Jocelyn Davies
| Jocelyn Davies AM | |
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| Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales East | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | New Assembly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 June 1959 Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Political party | Plaid Cymru |
| Spouse(s) | Mike Davies |
| Alma mater | Harris Manchester College, Oxford |
Jocelyn Davies (born 18 June 1959, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales) is a Plaid Cymru politician and a member of the National Assembly of Wales, list member for South Wales East since 1999.[1] She was Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration.[1] in the Labour/Plaid coalition government from 2007 - 2011.
Background
After attending Newbridge Grammar School, she read Law at Harris Manchester College, Oxford.[2] One of the first lay-inspectors of schools in 1993. Davies is married to Newbridge councillor Mike Davies. In 2004, she discovered tissue samples from their daughter, stillborn 16 years previously, were still being held in a Newport hospital.
Jocelyn has three children.
Political career
Davies was a councillor on Islwyn Borough Council 1987-91 and contested the Islwyn by-election, 1995.[2]
She has been a member of the National Assembly of Wales, list member for South Wales East,[2] since 1999 and has served as Plaid Cymru Party Business Manager since 2000.[1]
In the Second Assembly she was Chair on both the Committee on the Inquiry into the E.coli outbreak in Wales; and the South Wales East Regional Committee.[1]
In the Third Assembly she was appointed Deputy Minister for Housing in the Labour and Plaid Cymru coalition government on 19 July.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Assembly Member Biographies". National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Elections 2003: Welsh women making history; The National Assembly yesterday became the first elected governing body in the world to have women as half of its representatives. Here, The Western Mail profiles them all". Western Mail. 8 May 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
Offices held
| National Assembly for Wales | ||
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| Preceded by (new post) |
Assembly Member for South Wales East 1999–present |
Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Leighton Andrews |
Deputy Minister for Housing {{{years}}} |
Succeeded by Post Abolished |
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