Mair Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely (born 16 February 1967) is a
Welsh Labour
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politician serving as
Minister for Health and Social Services
The Minister for Health and Social Services () is a cabinet position in the Welsh Government, currently held by Eluned Morgan MS.
The minister is responsible for the running of the National Health Service in Wales, all aspects of public healt ...
in the
Welsh Government
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since 2021. Morgan has served as a
Member of the House of Lords
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Lords Spiritual
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since 2011 and as a
Member of the Senedd
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(MS) since 2016. She was previously
Minister for the Welsh Language from 2017 to 2021, Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing from 2020 to 2021, and a
Member of the European Parliament
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(MEP) from 1994 to 2009.
From 2013–2016, Morgan served as the Shadow Minister for Wales in the House of Lords, and from 2014 to 2016 she served as Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and also as a whip. She was granted a peerage in 2011 and is formally known as Baroness Morgan of Ely. She was responsible for leading for Labour in the House of Lords on the EU Referendum Bill and led for Labour on two Wales Bills.
Morgan is a former Member of the European Parliament who represented Wales for the Labour Party from 1994 to 2009. In this role she became the Labour spokesperson on industry, science and energy and spokesperson for the 200 strong Socialist Group on Budget Control matters. She authored the Green Paper on energy on behalf of the Parliament and led its discussions on the Electricity Directive where she ensured new rights for consumers and demanded that Member States of the EU addressed the issue of fuel poverty.
From late 2009 until July 2013, Morgan worked as the Director of National Business Development in Wales for SSE (SWALEC) one of the UK's largest energy companies. She was responsible for the establishment of the SWALEC Smart Energy Centre in
Treforest
Treforest ( cy, Trefforest) is a village in the south-east of Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is situated in the Treforest electoral ward, along with the village of Glyntaff (or Glyn-Taf). It is part of the Pon ...
. She was also appointed as the Chair of the Cardiff Business Partnership.
Morgan's political career started at the age of 27 when she was elected as the youngest Member of the European Parliament in 1994. She was only the fifth woman elected to a full-time political position in the history of Wales, and the first full-time politician in Wales to have a baby whilst in office. Initially, she represented the constituency of Mid and West Wales, and was subsequently re-elected in 1999 and 2004 under the new proportional representation system representing the whole of Wales.
Biography
Eluned Morgan was born and brought up in
Ely, Cardiff
Ely ( cy, Trelái ''tref'', town + cy, Afon Elái, River Ely) is a district and community in Cardiff, Wales. It is to the north of Cowbridge Road West. Caerau defines the boundary to the south as does River Ely to the east and in part to the no ...
, the daughter of
Revd Canon Bob Morgan and Elaine Morgan.
/sup>">/sup> /sup> Educated at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf
Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf (''Taff Bank Welsh Language Comprehensive School'') is a Welsh-medium coeducational secondary school in Llandaff North, a district in the north of Cardiff, Wales; it is the largest of its kind in the country. Of the ...
, she won a scholarship to the United World College of the Atlantic
Atlantic College (formally the United World College of the Atlantic; alternatively styled UWC Atlantic College, UWCAC, or UWCA) is an independent boarding school in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. Founded in 1962, it was the first of th ...
and gained a degree in European Studies from the University of Hull
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. /sup>">/sup> Morgan formerly worked as a researcher for S4C, Agenda TV and the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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.
European Parliament
In 1990, she worked as a stagiaire
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* Stage (cooking) or stagiaire, a cook who works briefly, for free, in another chef's kitchen
* Stagiaire (cycling), an amateur cyclist temporarily riding for a professional team
* A particular type of trainee, see Europea ...
in the European Parliament for the Socialist Group.
In 1994, Morgan was elected as a Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
representing Mid and West Wales
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. At the time she was the youngest MEP when she took up her seat. She continued as an MEP representing the Wales
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being elected at both the 1999 and 2004 elections.
Eluned Morgan served as the budget control spokesperson for the 180 strong Socialist Group
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The g ...
. She was also the Labour Party's European spokesperson on Energy, Industry and Science. She was responsible for drafting the European Parliament's response to the Energy Green Paper and also took the lead role in negotiating on behalf of the Parliament the revision of the Electricity Directive.
