Vikki Howells
Vikki Howells | |
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| Member of the Senedd for Cynon Valley | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Chapman |
| Majority | 5,994 |
| 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
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 (BA) degree.[2] She remained at Cardiff to undertake postgraduate study in Modern Welsh History, and graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) degree.[2]
Career
Teaching career
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
In December 2015, it was announced that Howells had been selected as the Welsh Labour candidate for the Cynon Valley constituency of the Senedd Cymru.[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]In September 2020 Howells was found to have breached the Standards of Conduct for Members of the Senedd by allowing Louise Magee, Welsh Labour General Secretary to use the Senedd Estate for party political purposes contrary to the guidance issues in relation to the General Election in December 2019.[4]
Howells chairs the Welsh Labour Group of MSs.[5] Howells is President of mental health charity Friends R Us and Vice-President of Cwmbach Male Voice Choir.[5] 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.[5]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Report 01-20 to the Senedd under Standing Order 22.9" (PDF). senedd.wales.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c https://www.vikkihowells.com/en/about-vikki/
- Living people
- Welsh Labour Members of Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
- Female members of Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
- Wales AMs 2016–2021
- Welsh schoolteachers
- People from Cynon Valley
- People educated at St John the Baptist School, Aberdare
- Alumni of Cardiff University
- 21st-century British women politicians