Career
Davies 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]
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