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Sandy Mewies

Sandy Mewies
Member of the Welsh Assembly
for Delyn
In office
1 May 2003 – 6 April 2016
Preceded byAlison Halford
Succeeded byHannah Blythyn
Majority2,881 (12.4%)
Personal details
Born (1950-02-19) 19 February 1950 (age 74)
Brymbo, Wrexham, Wales
Political partyWelsh Labour
Alma materOpen University

Sandra (Sandy) Mewies AM (born 16 February 1950) is a Welsh Labour[1] politician. Born in Brymbo, Wrexham, Mewies represented the constituency of Delyn at the National Assembly for Wales from her election in 2003 until 2016.[2]

Education

Grove Park Girls' Grammar School, Wrexham. Holds a degree from the Open University and is an Honorary Fellow of the North East Wales Institute. She has worked as a journalist, in the voluntary sector running the former Clwyd Community Care Federation and as a lay inspector of schools. She is a former director of the Wales European Centre in Brussels.

Political career

County and community councillor, Wrexham for 16 years – she served as deputy leader and mayor.

She was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 2003 as a Labour candidate to represent Delyn and re-elected in 2007 and again in 2011. At the 2011 election she joined the Labour Co-operative Assembly Group.[3] She was Chair of the European and External Affairs Committee and sat on the Enterprise and Learning Committee.

References

  1. ^ "National Assembly for Wales – Assembly Member details – Sandy Mewies". Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Sandy Mewies AM – Delyn". er=Welsh Labour blog. Welsh Labour. 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Annual Report 2011". Co-operative Party. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
Senedd
Preceded by Assembly Member for Delyn
2003–2016
Succeeded by
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