congressman’s staff on Capitol Hill, campaigning for Bill Clinton and the Congressional Black Caucus. He has advised ministers at the Wales Office and Ministry of Defence, working for Islwyn MP Don Touhig. He is now a senior manager at a major valleys high-tech company. He is the chairman of the Pontypridd Constituency Labour Party and a member of the Co-Operative Party’s parliamentary panel. He writes in a personal capacity.
Lesley Griffiths AM Lesley Griffiths AM is the Deputy Minister for Science, Innovation and Skills, and has been the Labour Assembly Member for Wrexham since 2007, when she retook the seat for her party. She is also Chair of the Cross Party Group on Hospices and Palliative Care. Passionate about her home town and its football team, she is a Patron of ‘Standing Ground’, Wrexham and a former Board Member of Wrexham Supporters Trust.
Christine Gwyther was born and bred in West Wales, went to Pembroke School, then University College Cardiff and worked in London for a few years before securing a job in Pembrokeshire working in economic development in local government, supporting local businesses, rural development agencies and tourism. Elected to the Welsh Assembly in 1999, Christine was a member of the first Welsh government, covering the agriculture and rural development portfolio. She then chaired the economic development committee until she lost her seat to the Tories in 2007 by 98 votes. She currently works for Alun Davies AM for Mid and West Wales and she is a member of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.
David Hagendyk was Welsh Labour Head of Policy between 2004 and 209. A Labour Party activist in Caerphilly, he lives in the town with his wife and young son. He now works in the trade union movement.
dominic2 Dominic Hannigan works as the political researcher for Jenny Randerson AM and was her campaign manager when she ran for the Welsh Liberal Democrat leadership in 2008. Originally from Cornwall, he came to Cardiff to study politics at the School of European Studies between 2004 and 2007, and has remained in the city. He is the Parliamentary candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth and lists his political interests as the environment, education, and crime and policing.
edwina_hart_03.jpg.display[1] Edwina Hart AM is the Labour AM for Gower and Minister for Health and Social Services. An AM since 1999, she has previously served as Finance Secretary, Minister for Finance and Local Government and Minister for Social Justice and Regeneration. Born in 1957 in Gowerton, she was previously the first female President of banking union BIFU and is a former chair of Wales TUC.
Clayton Hirst Clayton Hirst has spent his career in the media. He was first a journalist working on various publications before becoming Deputy Business Editor on The Independent on Sunday. He then moved into corporate communications and is now Head of Media and Corporate Relations at Ofcom. He writes for various publications, including WalesHome.org, in a personal capacity
Russell Holden is a leading thinker on the linkages between sport, society and politics, as an educator, researcher consultant and communicator. His Cardiff-based consultancy In the Zone focuses on sport and politics and he is a regular commentator and analyst in this area for the Welsh and the UK Media. Russell has substantial experience of Higher Education in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany and Poland. He is also the co-founder and co-convenor of the Political Studies Association Specialist Research Group on Sport and Politics an international group with over 200 members. Russell was also the co-ordinator of Sport Aid in Wales, masterminding a range of fundraising initiatives in response to the famine in Ethiopia in 1985. Russell has maintained his link with global development and aid issues through the Welsh Centre for International Affiars and is now an active Trustee of the charity.
3867881147_1e4c953c46_o Catrin Howkins is marketing director for Webcast Global. She has previously worked as group marketing manager for the Eastlake Group, and for BBC Wales and S4C in both marketing and advertising.
Anthony Hunt is a former Wales Office Special Adviser and has worked for Paul Murphy during his time as Secretary of State for Wales, in Northern Ireland and as Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee. He has also worked in research and communications roles for Welsh Labour and for the National Assembly Labour Group and is a longstanding party activist. He writes for WalesHome.org in a personal capacity

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