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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">First Minister of Wales from 2009 to 2018</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the Welsh rugby union player, see <a href="/wiki/Carwyn_Jones_(rugby_union)" title="Carwyn Jones (rugby union)">Carwyn Jones (rugby union)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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office</b></span><br />10 December 2009 – 12 December 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_First_Minister_of_Wales" title="Deputy First Minister of Wales">Deputy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> <span class="nowrap">(2009–11)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rhodri_Morgan" title="Rhodri Morgan">Rhodri Morgan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Carwyn Howell Jones</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1967-03-21</span>) </span>21 March 1967<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 57)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Lisa Jones</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aberystwyth_University" 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href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a> (2009–2018)</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_Welsh_Labour_leadership_election" title="2009 Welsh Labour leadership election">2009 leadership election</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister of Wales</a> (2009–2018)</div> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#First_Minister_of_Wales">Premiership</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/First_Jones_government" title="First Jones government">First Ministry</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011 Welsh devolution referendum</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Jones_government" title="Second Jones government">Second Ministry</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">Wales Act 2014</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Third_Jones_government" title="Third Jones government">Third Ministry</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">Wales Act 2017</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Badge_of_Wales.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Royal_Badge_of_Wales.svg/40px-Royal_Badge_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="49" class="mw-file-element" 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class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Carwyn_Jones_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Carwyn Jones sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Carwyn Howell Jones</b> (born 21 March 1967) is a Welsh politician who served as <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister of Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Leader of Welsh Labour</a> from 2009 to 2018. He served as <a href="/wiki/Counsel_General_for_Wales" title="Counsel General for Wales">Counsel General for Wales</a> from 2007 to 2009. Jones served as the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Senedd" title="Member of the Senedd">Member of the Senedd</a> (MS) for <a href="/wiki/Bridgend_(Senedd_Cymru_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bridgend (Senedd Cymru constituency)">Bridgend</a> from <a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999</a> to 2021. </p><p>Jones served in the Cabinet as <a href="/wiki/Environment_Agency_Wales" title="Environment Agency Wales">Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a> from 2000 to 2002, and as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ministers_of_the_environment" title="List of ministers of the environment">Minister of State for the Environment</a> from 2003 to 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/2007_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2007 National Assembly for Wales election">2007 election</a>, he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Wales" title="Education in Wales">Minister for Education, Culture and the Welsh Language</a>, and thereafter <a href="/wiki/Counsel_General_for_Wales" title="Counsel General for Wales">Counsel General for Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_(Wales)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the House (Wales)">Leader of the House</a> following the <a href="/wiki/One_Wales" title="One Wales">One Wales</a> <a href="/wiki/Coalition_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Coalition agreement">coalition agreement</a> with <a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a>. </p><p>Jones succeeded <a href="/wiki/Rhodri_Morgan" title="Rhodri Morgan">Rhodri Morgan</a> as <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour Leader</a> and <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_for_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister for Wales">First Minister</a> on 1 December 2009, after Jones was elected with over 50% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCWLL_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWLL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wales_Online_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wales_Online-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_ministers_of_Wales" title="List of first ministers of Wales">third politician</a> to lead the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a>, Jones was nominated as First Minister by the National Assembly on 9 December 2009, and was sworn into office the following day.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCWLL_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWLL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 April 2018 he announced he would step down as First Minister that autumn, and in December 2018 <a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a> (the Finance Secretary in Jones' cabinet) was <a href="/wiki/2018_Welsh_Labour_Party_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Welsh Labour Party leadership election">elected as his replacement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a>, he was raised in Bridgend in a Welsh-speaking family, and is a fluent speaker of Welsh.