Vikki Howells
Vikki Howells | |
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 Howells in 2021 | |
| Member of the Senedd for Cynon Valley | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Chapman |
| Majority | 7,468 (36.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Political party | Welsh Labour |
| Education | St John the Baptist School, Aberdare |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Cardiff |
Vikki Howells is a Welsh Labour politician and former teacher. Since May 2016, she has been the Member of the Senedd for Cynon Valley.
Early life and education[edit]
Howells was brought up in Cwmbach, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.[1] She was educated at St John the Baptist School, a Church in Wales secondary school in Aberdare.[2] She studied international and Welsh history at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[2] She remained at Cardiff to undertake postgraduate study in Modern Welsh History, and graduated with a Master of Arts degree.[2]
Career[edit]
Teaching career[edit]
Before her election to the Senedd, Howells was a history teacher and the assistant head of sixth form at St Cenydd Comprehensive School in Caerphilly, South Wales.
Political career[edit]
In December 2015, it was announced that Howells had been selected as the Welsh Labour candidate for the Cynon Valley constituency of the Senedd.[3] She has been a member of the Labour Party for over 20 years.[3] On 5 May 2016, she was elected a Member of the Welsh Assembly for that constituency; she received 9,830 votes (51.1% of the votes cast).[1]
Howells chairs the Welsh Labour Group of MSs.[4] Howells is president of the mental health charity Friends R Us and vice-president of Cwmbach Male Voice Choir.[4] Vikki is also a member of the Cynon Valley History Society, the social justice thinktank the Bevan Foundation, the Co-operative Party, the GMB and USDAW.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Tegeltija, Sam (6 May 2016). "Assembly Election 2016: Labour holds Cynon as Vikki Howells succeeds Christine Chapman". Wales Online. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "Vikki Howells AM". assembly.wales. National Assembly for Wales. 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ a b Tegeltija, Sam (8 December 2015). "Teacher Vikki Howells announced as Labour's Cynon Valley candidate for National Assembly election". Walses Online. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "About Vikki".
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