Vikki Howells

Vikki Howells AM


Member of the Welsh Assembly for Cynon Valley
Incumbent
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 Welsh Assembly 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

Howells was a history teacher for 16 years.^[3] Before her election to the Welsh Assembly, she was a history teacher and the assistant head of sixth form at St Cenydd Comprehensive School in Caerphilly, South Wales.^[4] She took a leave of absence to campaign for election and would have returned to work the Monday after polling day if she had been unsuccessful.^[1]

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 National Assembly for Wales.^[4] She has been a member of the Labour Party for over 20 years.^[4] 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]

References

1 2 3 Tegeltija, Sam (6 May 2016). "Assembly Election 2016: Labour holds Cynon as Vikki Howells succeeds Christine Chapman". Wales Online. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
1 2 3 "Vikki Howells AM". assembly.wales. National Assembly for Wales. 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
↑ "Vikki Howells Welsh Labour Assembly candidate for Cynon Valley". VikkiHowellsCynonValley.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
1 2 3 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.

Current members of the National Assembly for Wales

As of the 5th Assembly

Labour (29)	Mick Antoniw Hannah Blythyn Dawn Bowden Jayne Bryant Hefin David Alun Davies Mark Drakeford Rebecca Evans Vaughan Gething John Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Mike Hedges Vikki Howells Jane Hutt Huw Irranca-Davies Julie James Ann Jones Carwyn Jones † Jeremy Miles Eluned Morgan Julie Morgan Lynne Neagle Rhianon Passmore Jenny Rathbone David Rees Carl Sargeant Ken Skates Lee Waters Joyce Watson

Plaid Cymru (11)	Llŷr Huws Gruffydd Siân Gwenllian Bethan Jenkins Elin Jones Rhun ap Iorwerth Steffan Lewis David Lloyd Neil McEvoy Adam Price Simon Thomas Leanne Wood †

Conservatives (11)	Mohammad Asghar Angela Burns Andrew R. T. Davies † Paul Davies Suzy Davies Janet Finch-Saunders Russell George David Melding Mark Isherwood Darren Millar Nick Ramsay

UK Independence Party (6)	Gareth Bennett Michelle Brown Neil Hamilton † Caroline Jones Mark Reckless David Rowlands

Liberal Democrats (1)	Kirsty Williams

Independent (2)	Dafydd Elis-Thomas Nathan Gill

Presiding Officer: Elin Jones † = Party leaders

National Assembly for Wales
Preceded by Christine Chapman	Assembly Member for Cynon Valley 2016 to present	Incumbent

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