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCWalesBio_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWalesBio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a pupil at <a href="/wiki/Brynteg_Comprehensive_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Brynteg Comprehensive School">Brynteg Comprehensive School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bridgend" title="Bridgend">Bridgend</a>, and then graduated at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wales,_Aberystwyth" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Wales, Aberystwyth">University of Wales, Aberystwyth</a> with a <a href="/wiki/LLB" class="mw-redirect" title="LLB">LLB</a> degree in 1988,<sup id="cite_ref-Aber_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aber-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WoLProf_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoLProf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he joined the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Miners%27_strike_of_1984%E2%80%931985" class="mw-redirect" title="Miners' strike of 1984–1985">miners' strike of 1984–1985</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCWalesBio_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWalesBio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carwyn Jones graduated in 1988 from <a href="/wiki/Aberystwyth_University" title="Aberystwyth University">the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">Bachelor of Laws</a> degree and went on to the Inns of Court School of Law in London to train as a <a href="/wiki/Barristers_in_England_and_Wales" title="Barristers in England and Wales">barrister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WoLProf_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoLProf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Called_to_the_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Called to the Bar">called to the Bar</a> at <a href="/wiki/Gray%27s_Inn" title="Gray's Inn">Gray's Inn</a> in 1989 and subsequently spent a further year in Cardiff in pupillage followed by ten years in practice at Gower Chambers, Swansea, in family, criminal and personal injury law.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC5mins_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC5mins-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left practice to become a tutor at <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_University" title="Cardiff University">Cardiff University</a> for two years on the <a href="/wiki/Bar_Vocational_Course" class="mw-redirect" title="Bar Vocational Course">Bar Vocational Course</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WoLProf_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoLProf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones unsuccessfully sought the Labour nomination for the UK parliamentary seat of <a href="/wiki/Brecon_and_Radnorshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brecon and Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Brecon and Radnorshire</a> in 1997;<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he later said in a BBC interview<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that he considered trying to become an MP, but in 1999, "had a chance" to stand for the <a href="/wiki/Bridgend_(Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bridgend (Assembly constituency)">Bridgend</a> constituency in the first elections for the Welsh Assembly; he has held that seat ever since. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones was a <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="County Borough Council">County Borough Councillor</a> for <a href="/wiki/Bridgend" title="Bridgend">Bridgend</a> for five years, where he eventually chaired the Labour group.<sup id="cite_ref-WoLProf_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoLProf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He became a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the National Assembly for Wales">Member</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly for Wales">National Assembly for Wales</a> for Bridgend in <a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999</a><sup id="cite_ref-WoLProf_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoLProf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was appointed Deputy Secretary in the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly for Wales">National Assembly for Wales</a> on 23 February 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 July 2000, he was appointed to the Cabinet as Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development in the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before the title was changed to Minister in October 2000. His responsibilities in this role included the environment, countryside issues, town and country planning, sustainable development, agriculture and rural development. In June 2002, his brief was expanded when he was appointed Minister for Open Government in addition to his other duties. During this time, he was responsible for the Welsh response to the 2001 <a href="/wiki/Foot-and-mouth_disease" title="Foot-and-mouth disease">foot-and-mouth disease</a> outbreak.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCWalesBio_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWalesBio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/2007_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2007 National Assembly for Wales election">2007 election</a>, he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Education_minister#Wales" title="Education minister">Minister for Education, Culture and the Welsh Language</a>, responsible for the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education_and_Skills_(Wales)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Education and Skills (Wales)">Department for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills</a> and the culture, <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh language</a> and sport portfolios. After his party entered into coalition with <a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a>, Jones was appointed as Counsel General for Wales and <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_(Wales)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the House (Wales)">Leader of the House</a>. </p><p>Following the announcement by the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Labour Party">Welsh Labour Leader</a> and <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_for_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister for Wales">First Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Rhodri_Morgan" title="Rhodri Morgan">Rhodri Morgan</a> in September 2009 that he would be resigning both posts in December 2009, Jones entered the subsequent election to become his successor, where his opponents were <a href="/wiki/Edwina_Hart" title="Edwina Hart">Edwina Hart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huw_Lewis" title="Huw Lewis">Huw Lewis</a>. On 1 December 2009, Jones was elected the new Leader with over 50% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCWLL_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWLL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wales_Online_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wales_Online-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_Minister_of_Wales">First Minister of Wales</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First