| 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 politician. Born in Brymbo, Wrexham, Mewies represented the constituency of Delyn at the National Assembly for Wales from her election in 2003 until 2016.
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. 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 byAlison Halford | Assembly Member for Delyn 2003–2016 |
Succeeded byHannah Blythyn |
| Members of the National Assembly for Wales 2011–2016 | |
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| 4th Assembly | |
| Labour (30) |
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| Conservatives (14) | |
| Plaid Cymru (11) |
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| Liberal Democrats (5) | |
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- 1950 births
- Alumni of the Open University
- Living people
- Councillors in Wales
- Mayors of places in Wales
- Wales AMs 2003–2007
- Wales AMs 2007–2011
- Wales AMs 2011–2016
- Female members of the Senedd
- Welsh Labour members of the Senedd
- Labour Co-operative members of the Senedd
- Women mayors of places in Wales
- Women councillors in Wales