Janet Davies | |
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| Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales West | |
| In office 6 May 1999 –3 May 2007 | |
| Preceded by | New Assembly |
| Succeeded by | Bethan Jenkins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 May 1939 Cardiff,Wales |
| Political party | Plaid Cymru |
| Alma mater | Open University |
Janet Marion Davies (born 29 May 1939 in Cardiff) is a Plaid Cymru Welsh politician. She was the National Assembly for Wales Member for South Wales West from 1999 to 2007,retiring at the 2007 election.
Davies was educated at Howell's School Llandaff,Cardiff and Trinity College,Carmarthen (BA Hons),the University of Wales and the Open University (BA Hons). Davies was a Nurse and Midwife in the 1960s.
Davies is a former Member of Taff Ely Borough Council (1983–96),Leader of Council 1991–96,and Mayor from 1995 to 1996. She contested the Pontypridd constituency for Plaid Cymru in the 1983 General Election,finishing fourth of five candidates with 4.7% of the vote. [1]
She then stood in the 1985 Brecon and Radnor by-election,finishing fourth out of seven with 1.1% of the vote., [2] and in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney in the 1987 General Election,finishing last with 4.7% of the vote. [3] She has served as Director of elections and a member of the Plaid Cymru National Executive. She was Chief Whip for the Plaid Group in the National Assembly.
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