In 2007, she nominated Peter Hain
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as a candidate for Deputy Leader of the UK Labour Party.
She stood down at the 2009 European Parliament elections.
After European Parliament
On leaving the Parliament she worked as the Director of National Development for SSE in Wales (SWALEC
SWALEC was an electricity supply and distribution company in South Wales, established in 1989 following the de-regulation of the electricity supply industry in the United Kingdom. The business has seen several changes of ownership from 1996, and ...
) from 2009 to June 2013 where she was responsible for establishing the new SWALEC
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Smart Energy Centre in Treforest
Treforest ( cy, Trefforest) is a village in the south-east of Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is situated in the Treforest electoral ward, along with the village of Glyntaff (or Glyn-Taf). It is part of the Pon ...
. She was appointed Chair of the Cardiff Business Partnership.
On 19 November 2010 it was announced that Morgan had been granted a life peerage
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and would sit on the Labour benches of the House of Lords
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, /sup>">/sup> and was gazetted on 27 January 2011 as Baroness Morgan of Ely, of Ely in the City of Cardiff
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Welsh Parliament and Welsh Government
In 2015 Morgan was selected as a candidate for the 2016 Welsh election on the Mid and West Wales
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regional list. /sup>">/sup> On 5 May 2016 she was elected from the regional list as an Assembly Member Assembly Member or AM may refer to:
* A Member of the London Assembly (2000–pres.)
*A Member of the Tobago House of Assembly (1980–pres.)
Defunct titles
* A Member of the National Assembly for Wales (1999–2020), now Member of th ...
in the Senedd
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.
In November 2017 she was appointed Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning. Morgan became the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language in December 2018.
Morgan contested the 2018 Welsh Labour leadership election
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Carwyn Jones, who had led Welsh Labour since 2009, announced his intentio ...
. She was then appointed by First Minister Mark Drakeford
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as Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language before being moved to Minister for Mental Health, Wellbeing and the Welsh Language in October 2020.
Personal and other
Eluned Morgan served on the Welsh Labour Party Executive for ten years and was appointed to the Welsh Assembly Advisory Group, which was responsible for developing the standing orders of the Senedd. She was a founding member of the Yes for Wales
Yes for Wales! (Welsh: ''Ie dros Gymru'') is the name used to refer to two separate cross-party pro-devolution groups that were formed in the lead up to the 1997 and the 2011 devolution referendums held in Wales.
1997 campaign
Yes for Wales w ...
Cross-party group, which campaigned for the Assembly to be established.
Morgan is a Fellow of Trinity College Carmarthen and is an Honorary-Distinguished Professor and Fellow of Cardiff University. She served on the board of the International Baccalaureate Organisation
The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and founded in 1968. It offers four educational programmes: the IB Dip ...
for three years. She was the Chair of the Cardiff Business Partnership. /sup>">/sup> She was a member of the External Advisory Board to the Wales Governance Centre. /sup>">0/sup> She served on the Council of Atlantic College
Atlantic College (formally the United World College of the Atlantic; alternatively styled UWC Atlantic College, UWCAC, or UWCA) is an independent boarding school in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. Founded in 1962, it was the first of t ...
. She was Chair of Live Music Now
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Live Music Now works with special educational needs providers and care homes to provide live music participation to those living in ...
in Wales, a charity which sends talented young musicians to care homes and special schools and demonstrates the transformational impact of music. /sup>">1/sup>
Morgan is married to Rev Dr Rhys Jenkins, who is a GP and also a non-stipendiary priest.
Morgan's family hails from St David's in Pembrokeshire.
In March 2022, Morgan was banned from driving for 6 months for speeding on a 30mph road in Wrexham
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1967 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Hull
Politicians from Cardiff
People educated at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf
People educated at Atlantic College
People educated at a United World College
MEPs for Wales 1994–1999
MEPs for Wales 1999–2004
MEPs for Wales 2004–2009
20th-century women MEPs for Wales
21st-century women MEPs for Wales
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Labour Party (UK) life peers
Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II
Welsh Labour MEPs
Welsh-speaking politicians
Welsh Labour members of the Senedd
Wales MSs 2016–2021
Wales MSs 2021–2026