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Cllr Huw Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Leader of Cardiff Council | |
| Assumed office May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Phil Bale |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1985 Aberystwyth |
| Political party | Welsh Labour |
| Alma mater | Oxford University,Aberystwyth University |
Huw Thomas is a Welsh Labour politician and leader of Cardiff Council since May 2017. [1]
Huw Thomas was born in Aberystwyth in 1985 and attended local schools before studying Music at Oxford University and a Masters in International Relations at Aberystwyth University
After graduating he worked in the third sector in Cardiff,including for Sustrans and as Head of Christian Aid Wales. [2]
Thomas was elected to represent the Splott ward on Cardiff Council in 2012 he was immediately appointed as Executive Member for Cabinet Member for Culture,Leisure &Sport in the new Labour administration which following Labour's victory before moving to become the Cabinet Member for Health &Social Care in July 2013.
Thomas left his post in March 2014 following the appointment of new Council leader Phil Bale. [3]
In December 2013 Thomas was selected as the Welsh Labour candidate to contest Ceredigion in the 2015 General Election where he finished fifth with 9.7% of the vote. [4]
During the election his was highly critical of his Plaid Cymru rival Mike Parker over Parker's remarks made in 2001 about English people coming to live in Wales which he described as parts of Wales of being inhabited by "gun-toting Final Solution crackpots" and likened English incomers [to Mid Wales] as Nazis. Thomas said:"There should be no place in our politics or our society for such divisive and hateful language." [5]
It emerged during the campaign that as a student he had suggested to friends in Wales via an online forum that cars flying the English Flag during the 2006 World Cup could be vandalised with tippex whilst simultaneously suggesting that those who flew them were a "simpleton" or a "casual racist". Thomas apologised for the remarks in 2015 when they were published by the BBC. [6]
Thomas was re-elected as a Councillor in 2017 and quickly announced he planned to challenge the then leader of Cardiff Council Phil Bale for the leadership - a challenge he duly won. [7] [8]
As leader he proposed a Cardiff style 'Crossrail' scheme, [9] and faced criticism for suggesting a Congestion Charge for Cardiff. [10]
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