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Lynne Neagle MS (born 18 January 1968) is a
Welsh Labour Welsh Labour ( cy, Llafur Cymru) is the branch of the United Kingdom Labour Party in Wales and the largest party in modern Welsh politics. Welsh Labour and its forebears won a plurality of the Welsh vote at every UK general election since 192 ...
& Co-operative politician. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, Neagle has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the constituency of
Torfaen Torfaen (; cy, Torfaen ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to the south-w ...
since the Senedd was established in 1999.


Background

Neagle was educated at Cyfarthfa High School, Merthyr Tydfil, and the
University of Reading The University of Reading is a public university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college. The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 192 ...
, where she read French and Italian. She is a former Voluntary Sector Carer and Careers Development Officer. Neagle was also a research assistant to
Glenys Kinnock Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (''née'' Parry; born 7 July 1944), is a British politician and former teacher who served as Minister of State for Europe from June to October 2009 and Minister of State for Africa and the ...
MEP from 1994 to 1997.


Political career

Neagle was elected to the Senedd in 1999 as a Labour candidate to represent Torfaen. Ahead of the 2011 elections she was adopted as a Labour & Co-operative candidate.


Personal life

Neagle is married to
Huw Lewis Huw Lewis (born 17 January 1964) is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician who served as Minister for Education and Skills from 2013 to 2016. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Lewis represented the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency in t ...
, the former Senedd Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. They have two children, James and Sam.


References


External links


Senedd Member profileWelsh Labour websiteWebsite of the Senedd Government


Offices held

1968 births Living people Welsh Labour members of the Senedd Labour Co-operative members of the Senedd Wales AMs 1999–2003 Wales AMs 2003–2007 Wales AMs 2007–2011 Wales AMs 2011–2016 Wales MSs 2016–2021 Wales MSs 2021–2026 Alumni of the University of Reading People from Merthyr Tydfil Female members of the Senedd 20th-century British women politicians {{Wales-AM-stub