Heledd Fychan

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Heledd Fychan
MS
Heledd-fychan.jpg
Fychan in 2021
Member of the Senedd
for South Wales Central
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Personal details
Born (1980-09-20) 20 September 1980 (age 44)
Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
Political party Plaid Cymru
Alma mater Trinity College Dublin
Bangor University
Website https://www.heleddfychan.wales (English)
https://www.heleddfychan.cymru (Welsh)

Heledd Fychan (born 20 September 1980) is a Welsh politician and a former director of policy and political education for Plaid Cymru. She was elected to the Senedd for the South Wales Central region in May 2021.

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Early life and education

Fychan is originally from Anglesey, and is the daughter of the late Vaughan Hughes, a broadcaster, journalist and local councillor — and Angharad Anwyl. [1] Heledd attended Ysgol Gynradd y Talwrn and Ysgol David Hughes and then studied History and Politics at Trinity College Dublin where she served as Education Sabbatical Officer at the Trinity College Students' Union, and later as Education Sabbatical Officer for the Union of Students in Ireland. [2]

After completing a Masters in Medieval History at Bangor University, Fychan worked for the Plaid Cymru group in London. [3]

Career

Fychan worked for 12 years at the National Museum Wales, serving as Head of Policy and Public Affairs, and was also a lead for governance, strategy, internal communications, international relations and stakeholder engagement. [2]

In 2009, Fychan was elected to the board of the Museums Association. [1] She chaired the Ethics Committee and the Committee, attending multiple international conferences. [2]

Political career

Fychan contested Montgomeryshire in the 2010 general election and North Wales in the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election. She later unsuccessfully sought the Plaid Cymru nomination ahead of the 2013 Ynys Môn by-election. [4]

Fychan in 2019 Heledd Fychan AS-MS.jpg
Fychan in 2019

In May 2017, Fychan was elected for Pontypridd Town ward on Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council and also Pontypridd Town Council. [5]

As a local councillor, Fychan was a vocal community activist. In 2017 she successfully campaigned to reopen Mill Street Post Office [6] [7] and in 2018 she campaigned to save the Muni Arts Centre in Pontypridd, of which she was a volunteer trustee. [8] In 2020 she dealt with[ clarification needed ] severe flooding in Pontypridd [9] and led calls for an independent inquiry. [10]

Fychan was selected in May 2020 to be the Plaid Cymru candidate for the Pontypridd constituency for the 2021 Senedd election. [11] She came second in the election, behind Labour's Mick Antoniw, with 22.4% of the vote [12] but was elected to the Senedd from the South Wales Central regional list. [3]

Following the election Fychan became Plaid Cymru's spokesperson on culture, sport and international affairs. [13]

Fychan is the current Plaid Cymru director of policy and political education. [14]

As MS for South Wales Central, Heledd Fychan called for a full investigation into the deaths of two boys after a police chase in Ely, Cardiff and the events following the incident. [15]

Fychan currently serves on the Senedd business committee; children, young people and education committee, and the Reform Bill committee. She chairs the Wales International cross party group and is vice-chair of the Public and Commercial Services Union group. She is further a member of the following cross-party groups: academic staff in universities, arts and health, autism, children and families, children in our care, clean air, friends of Ukraine, lung health, music, peace and reconcilliation, poverty, public tranpsort, school food, tourism, universities, and women. [15]

Personal life

Ms Fychan lives in Pontypridd with her husband and son. [1]

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  6. ↑ "Mill Street Post Office Closure". Plaid Cymru Pontypridd. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
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