Mabon ap Gwynfor

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Rhodri Mabon ap Gwynfor is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has been Member of the Senedd (MS) for Dwyfor Meirionnydd since 2021. [1] He has served as Plaid Cymru's Health, Social Care and Housing Spokesperson and Chief Whip since June 2023. [2] [3]

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Career

ap Gwynfor was elected as a town councillor in Aberystwyth Town Council in 2004.

ap Gwynfor stood for the UK Parliament and Senedd unsuccessfully on several occaisions between 2005 and 2016. He contested the Brecon and Radnorshire UK Parliament constituency at the 2005 general election. He attempted to be selected as Plaid Cymru candidate for the Ceredigion UK Parliament constituency in 2010, but was not successful. He stood for the Clwyd South Senedd constituency in the 2011 [4] and 2016 [5] elections, and for the identically named Clwyd South UK Parliamentary constituency at the 2015 General Election. [6]

He was later elected as a Denbighshire County Councillor for Llandrillo in 2017. [7]

In 2019 it was announced he would be the Plaid Cymru candidate for the Dwyfor Meirionnydd Senedd constituency in the 2021 Senedd elections, in a selection process containing 5 other candidates. [8] He was elected, with a majority of 7,096 votes. [1] Shortly after he was elected, in August 2021, he resigned as councillor for Llandrillo. He said it was impossible to "effectively" fulfil roles as a councillor and Senedd Member. [9] He had previously said he would remain in place until elections to be held in May 2022. [9]

ap Gwynfor is a member of the Senedd Health and Social Care committee. [10] He chairs cross-party groups on Fisheries and Aquaculture, Housing, and Peace and Reconciliation, and is vice-chair of the North Wales group. He is a member of cross-party groups on Hospice and Palliative care, Human rights, Long COVID, poverty, renewable and low carbon energy, rural growth, stroke and welsh wool. [10]

Personal life

He is the grandson of Plaid Cymru's first Member of Parliament and former president, Gwynfor Evans. [11] He is married, and has 4 children. [10]

ab Gwynfor graduated from the University of Wales, Bangor with a BA in History. [10]

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Mabon ap Gwynfor
MS
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ap Gwynfor in 2021
Plaid Cymru Health, Social Care and Housing Spokesperson
Assumed office
27 June 2023
Senedd
Preceded by Member of the Senedd for Dwyfor Meirionnydd
2021 – Present
Incumbent