Minister of Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="padding-bottom:1px; padding-top:2px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom:0; padding-bottom:1px;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/Carwyn_Jones" title="Carwyn Jones"><img alt="Carwyn Jones" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Festival_interceltique_de_Lorient_2018_-_Carwyn_Jones_conference_-_0564_cropped.jpg/220px-Festival_interceltique_de_Lorient_2018_-_Carwyn_Jones_conference_-_0564_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Festival_interceltique_de_Lorient_2018_-_Carwyn_Jones_conference_-_0564_cropped.jpg/330px-Festival_interceltique_de_Lorient_2018_-_Carwyn_Jones_conference_-_0564_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Festival_interceltique_de_Lorient_2018_-_Carwyn_Jones_conference_-_0564_cropped.jpg/440px-Festival_interceltique_de_Lorient_2018_-_Carwyn_Jones_conference_-_0564_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1465" data-file-height="1953" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-top:2px;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:120%">Premiership of Carwyn Jones</span></b></span><br />10 December 2009 – 12 December 2018</td></tr><tr><th><div align="left"><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">Premier</a></div></th><td><div>Carwyn Jones</div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Cabinet</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_Jones_government" title="First Jones government">1st Jones government</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Second_Jones_government" title="Second Jones government">2nd Jones government</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Third_Jones_government" title="Third Jones government">3rd Jones government</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Labour Party">Welsh Labour Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Election</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Elizabeth II</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Seat_of_government" title="Seat of government">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/T%C5%B7_Hywel" title="Tŷ Hywel">Tŷ Hywel</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:1px;"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/Rhodri_Morgan" title="Rhodri Morgan">Rhodri Morgan</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a> →</div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <hr class="nomobile" style="background:#eee; height:5px; clear:both; margin:0 0 6px;" /> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>After winning the leadership election in 2009, Jones was confirmed as the third <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister of Wales</a> on 9 December 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCWLL_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWLL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wales_Online_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wales_Online-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones was formally sworn into office as First Minister the following day.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the defeat of the Labour Party in the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 United Kingdom general election</a>, and the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a>, Jones was the most senior Labour <a href="/wiki/Elected_representative" class="mw-redirect" title="Elected representative">elected representative</a> and <a href="/wiki/Government_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Government minister">government minister</a> in the United Kingdom. He was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Privy_Counsellor" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Counsellor">Privy Counsellor</a> on 9 June 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-pc-9june2010_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc-9june2010-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011 elections to the Welsh Assembly</a>, Labour increased its number of seats to just one under the amount needed for a majority. Jones opted to form a minority government as opposed to continuing the coalition, allowing Labour to govern alone. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relationship_with_Westminster">Relationship with Westminster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Relationship with Westminster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the UK <a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">Coalition Government's</a> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_government_austerity_programme" title="United Kingdom government austerity programme">austerity programme</a>, some members of the UK cabinet sought to criticise Jones. On 8 September 2012, in defending the UK government spending cuts, Deputy Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Nick Clegg</a> accused Jones of blaming London. Clegg said, "(Jones) is very good at blaming London for everything and terrifically stirring in his speeches about how more needs to be done to help the Welsh economy and yet he does exactly the reverse." Clegg further claimed the Coalition Government was "doing all the heavy lifting, not the Welsh Government".<sup id="cite_ref-walesonline.co.uk_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walesonline.co.uk-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A spokesman for Jones responded, "We've again witnessed another graceless visit to Wales by Nick Clegg. People would be right to ask themselves – why does he bother coming to Wales, if all he wants to do is hurl insults about issues that he's clearly very poorly briefed on? The fact is, the Welsh Government is utterly focused on making up for the failure of the UK Government to stimulate adequate and <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_growth" class="mw-redirect" title="Sustainable growth">sustainable growth</a> to enable Welsh companies to survive and expand during these extremely difficult times. Business leaders right across Wales are telling us they need much more support from the UK Government. So they'll be scratching their heads at the incoherence of the Deputy Prime Minister's message and the paucity of ideas emanating from the UK Government. Wales deserves much better than this."