Mick Antoniw

Mick Antoniw AM
Member of the Welsh Assembly
for Pontypridd
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 May 2011
Preceded by Jane Davidson
Majority 7,694 (33%)
Personal details
Political party Labour Co-operative
Alma mater University of Wales

Mick Antoniw AM is a Welsh Labour & Co-operative politician, who has represented the constituency of Pontypridd since the National Assembly for Wales election of 2011.

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Early life

Antoniw came Wales to study law at the Cardiff Law School, University of Wales, in 1973.[1] He was President of the National Union of Students Wales from 1977 to 1979.[1]

Professional career

He was a practising solicitor before his election to the Senedd, specialising in personal injury. Antoniw was a partner in Thompsons Solicitors, the specialist trade union solicitors, with whom he began his training in 1980.[2] Antoniw is a trustee of the Welsh Refugee Council.[1][2]

Personal life

Antoniw married in 1984.[1] He and his wife Elaine have three adopted children and live in Llantrisant.[1][2]

Political career

Antoniw was selected to represent Welsh Labour as a candidate for the Pontypridd constituency at the National Assembly for Wales, following Jane Davidson's decision to stand down. Davison had represented Pontypridd since the Assembly's creation in 1999. At the National Assembly for Wales election on 5 May 2011. Antoniw increased the Labour vote with a swing of 18.8%. At 11,864, his share of the vote was over 50%, giving him a majority of 7,694 over the Welsh Liberal Democrats candidate, Mike Powell, placed second.[3][4]

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Offices held

National Assembly for Wales
Preceded by
Jane Davidson
Assembly Member for Pontypridd
2011–present
Incumbent

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