People of the Senedd

Rhun ap Iorwerth MS

Rhun ap Iorwerth MS

Senedd Constituency Member

Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru Group

Ynys Môn

Leader of Plaid Cymru

My Senedd Activities

Motion to test removing co-submitters

For debate on 04/10/2021

Will the Minister make a statement on promoting the mental wellbeing of the people of Ynys Môn?

Tabled on 17/03/2021

Will the Minister make a statement on the impact that leaving the European Union has had on the Port of Holyhead?

Tabled on 20/01/2021

What discussions has the First Minister had with the UK Government on preparing the Port of Holyhead for the end of the Brexit transition period?

Tabled on 19/11/2020

TEST

For debate on 12/11/2020

test

For debate on 10/11/2020

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Biography

Personal history

Rhun ap Iorwerth was first elected as the Member for Anglesey in a by-election in August 2013. He was brought up on the island and educated at Ysgol David Hughes and Cardiff University, where he graduated in Politics and Welsh. Fluent in Welsh, he is married and has three children.

Professional background

Rhun was a journalist and broadcaster for almost 20 years before being elected. He joined BBC Wales in 1994 and worked for some time in Westminster before returning to Wales after the 1997 devolution vote. A former Chief Political Correspondent, he has also been a BBC Network News correspondent and has presented a wide range of television and radio programmes, in Welsh and English.

Political history

In the time since he was first returned Rhun has served as Shadow Minister for the Economy and Transport, Health and Care, and Finance, and as a member of the corresponding Assembly and Senedd committees. He has also, at various times, been a member of the Public Accounts Committee, the Petitions Committee and the Standards Committee, and has also served as a Senedd Commissioner, and as Deputy Leader of the Plaid Cymru Group during the Fifth Senedd.

Membership

Terms of office

  1. 02/08/2013 - 05/04/2016
  2. 06/05/2016 - 28/04/2021
  3. 08/05/2021 -

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