<sup id="cite_ref-walesonline.co.uk_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walesonline.co.uk-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cardiff_Airport">Cardiff Airport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cardiff Airport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 28 February 2012, Jones told the Welsh Assembly, "We would like to see many routes emerging from <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Airport" title="Cardiff Airport">Cardiff Airport</a>, but the airport must get its act together... Last week, I went to the airport and the main entrance was shut. People could not go in through the main entrance; they had to go through the side entrance. It is important that the airport puts itself in a position where it is attractive to new airlines, and, unfortunately, that is not the case at present." His criticism led to accusations that he was "talking down" Cardiff Airport whilst aviation industry professionals commented he was out of his depth in this area. </p><p>However, Jones returned to this theme on 7 March 2012 saying, "With the condition of the airport at the moment I would not want to bring people in through Cardiff Airport because of the impression it would give of Wales...I have to say the time has come now for the owners of the airport to decide to run the airport properly or sell it." Byron Davies AM, Shadow Minister for Transport, said, "It is a bit rich for the First Minister to publicly attack and run down Cardiff Airport, when he has failed to seize opportunities, which would massively increase the range of routes available from Cardiff, introduce direct routes to North America, opening our economy to trade and business with one of the world's biggest economies."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LibDem AM Eluned Parrot said, "The First Minister needs to stop talking our capital city's airport down and instead he should be doing all he can to encourage visitors to Cardiff Airport. His comments are hardly going to encourage tourism and business to Wales."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 March 2012, Jones again attacked Cardiff Airport saying "business people" had complained to him "week after week, for many months about the airport". He asserted he had put their points to the owners of the airport but "they have been met with a shrug of the shoulders. That is just not good enough. I know of situations, and have seen them myself, where people have been locked in the baggage hall and where the front door was not open and people had to go in through a side door — I had to do that the last time I used the airport."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 29 May 2012 it was announced that Jones would personally chair a "Task Force" on Cardiff Airport with the aim of "maximising its economic impact, commercially and for Wales".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 27 June 2012, the Task Force, comprising tourist chiefs, local government spokesmen and trade unionists, met for the first time. No airlines were invited to attend.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A bid to obtain the full minutes of the meeting under the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_2000" title="Freedom of Information Act 2000">Freedom of Information Act 2000</a> was refused by the Information Commissioner.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scottish_independence_referendum">Scottish independence referendum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Scottish independence referendum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013, Jones came out against Scottish independence in the September 2014 referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016_challenge">2016 challenge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2016 challenge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016 National Assembly for Wales election</a>, the Labour Party was two seats short of an overall majority in the Assembly and Jones began negotiations with opposition parties to keep his party in power.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both Carwyn Jones and Leanne Wood were nominated for the position of First Minister. This vote followed discussions held by Plaid AM <a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> with both The Welsh Conservatives and UKIP.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adam Price later told The Western Mail's Martin Shipton that the Conservatives were "not exactly enamoured by the prospect of electing Leanne as First Minister with no offer of a place in government. But they agreed to go along with the plan", as did the UKIP group after Neil Hamilton "embraced the idea enthusiastically and didn't need any persuasion."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a vote on 11 May 2016 both Jones and Wood tied on 29 votes each in the vote to elect a First Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">Government of Wales Act 2006</a>, if a First Minister is not elected within 28 days of the Assembly elections, those elections would need to be repeated.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following negotiations with the Plaid Cymru leader, a second vote on 18 May saw an unopposed Jones re-elected as First Minister, enabling him to begin the process of forming a minority government.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was sworn in as First Minister on 19 May, after which he said that he was "delighted to introduce the team who will be taking Wales forward over the next five years". Among his appointments was the former <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrat</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Kirsty_Williams" title="Kirsty Williams">Kirsty Williams</a>, who became Wales's <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education_and_Skills_(Wales)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Education and Skills (Wales)">Education Secretary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_of_Carl_Sargeant_and_calls_for_resignation">Death of Carl Sargeant and calls for resignation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death of Carl Sargeant and calls for resignation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the death of the Welsh Assembly Member <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sargeant" title="Carl Sargeant">Carl Sargeant</a>, some had called for Jones to resign as First Minister. Allegations of inappropriate sexual touching had been reported against Sargeant, prompting Jones to remove him from his cabinet position. Later, Sargeant was found dead at his home as a result of suspected suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics considered it unfair that Sargeant seemingly had not been told details of the allegations and therefore was not put in a position to respond to them adequately.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Intention_to_stand_down">Intention to stand down</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Intention to stand down"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He returned to the media spotlight in April 2018 when he was cleared by independent investigator <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton_(Director_of_Public_Prosecutions)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Hamilton (Director of Public Prosecutions)">James Hamilton</a> of accusations that he had misled the Assembly about bullying problems in the Government which were first alleged in 2014, and which Jones in 2017 told the Assembly had been resolved.