Cabinet Secretary for Transport of Wales | |
---|---|
Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth (Welsh) | |
Welsh Government | |
Style | Welsh Cabinet Secretary |
Status | Cabinet Secretary |
Member of | |
Reports to | the Senedd and the First Minister of Wales |
Seat | Cardiff |
Nominator | First Minister of Wales |
Appointer | The Crown |
Term length | Five years Subject to elections to the Senedd which take place every five years |
First holder | Sue Essex AM |
Website | gov |
The Cabinet Secretary for Transport (Welsh : Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth) is a minister of the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Ken Skates, since March 2024.
Name | Picture | Entered office | Left office | Other offices held | Political party | Government | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Secretary for Transport | ||||||||
Sue Essex | 22 February 2000 | 16 October 2000 | Secretary for Environment | Labour | Michael administration | [1] | ||
Secretary for Planning | Interim Rhodri Morgan administration | |||||||
Minister for Transport | ||||||||
Sue Essex | 2000 | 2003 | Minister for Environment | Labour | First Rhodri Morgan government | [2] | ||
Minister for Planning | ||||||||
Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Transport | ||||||||
Brian Gibbons | 13 May 2003 | 10 January 2005 | Labour | Second Rhodri Morgan government | [3] | |||
Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey | 14 January 2005 | 2007 | Labour | Second Rhodri Morgan government | [3] | |||
Minister for Transport | ||||||||
Brian Gibbons | 7 June 2007 | 2007 | Minister for the Economy | Labour | Third Rhodri Morgan government | [4] | ||
Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure | ||||||||
Ken Skates | May 2016 | 2017 | Labour | Third Jones government | [5] | |||
Cabinet Secretary / Minister for Transport | ||||||||
Ken Skates | 2017 | 2021 | Minister for the Economy | Labour | Third Jones government | [6] [7] | ||
Minister for North Wales | First Drakeford government | |||||||
Deputy Minister for Climate Change | ||||||||
Lee Waters | 13 May 2021 | 20 March 2024 | Labour | Second Drakeford government | [8] | |||
Cabinet Secretary for Transport | ||||||||
Ken Skates | 21 March 2024 | Cabinet Secretary for North Wales | Labour | Gething government | [9] | |||
Following the 2021 Senedd election, First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford announced in the formation of the next Welsh government, that he would form a "super-ministry" centred on climate change, combining the portfolios of the environment, energy, housing, planning and transport. It would be headed by a Minister for Climate Change (announced to be Julie James MS), with a deputy minister assisting the government division. [10] [11]
The position partly oversees transport in Wales, with the position also referred to by derivatives of the old name such as "transport minister". [12] [13] [14]
Waters, the holder from 2021, [15] oversaw during his period in the position, the increased introduction of 20 mph zones in Wales, [16] conducting a roads review involving scaling back new road construction, [17] [18] and overseeing the impact of COVID-19 on public transport in Wales, such as buses. [19]
The responsibilities of the post are: [8]
The Welsh Government is the executive arm of the devolved government of Wales. The government consists of cabinet secretaries and ministers. It is led by the first minister, usually the leader of the largest party in the Senedd, who selects ministers with the approval of the Senedd. The government is responsible for tabling policy in devolved areas for consideration by the Senedd and implementing policy that has been approved by it.
The first minister of Wales is the leader of the Welsh Government and keeper of the Welsh Seal. The first minister chairs the Welsh Cabinet and is primarily responsible for the formulation, development and presentation of Welsh Government policy. Additional functions of the first minister include promoting and representing Wales in an official capacity, at home and abroad, and responsibility for constitutional affairs, as they relate to devolution and the Welsh Government.
Lynne Neagle is a Welsh Labour & Co-operative politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Education since 2024. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, Neagle has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the constituency of Torfaen since the Senedd was established in 1999.
Humphrey Vaughan ap David Gething is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party politician who served as First Minister of Wales from March to August 2024, and served as leader of Welsh Labour from March to July 2024, making him the first black leader of any European country. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Cardiff South and Penarth since 2011.
Jeremy Miles is a Welsh Labour Co-op politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care since September 2024.
Kenneth Christian Skates is a Welsh Labour politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales since March 2024. Skates has represented the constituency of Clwyd South in the Senedd since the election of 2011. He is an alumnus of the University of Cambridge, and worked as a journalist prior to becoming a politician. In September 2014 he became the deputy minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport. From May 2016 to December 2018 he was the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Infrastructure and Skills, and was the Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales until he stood down on 13 May 2021. He held Economy, Transport and North Wales position again between July and September 2024 when he assumed the economy portfolio.
Julie James is a Welsh Labour politician currently serving as Counsel General and Minister for Delivery since September 2024. She has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Swansea West since 2011, and has served in the Welsh Government in various roles since 2018.
The Cabinet Secretary for Local Government is a cabinet position in the Welsh Government which has existed in various forms since the creation of the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Jayne Bryant since July 2024.
Lee Waters is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician who served as Deputy Minister for Climate Change from 2021 to 2024. He has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Llanelli since 2016.
Hannah Blythyn is a Welsh politician who served as the Minister for Social Partnership in the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2024. She was previously the Environment Minister from 2017 to 2018 and the Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government from 2018 to 2021. A member of Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party, she has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Delyn since 2016.
Jayne Bryant is a Welsh Labour Party politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government since July 2024. Since May 2016 she has represented Newport West in the Senedd.
The 2018 Welsh Labour Party leadership election took place between 9 November and 6 December 2018 to elect a successor to Carwyn Jones as leader of the Welsh Labour Party.
The February–March 2024 Welsh Labour leadership election took place to select Mark Drakeford's successor as leader of Welsh Labour, who in turn would become First Minister of Wales. Drakeford announced his resignation and retirement on 13 December 2023, five years after his election. Voting began in February 2024 with the new leader announced on 16 March 2024. Vaughan Gething won the election with 51.7% of the vote. The next scheduled Senedd election is due on or before 7 May 2026.
The Cabinet Secretary for North Wales is a member of the cabinet in the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Ken Skates since March 2024.
The Chief Whip is a member of the cabinet in the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Jane Hutt since May 2023.
The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice is a member of the Cabinet in the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Jane Hutt since July 2024.
The Minister for Children and Social Care is a minister of the Welsh Government, accountable to the cabinet secretary for health and social care. The current officeholder is Dawn Bowden since March 2024.
The Gething government was the Labour-led government of Wales formed on 21 March 2024 following the appointment of Vaughan Gething as First Minister on 20 March 2024.
The Cabinet Secretary for Housing is a member of the Cabinet in the Welsh Government. The current office holder is Jayne Bryant since July 2024.
The Eluned Morgan government is the government of Wales formed by Eluned Morgan from August 2024, following her appointment as First Minister of Wales on 6 August. Morgan first formed an interim government largely continuing the previous Gething government, then announced a fuller reshuffle in September 2024.