Cabinet Secretary for Education
Key interests and
achievements
Lynne is passionate about
suicide prevention and children and young people’s mental health. She was Chair
of the Senedd’s Children, Young People and Education Committee in the Fifth
Senedd.
Personal history
Lynne Neagle was born in
Merthyr Tydfil in 1968 and was educated at Cyfarthfa High School, then Reading
University, where she studied French and Italian. She is married to Huw Lewis,
Assembly Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney until the Fifth Assembly, and
has two sons.
Professional background
Before her election to the then
National Assembly in 1999, Lynne held a number of posts within the voluntary
sector in Wales, working for organisations such as Shelter Cymru, Mind and the
CAB. She was Carers Development Officer with Voluntary Action Cardiff and also
worked as a researcher for Glenys Kinnock MEP
Political history
Lynne was a long-serving chair
of the Labour Group in the Assembly until 2008. Her political interests include
health, housing, social services, Europe and the future of the valleys in south
Wales. In the Fifth Senedd, Lynne was chair of the Senedd’s Children, Young
People and Education Committee.