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after the completion of the investigation, on 21 April 2018, Jones announced that he would stand down as First Minister in the autumn.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2018, Jones announced he would leave the Welsh Assembly at the <a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">next Assembly election in 2021</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the election of <a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a> as Leader of Welsh Labour, on 6 December 2018, Jones tendered his resignation as First Minister to <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">the Queen</a> on 12 December 2018, and was succeeded by Drakeford as First Minister the following day.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained a Member of the <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a> for Bridgend as previously indicated until the <a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021 Senedd election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-leadership_career">Post-leadership career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Post-leadership career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2019, he was subject to further press coverage when discussion emerged around the evidence given by Jones during the inquest into the death of Sargeant. The coroner, John Gittins, confirmed that Jones had given a statement as evidence, but that Jones had later withdrawn a particular remark regarding his actions upon hearing of Sargeant's death. Gittins stated that Jones was either mistaken, or more controversially, "perhaps deliberately" misleading about the facts he had originally stated.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones strenuously denied the latter. Gittins later accepted in his judgment that Jones had acted "perfectly properly".During the inquest Jones had also sought to have evidence admitted pertaining to Sargeant; however, this had been rejected by Gittins. Jones later appealed against the decision but this was rejected in the High Court.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since stepping down from the leadership, Jones has participated in a number of public discussions on a range of Welsh civic issues. These have included the debating of <a href="/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Welsh independence</a>, including one event at the National Eisteddfod in which he conceded that Wales was "not too poor to be independent". He has, however, continued to argue for greater devolution rather than independence,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> arguing that independence is "not as easy as some think".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones was announced as a senior contributor to the non-political "business to business news platform" <a href="/wiki/Media_of_Wales" title="Media of Wales">Business News Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has launched a podcast series with the website entitled "Carwyn Meets", where he has interviewed the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Rugby_Union" title="Welsh Rugby Union">Welsh Rugby Union</a> CEO Roger Lewis, the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Minister <a href="/wiki/Ken_Skates" title="Ken Skates">Ken Skates</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Manor_Resort" title="Celtic Manor Resort">Celtic Manor Resort</a> CEO Ian Edwards, and the <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_Wales" title="Transport for Wales">Transport for Wales</a>' CEO James Price, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was announced on 15 January 2020 that Jones had been appointed as Professor of Law at <a href="/wiki/Aberystwyth_University" title="Aberystwyth University">Aberystwyth University</a>, and would work in the law and criminology department on a part-time basis.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2020, Jones was elected as the representative of Welsh Labour on the <a href="/wiki/National_Executive_Committee_of_the_Labour_Party" title="National Executive Committee of the Labour Party">Labour party's national executive committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly before the election he told <a href="/wiki/LabourList" title="LabourList">LabourList</a> (a news website with a focus on Labour party affairs) that he wished to "make sure that we have an NEC that is a critical friend of the leadership, but is also committing to seeing a Labour government elected again."<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2021, Jones was announced as the Chair of Trustees for the Welsh Climate Charity, <a href="/wiki/Size_of_Wales" title="Size of Wales">Size of Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones met his wife Lisa, who is from Belfast, while they both studied at Aberystwyth University.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have two children.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honorary_degrees">Honorary degrees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Honorary degrees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Country </th> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">School </th> <th scope="col">Degree </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span>Wales </td> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aberystwyth_University" title="Aberystwyth University">Aberystwyth University</a> </td> <td>Honorary Fellow<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carwyn_Jones&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Assembly for Wales constituency)">Bridgend</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999</a>–<a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Murphy_(politician)" title="Sarah Murphy (politician)">Sarah Murphy</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New post</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Deputy Minister for Agriculture and the Rural Economy</a> </b><br />1999 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Post re-organised </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New post</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development</a> </b><br />2000–2003 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Post re-organised </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New post</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Minister for Environment and Rural Affairs</a> </b><br />2003–2005 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Post re-organised </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New