Celia Ann Davies[1] (also known as Ann Bremenda[2]) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caerfyrddin since 2024.[3]
Ann Davies | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Caerfyrddin | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Majority | 4,535 (9.9%) |
| Member of Carmarthenshire County Council for Llanddarog | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Llanarthney |
| Political party | Plaid Cymru |
Davies is also a councillor on Carmarthenshire County Council, and served before becoming an MP as cabinet member for rural affairs, community cohesion and planning policy.[4][5]
Career
editDavies has experience in the agriculture sector and has farmed a tenant farm in Llanarthney with her husband since 1992. She is also co-owner of a local nursery and was a lecturer in early years learning at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and before that she worked as a peripatetic music teacher.[6][7]
She started becoming an active member of Plaid Cymru at 18 years old.[8] Davies stood to become a Carmarthenshire County Council member for Llanddarog in 2017 after her children had finished university education.[8] She was appointed as a cabinet member of the Council in 2021 originally under the portfolio of Communities and Rural Affairs.[9] This was expanded to include planning policy.[4]
Since the announcement in 2023 of plans for a pylon line in the Towy Valley to connect a wind farm near Llandrindod Wells and a substation near Carmarthen, Davies has been involved in efforts to opposing the proposal.[10] Davies and others have called for the consideration of alternative methods of energy transmission, in particular underground cables, which they argue could reduce the effect on the surrounding landscape.[11][12]
On 4 July 2024, Davies was elected as the MP for Caerfyrddin, by 4,535 votes, a margin of 9.9% over Labour.[3]
Volunteering
editSince September 2023 Davies has been the chairperson of the local Farmers Union of Wales branch.[7] She is also the Chair of Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services.[13]
Personal life
editDavies is a mother of three and a grandmother of seven children.[11] She is a Christian and plays the organ and preaches at her local church, in addition to conducting local Gymanfaoedd ganu.[14][7]
References
edit- ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
- ^ Plaid Cymru (8 April 2024). "I'm not your average politician - but I should be" | Araith Ann Davies Speech. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b "Caerfyrddin - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ a b Mansfield, Mark (10 November 2023). "Plaid Cymru picks general election candidate for new Carmarthen seat". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Favorido, Niki (30 July 2024). "Cllr Carys Jones appointed Cabinet Member". Herald.Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Councillor to officially launch her general election campaign this week". South Wales Guardian. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "FUW Carmarthenshire appoints new chairperson". www.fuw.org.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ a b "General election 2024: Plaid Cymru's Ann Davies wins in Caerfyrddin". Tivyside Advertiser. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Carmarthenshire Council announce new Executive Board Member for Communities and Rural Affairs". Swansea Bay News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Towy Valley: Pylon network not suitable for valley - landowners". BBC News. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Great British Energy Bill Volume 753: debated on Thursday 5 September 2024". Parliamentary debates (Hansard).
- ^ Price, Stephen (5 March 2024). "Renewed calls for undergrounding as pylon consultation draws to an end". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Registered Interests Ann Davies MP". UK Parliament.
- ^ "Capel Gellimanwydd - Cymanfa Ganu". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
External links
edit- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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