Karen Sinclair

Karen Sinclair AM

Member of the Welsh Assembly for Clwyd South
In office 6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by	New Assembly
Succeeded by	Ken Skates
Personal details
Born	(1952-11-20) 20 November 1952 Wrexham, Wales
Political party	Labour

Karen Sinclair (born 20 November 1952) is a Welsh Labour politician, who represented the constituency of Clwyd South from when the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999, until she stood down, in 2011. Born and brought up in Wrexham, north Wales, Sinclair has lived in Llangollen for over twenty years.

Education and professional career

Sinclair was educated at Grove Park Girls School, Wrexham. After working in the Youth service for fourteen years, she became a Care Manager with Wrexham Social Services for clients with learning disabilities. She is also a trained CAB adviser. Sinclair has been a school governor at Ysgol Dinas Brân and chair of the Youth Club Committee.

Political career

Sinclair was a member of the former Glyndwr District council for seven years, preceding the local Government reorganisation and served on Denbighshire County Council. She chairs the URBAN II West Wrexham regeneration project monitoring committee and is a member of UNISON.

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Offices held

National Assembly for Wales
Preceded by (new post)	Assembly Member for Clwyd South 1999 – 2011	Succeeded by Ken Skates
Political offices
Preceded by Andrew Davies	Chief Whip 2000 – 2003	Succeeded by (post reorganised)
Preceded by Carwyn Jones	Minister for Assembly Business and Chief Whip 2003 – 2005	Succeeded by Jane Hutt

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

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