post</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside</a> </b><br />2005–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div 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center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DDCEF2;">Legal offices </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New office</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Counsel_General_for_Wales" title="Counsel General for Wales">Counsel General for Wales</a> </b><br />2007–2009 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Griffiths_(Welsh_politician)" title="John Griffiths (Welsh politician)">John Griffiths</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Rhodri_Morgan" title="Rhodri 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Keir Hardie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Arthur Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Barnes_(British_politician)" title="George Barnes (British politician)">George Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Arthur Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Adamson" title="William Adamson">William Adamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Clynes" title="J. R. Clynes">J. R. Clynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Arthur Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">George Lansbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Morrison" title="Herbert Morrison">Herbert Morrison</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Hugh Gaitskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown, Baron George-Brown</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">James Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Foot" title="Michael Foot">Michael Foot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Neil Kinnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Deputy Leaders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Clynes" title="J. R. Clynes">Clynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Graham_(Edinburgh_MP)" title="William Graham (Edinburgh MP)">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Greenwood" title="Arthur Greenwood">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Morrison" title="Herbert Morrison">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Griffiths" title="Jim Griffiths">Griffiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan" title="Aneurin Bevan">Bevan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Jenkins" title="Roy Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Short,_Baron_Glenamara" title="Edward Short, Baron Glenamara">Short</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Foot" title="Michael Foot">Michael Foot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Healey" title="Denis Healey">Denis Healey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Hattersley" title="Roy Hattersley">Roy Hattersley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott">John Prescott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson,_Baron_Watson_of_Wyre_Forest" title="Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest">Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Angela Rayner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Labour_Party" title="General Secretary of the Labour Party"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">General Secretaries</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Middleton_(political_organiser)" title="James Middleton (political organiser)">Middleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Phillips" title="Morgan Phillips">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Williams_(politician)" title="Leonard Williams (politician)">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Barker" title="Sara Barker">Barker</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Nicholas" title="Harry Nicholas">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Hayward" title="Ron Hayward">Hayward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Mortimer" title="Jim Mortimer">Mortimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Whitty,_Baron_Whitty" title="Larry Whitty, Baron Whitty">Whitty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Sawyer,_Baron_Sawyer" title="Tom Sawyer, Baron Sawyer">Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_McDonagh,_Baroness_McDonagh" title="Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh">McDonagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Triesman,_Baron_Triesman" title="David Triesman, Baron Triesman">Triesman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Carter_(politician)" title="Matt Carter (politician)">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Watt" title="Peter Watt">Watt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Collins,_Baron_Collins_of_Highbury" title="Ray Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_McNicol" title="Iain McNicol">McNicol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennie_Formby" title="Jennie Formby">Formby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Evans_(political_official)" title="David Evans (political official)">Evans</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_Labour_Party" title="Treasurer of the Labour Party"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Treasurers</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lathan" title="George Lathan">Lathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Greenwood" title="Arthur Greenwood">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Gaitskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan" title="Aneurin Bevan">Bevan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Nicholas" title="Harry Nicholas">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_Davies_(trade_unionist)" title="Dai Davies (trade unionist)">Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Atkinson" title="Norman Atkinson">Atkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Varley" title="Eric Varley">Varley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Booth" title="Albert Booth">Booth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_McCluskie" title="Sam McCluskie">McCluskie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Burlison" title="Tom Burlison">Burlison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Prosser,_Baroness_Prosser" title="Margaret Prosser, Baroness Prosser">Prosser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Elsby" title="Jimmy Elsby">Elsby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dromey" title="Jack Dromey">Dromey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Holland" title="Diana Holland">Holland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_in_the_House_of_Lords" title="Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Leaders in the