Alan Wynne Williams (born 21 December 1945) is a British

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politician. Williams was born in Carmarthen. He studied at Carmarthen Grammar School and Jesus College, Oxford. He was elected Member of Parliament for Carmarthen in

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. Following constituency boundary changes in 1997, his seat was renamed Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. In

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, however, he lost his seat to the Plaid Cymru candidate

Adam Price Adam Robert Price (born 23 September 1968) is a Welsh politician serving as the Leader of Plaid Cymru since 2018. , he has sat in the Senedd for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, having previously been a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Carmart ...

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* 1945 births Living people Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Welsh Labour Party MPs UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 UK MPs 1997–2001 People educated at Carmarthen Grammar School Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Carmarthenshire constituencies {{Wales-Labour-UK-MP-stub 20th-century Welsh politicians 21st-century Welsh politicians