| Hywel Williams MP | |
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| Member of Parliament for Arfon Caernarfon (2001-2010) |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Dafydd Wigley |
| Majority | 1,455 (5.6%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 May 1953 Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Political party | Plaid Cymru |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Cardiff |
| Website | Official website |
Hywel Williams (born 14 May 1953, Pwllheli) is a Welsh politician and Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Arfon.[1] He previously represented Caernarfon.
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He was educated at Ysgol Glan y Môr, Pwllheli and the University of Wales, Cardiff.
He had previously worked as a Lecturer and a Social Worker for Gwynedd and Mid Glamorgan County Councils.
He contested the Clwyd South seat for the Welsh Assembly and polled 25% of the vote, almost 5 times as many votes as secured by Plaid Cymru in the 1997 general election. In the 2001 election he successfully contested the Caernarfon constituency and elected to Parliament with 44% of the vote and a majority of 12%, and successfully defended the seat in the 2005 General Election.
His parliamentary responsibilities within Plaid Cymru are work and pensions, disabilities and health.
He is recently re-married and has three daughters from a previous marriage.
On 1 September 2007 Williams visited the Kurdish Cultural Festival in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, where he spoke of the importance of the maintenance of the Kurdish language.
In a 2007 interview with Raz Jabary for Kurdish Aspect, Williams expressed his support for an independent Kurdistan and claimed that it would be no threat to Turkey.[2]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Dafydd Wigley |
Member of Parliament for Caernarfon 2001-2010 |
Succeeded by Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by Constituency created |
Member of Parliament for Arfon 2010–present |
Incumbent |
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