Lords</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Haldane,_1st_Viscount_Haldane" title="Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane">Haldane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Cripps,_1st_Baron_Parmoor" title="Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor">Cripps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ponsonby,_1st_Baron_Ponsonby_of_Shulbrede" title="Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede">Ponsonby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Snell,_1st_Baron_Snell" title="Harry Snell, 1st Baron Snell">Snell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Addison,_1st_Viscount_Addison" title="Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison">Addison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jowitt,_1st_Earl_Jowitt" title="William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt">Jowitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._V._Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Hillsborough" title="A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pakenham,_7th_Earl_of_Longford" title="Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford">Pakenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Shackleton,_Baron_Shackleton" title="Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton">Shackleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Shepherd,_2nd_Baron_Shepherd" title="Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd">Shepherd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Peart,_Baron_Peart" title="Fred Peart, Baron Peart">Peart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cledwyn_Hughes,_Baron_Cledwyn_of_Penrhos" title="Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Richard" title="Ivor Richard">Richard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Jay,_Baroness_Jay_of_Paddington" title="Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington">Jay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Williams,_Baron_Williams_of_Mostyn" title="Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerie_Amos,_Baroness_Amos" title="Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos">Amos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Ashton" title="Catherine Ashton">Ashton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Royall,_Baroness_Royall_of_Blaisdon" title="Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon">Royall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Smith,_Baroness_Smith_of_Basildon" title="Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon">Smith of Basildon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Scottish Labour Leaders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Dewar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">McLeish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Jamieson</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">McConnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Jamieson</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Jamieson</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Lamont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Sarwar</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Gray</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Dugdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Rowley" title="Alex Rowley">Rowley</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Baillie</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Leonard" title="Richard Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Sarwar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Labour_Party" title="Parliamentary Labour Party"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">PLP Chairs</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Hardie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Barnes_(British_politician)" title="George Barnes (British politician)">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hodge_(politician)" title="John Hodge (politician)">Hodge</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wardle" title="George Wardle">Wardle</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Adamson" title="William Adamson">Adamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Clynes" title="J. R. Clynes">Clynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">Lansbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Attlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Lees-Smith" title="Hastings Lees-Smith">Lees-Smith</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Pethick-Lawrence,_1st_Baron_Pethick-Lawrence" title="Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence">Pethick-Lawrence</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Greenwood" title="Arthur Greenwood">Greenwood</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Gaitskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Houghton,_Baron_Houghton_of_Sowerby" title="Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby">Houghton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Mikardo" title="Ian Mikardo">Mikardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cledwyn_Hughes,_Baron_Cledwyn_of_Penrhos" title="Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Willey" title="Fred Willey">Willey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dormand" title="Jack Dormand">Dormand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Orme" title="Stan Orme">Orme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Hoyle" title="Doug Hoyle">Hoyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clive_Soley" title="Clive Soley">Soley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Corston,_Baroness_Corston" title="Jean Corston, Baroness Corston">Corston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Clwyd" title="Ann Clwyd">Clwyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Lloyd" title="Tony Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Watts,_Baron_Watts" title="David Watts, Baron Watts">Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cryer" title="John Cryer">Cryer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;;width:1%"><a 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Blythyn">Hannah Blythyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Bowden" title="Dawn Bowden">Dawn Bowden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayne_Bryant" title="Jayne Bryant">Jayne Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hefin_David" title="Hefin David">Hefin David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Davies_(politician)" title="Alun Davies (politician)">Alun Davies</a> <small>(–Jan 2021, Feb 2021–)</small><b>×××</b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a> †</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Evans_(politician)" title="Rebecca Evans (politician)">Rebecca Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaughan_Gething" title="Vaughan Gething">Vaughan Gething</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Griffiths_(Welsh_politician)" title="John