Eluned Parrott
Eluned Parrott | |
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Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales Central | |
In office 6 July 2011 – 6 April 2016 | |
Preceded by | Chris Franks |
Succeeded by | Gareth Bennett |
Personal details | |
Political party | Welsh Liberal Democrats |
Eluned Parrott is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician. She was an Assembly Member (AM) of the National Assembly for Wales between 2011 and 2016. She is a Commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales.
Biography
Eluned was born in Abergavenny. She studied at St Peter's Collegiate School, in Wolverhampton. Parrott gained a degree in music from Cardiff University, and has a postgraduate diploma in marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.[1]
Before becoming an A.M., she worked as a community engagement manager for Cardiff University, leading a team that organises educational outreach and community events for the public. She has lived in the South Wales Central region since 1993; ten years in Cardiff Central and Cardiff West constituencies, and then eight years in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Parrott contested the Vale of Glamorgan seat at the 2010 general election.[2] This is a seat with little history of Welsh Liberal Democrat success. She polled 15.2 per cent of the vote, the highest Welsh Liberal Democrat vote share in the seat for decades.[3]
She became the first Welsh Liberal Democrat to be elected to the South Wales Central Assembly region in 2011 after the first candidate, John Dixon, failed to be reinstated following his suspension.[4] He had been suspended on the grounds of being a member of the Care Council for Wales. In July 2011 she was given the Enterprise, Transport, Europe and Business portfolios by the Welsh leader Kirsty Williams. As a result, in the Welsh Assembly she sat on the Enterprise and Business Committee and Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee.[5] Parrott is a Commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales.[6]
Parrott lives with her husband and two children in Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan.[1]
References
- ^ a b "The new face in the Senedd". Daily Post. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Vale of Glamorgan results, 2010". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ "Eluned Parrott". Welsh Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ "No return to Welsh assembly for Lib Dems' John Dixon". BBC News. 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Ministers announced". Freedom Central. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ "Eluned Parrott". Welsh Government. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
External links
Media related to Eluned Parrott at Wikimedia Commons
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