People of the Senedd
Alun Davies MS
Senedd Constituency Member
Welsh Labour
Welsh Labour Group
Blaenau Gwent
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Office of Alun Davies MS
Ebbw Vale Institute
Church Street
Ebbw Vale
NP23 6BE
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01495 311 160
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Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN
Parliament
0300 200 7145
Alun.Davies@senedd.wales
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Biography
Personal History
Alun was elected to the National Assembly in May 2007. He is from Tredegar and was educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. After graduating, Alun was elected President of the National Union of Students Wales and then worked as a campaigner for World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Oxfam, which included international assignments in Rwanda and the Balkans.
Alun has also enjoyed a successful career with Hyder Plc. as a public relations manager, before being appointed Head of Public Affairs at the UK Atomic Energy Authority and S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru) as Director of Corporate Affairs. Prior to being elected, Alun was director of his own business, Bute Communications. He has worked throughout Europe and the Middle East and has been a regular speaker at international seminars and conferences.
Professional Background
Since being elected to the National Assembly, Alun has sat on a number of different committees and has chaired the Broadcasting Committee and Rural Development Sub-Committee. He has been active campaigning on local and national issues from the availability of broadband and access to public transport to poverty, deprivation and the improvement of public services.
Political History
Following re-election to the National Assembly for Wales in May 2011, Alun Davies was appointed Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes, and, in March 2013, was appointed Minister for Natural Resources and Food.
In May 2016 Alun was re-elected a Assembly Member for Blaenau Gwent and appointed Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language.
Membership
Terms of office
- 04/05/2007 - 31/03/2011
- 06/05/2011 - 05/04/2016
- 06/05/2016 - 28/04/2021
- 08/05/2021 -
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Cross Party Membership
- Armed Forces and Cadets - Cross Party Group
- Beer and Pubs - Cross Party Group
- Digital in Wales - Cross Party Group
- Friends of Ukraine - Cross Party Group (Chair)
- Horseracing - Cross Party Group
- Long-COVID - Cross Party Group
- Shooting and Conservation - Cross Party Group
- Sport - Cross Party Group
- Steel - Cross Party Group
- Wales International - Cross Party Group