Griffiths (Welsh politician)">John Griffiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Griffiths" title="Lesley Griffiths">Lesley Griffiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hedges_(politician)" title="Mike Hedges (politician)">Mike Hedges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikki_Howells" title="Vikki Howells">Vikki Howells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Hutt" title="Jane Hutt">Jane Hutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huw_Irranca-Davies" title="Huw Irranca-Davies">Huw Irranca-Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_James" title="Julie James">Julie James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Jones_(politician)" title="Ann Jones (politician)">Ann Jones</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Carwyn Jones</a> <small>(<b>†</b> till Dec 2018)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Miles" title="Jeremy Miles">Jeremy Miles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eluned_Morgan,_Baroness_Morgan_of_Ely" class="mw-redirect" title="Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely">Eluned Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Morgan" title="Julie Morgan">Julie Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynne_Neagle" title="Lynne Neagle">Lynne Neagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhianon_Passmore" title="Rhianon Passmore">Rhianon Passmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Rathbone" title="Jenny Rathbone">Jenny Rathbone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rees_(politician)" title="David Rees (politician)">David Rees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Sargeant" title="Carl Sargeant">Carl Sargeant</a> <small>(died Nov 2017)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sargeant_(politician)" title="Jack Sargeant (politician)">Jack Sargeant</a> <small>(Feb 2018–)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Skates" title="Ken Skates">Ken Skates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Waters" title="Lee Waters">Lee Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Watson" title="Joyce Watson">Joyce Watson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservatives</a> (12-10)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Asghar" title="Mohammad Asghar">Mohammad Asghar</a> <small>(died Jun 2020)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Burns" title="Angela Burns">Angela Burns</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Andrew_RT_Davies" title="Andrew RT Davies">Andrew RT Davies</a> †</b> <small>(<b>†</b> till June 2018, Jan 2021–)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Davies_(Conservative_politician)" title="Paul Davies (Conservative politician)">Paul Davies</a> <small>(<b>†</b> Sept 2018–Jan 2021)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzy_Davies" title="Suzy Davies">Suzy Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Finch-Saunders" title="Janet Finch-Saunders">Janet Finch-Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_George_(Welsh_politician)" title="Russell George (Welsh politician)">Russell George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Melding" title="David Melding">David Melding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Isherwood_(politician)" title="Mark Isherwood (politician)">Mark Isherwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Anne_Jones" title="Laura Anne Jones">Laura Anne Jones</a> <small>(Jul 2020–)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Millar" title="Darren Millar">Darren Millar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Ramsay" title="Nick Ramsay">Nick Ramsay</a> <small>(–Dec 2019, Feb 2020–)</small><b>××</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Reckless" title="Mark Reckless">Mark Reckless</a> <small>(Apr 2017–May 2019)</small><b>×</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> (12-10)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> <small>(–Oct 2016)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llyr_Gruffydd" title="Llyr Gruffydd">Llyr Gruffydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Si%C3%A2n_Gwenllian" title="Siân Gwenllian">Siân Gwenllian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delyth_Jewell" title="Delyth Jewell">Delyth Jewell</a> <small>(Jan 2019– )</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mary_Jones" title="Helen Mary Jones">Helen Mary Jones</a> <small>(Aug 2018– )</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steffan_Lewis" title="Steffan Lewis">Steffan Lewis</a> <small>(died Jan 2019)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_(Welsh_politician)" title="David Lloyd (Welsh politician)">David Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_McEvoy" title="Neil McEvoy">Neil McEvoy</a> <small>(–Jan 2018)</small></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> †</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethan_Sayed" title="Bethan Sayed">Bethan Sayed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Thomas_(politician)" title="Simon Thomas (politician)">Simon Thomas</a> <small>(–Jul 2018)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne 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(politician)">Mandy Jones</a> <small>(May 2019–Oct 2020)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Reckless" title="Mark Reckless">Mark Reckless</a> <small>(May 2019–)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rowlands_(Welsh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Rowlands (Welsh politician)">David Rowlands</a> <small>(May 2019–Oct 2020)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Alliance_for_Reform" title="Independent Alliance for Reform">Independent Alliance for Reform</a> (0-3)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mandy_Jones_(politician)" title="Mandy Jones (politician)">Mandy Jones</a> <small>(Oct 2020–)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Jones_(politician)" title="Caroline Jones (politician)">Caroline Jones</a> <small>(Oct 2020–)</small></li> <li><a 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2020–)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> (0-4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bennett_(politician)" title="Gareth Bennett (politician)">Gareth Bennett</a> <small>(Nov 2019– )</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Brown" title="Michelle Brown">Michelle Brown</a> <small>(March 2019–)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Davies_(politician)" title="Alun Davies (politician)">Alun Davies</a> <small>(Jan–Feb 2021)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> <small>(Oct 2016– )</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Gill" title="Nathan Gill">Nathan Gill</a> <small>(Sep 2016–Dec 2017)</small></li> <li><a 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