Jocelyn Davies

Jocelyn Davies
Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales East
In office 6 May 1999 – 4 April 2016
Preceded by	New Assembly
Succeeded by	Steffan Lewis
Personal details
Born	18 June 1959 Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
Political party	Plaid Cymru
Spouse(s)	Mike Davies
Alma mater	Harris Manchester College, Oxford

Jocelyn Davies (born 18 June 1959, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales) is a Plaid Cymru politician and was a member of the National Assembly of Wales, list member for South Wales East since 1999.^[1] She was Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration.^[1] in the Labour/Plaid coalition government from 2007 - 2011.

Background

After attending Newbridge Grammar School, she read Law at Harris Manchester College, Oxford.^[2] One of the first lay-inspectors of schools in 1993. Davies is married to Newbridge councillor Mike Davies. In 2004, she discovered tissue samples from their daughter, stillborn 16 years previously, were still being held in a Newport hospital.

Jocelyn has three children.

Political career

Davies was a councillor on Islwyn Borough Council 1987-91 and contested the Islwyn by-election, 1995.^[2]

She has been a member of the National Assembly of Wales, list member for South Wales East,^[2] since 1999 and has served as Plaid Cymru Party Business Manager since 2000.^[1]

In the Second Assembly she was Chair on both the Committee on the Inquiry into the E.coli outbreak in Wales; and the South Wales East Regional Committee.^[1]

In the Third Assembly she was appointed Deputy Minister for Housing in the Labour and Plaid Cymru coalition government on 19 July.

References

1. "Assembly Member Biographies". National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
2. "Elections 2003: Welsh women making history; The National Assembly yesterday became the first elected governing body in the world to have women as half of its representatives. Here, The Western Mail profiles them all". Western Mail. 8 May 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

Offices held