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Vaughan Gething


Minister for Health and Social Services
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 May 2016
First Minister	Carwyn Jones Mark Drakeford
Preceded by	Mark Drakeford
Deputy Minister for Health
In office 11 September 2014 – 19 May 2016
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Minister	Mark Drakeford
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Rebecca Evans
Deputy Minister for Tackling Poverty.
In office 26 June 2013 – 11 September 2014
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Minister	Jeffrey Cuthbert
Member of the Welsh Assembly for Cardiff South and Penarth
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2011
Preceded by	Lorraine Barrett
Majority	6,259 (22.8%)

Personal details
Born	(1974-03-15) 15 March 1974 (age 50) Lusaka, Zambia
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour Co-operative
Alma mater	University of Wales
Occupation	Solicitor, Trade unionist
Website	Official Website

Vaughan Gething (born 15 March 1974) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services since 2016, and has served as Member of the National Assembly (AM) for Cardiff South and Penarth since 2011.

Early life

Gething was born in Zambia in 1974, where his father (whom Gething describes as "a white Welsh economic migrant") was working as a vet. His mother is a black Zambian. When he was two he moved to Dorset, England, with his family, which includes three brothers and a sister. He studied at Beaminster Comprehensive and Sixth Form followed by Aberystwyth University and at the Cardiff Law School, University of Wales. Gething became president of Aberystwyth University Guild of Students and the first mixed-race president of the National Union of Students Wales.

Professional career

Having completed his training as a solicitor in Cardiff in 2001, with the trade union solicitors Thompsons, Gething chose to specialise in employment law. He became a partner in Thompsons in 2007.

In 2008, at the age of 34, Gething became the youngest President of Wales TUC, also becoming the first mixed race person in the role.

Political career

Gething joined the Labour Party when he was 17, to campaign in the 1992 UK general election. He was a councillor from 2004 to 2008, representing Butetown electoral ward on Cardiff Council, having been elected with a majority of two votes. Gething was selected as the Welsh Labour candidate for the Cardiff South and Penarth constituency at the National Assembly for Wales. Lorraine Barrett, who had represented Cardiff South and Penarth since the Assembly's creation in 1999, had announced her intention to stand down at the 2011 election. At the National Assembly for Wales election on 5 May 2011, Gething increased the Labour vote with a swing of 12.5%. At 13,814, his share of the vote was over 50%, giving him a majority of 6,259 over the Welsh Conservative Party candidate, Ben Gray, placed second. At the following 2016 Welsh Assembly election, Gething once again increased his majority in terms of vote share.

Following the 2016 Welsh Assembly election, Gething was promoted to Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport. In a Cabinet re-shuffle in November 2017, Gething became Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services.

Gething, alongside Eluned Morgan and Mark Drakeford, was one of the three contenders in the 2018 election for the leadership of Welsh Labour, but was defeated by Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford.

Controversies

On 22 April 2020, Gething was caught swearing about fellow Labour AM Jenny Rathbone in a virtual session of the Senedd. Gething failed to mute his microphone as he told an unknown person "What the is the matter with her?" during the Zoom video conference call. Rathbone had been asking the Minister questions about the Welsh Government's response to the coronavirus crisis.

Following the incident, both the Welsh Conservative leader, Paul Davies and Plaid Cymru leader, Adam Price called on Mark Drakeford to dismiss Gething as Minister for Health. BBC Wales reported that Labour AMs were also "very angry" over Gething's actions.

Personal life

Gething and his wife Michelle live in Penarth, where he has lived since 2011. He is a member of the trade unions GMB, UNISON and Unite.

External links

Offices held

Senedd
Preceded byLorraine Barrett	Assembly Member for Cardiff South and Penarth 2011–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded byGwenda Thomas	Deputy Minister for Health 2014 - 2016	Succeeded byRebecca Evans
Preceded byMark Drakeford	Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services 2016 - present	Succeeded byIncumbent
Trade union offices
Preceded byRuth Jones	President of the Wales TUC 2008–2009	Succeeded byPaul O'Shea

Current members of the Senedd

6th Senedd

Labour (30)

Constituency	Mick Antoniw Hannah Blythyn Dawn Bowden Jayne Bryant Hefin David Alun Davies Mark Drakeford Rebecca Evans Vaughan Gething John Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Mike Hedges Vikki Howells Jane Hutt Huw Irranca-Davies Julie James Jeremy Miles Julie Morgan Sarah Murphy Lynne Neagle Rhianon Passmore Jenny Rathbone David Rees Jack Sargeant Ken Skates Lee Waters Buffy Williams
Regional	Eluned Morgan (leader) Carolyn Thomas Joyce Watson

Conservatives (16)

Constituency	Paul Davies Gareth Davies James Evans Janet Finch-Saunders Peter Fox Russell George Samuel Kurtz Darren Millar (leader)
Regional	Natasha Asghar Andrew RT Davies Tom Giffard Altaf Hussain Mark Isherwood Laura Anne Jones Joel James Sam Rowlands

Plaid Cymru (12)

Constituency	Mabon ap Gwynfor Siân Gwenllian Rhun ap Iorwerth (leader) Elin Jones Adam Price
Regional	Cefin Campbell Luke Fletcher Heledd Fychan Llŷr Huws Gruffydd Peredur Owen Griffiths Delyth Jewell Sioned Williams

Liberal Democrats (1)

Constituency	None
Regional	Jane Dodds (leader)

Independent (1)

Constituency	None
Regional	Rhys ab Owen

Llywydd (presiding officer): Elin Jones

References

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"Lewis named as education minister". 26 June 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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^ "Vaughan Gething Assembly selection 2011" (PDF). Welsh Labour. 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
Crecsi, Elena (15 March 2013). "From student unions to the Senedd and Westminster, how do today's youth become tomorrow's AMs and MPs?". Wales Online. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
^ "Morgan urges Labour to hold firm". BBC News. BBC. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
^ "Vaughan Gething-about". Vaughan Gething. 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
Blake, Aled (6 May 2011). "Assembly election: Meet the incoming AMs". WalesOnline website. Media Wales Ltd. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
"Welsh Government | Vaughan Gething AM". gov.wales. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
^ "Coronavirus: Welsh health minister caught swearing about Labour AM". bbc.com. 22 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"Plaid Cymru Statement". twitter.com. 22 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Paul, Davies (22 April 2020). "Paul Davies (Leader of the Welsh Conservatives) Statement". twitter.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"Vaughan Gething AM: Minister for Health and Social Services". GOV.WALES. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

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