Gareth Bennett (politician)
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Gareth Bennett AM |
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| Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales Central |
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Assumed office 5 May 2016 |
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1 December 1968 Cardiff, Wales |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Political party | UK Independence Party |
| Alma mater |
Middlesex Polytechnic Cardiff Institute of Higher Education |
| Website | http://bennettukip.co.uk/ |
Gareth John Bennett (born 1 December 1968) is a Welsh politician who has been a UK Independence Party Member of the National Assembly for Wales for South Wales Central since the National Assembly for Wales election, 2016.
Bennett was born in Cardiff on 1 December 1968. His mother was a Cardiff supply teacher and his father worked at the GKN steelworks as a quality control inspector. He was educated at Llandaff City Primary School and Radyr Comprehensive School. He swam competitively for City of Cardiff Swimming Club, and was later a member of Cardiff Amateur Athletics Club. He represented South Glamorgan in both sports. He studied at sociology Middlesex Polytechnic but left halfway through the course, returning to Cardiff to pursue journalism at the Cardiff Institute of Higher Education, which lead to a post with the Carmarthen Journal, West Wales (1992 -1996). Over the next 15 years, Bennett then undertook a wide array of jobs including administrator, call centre operative, English teacher (in China and South-East Asia), property developer, painter and decorator, pub barman and general building labourer.
(1989–1982) Bennett began his writing activities by co-founding and editing the Cardiff City Football Club fanzine "O Bluebird of Happiness". He has 4 books published by The History Press co-written with David Collins: Never Mind the Bluebirds (The Ultimate Cardiff City Quiz Book), Never Mind the Bluebirds 2 (Another Ultimate Cardiff City Quiz Book!), The Secret Premier League Diary of a Cardiff City Fan and The Little Book of Cardiff (a local history book) between 2012–15.
National Assembly for Wales Member for South Wales Central He is a member of the Equalities, Local Government and Communities Committee and the Petitions Committee.
The party he represents is UKIP and he is responsible for the South Wales Central Region. He began his term of office on 6 May 2016.
Politically, Bennett began on the left, joining the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) at the age of 16. He left after six months. He was later active in the Labour Party (1992–96), before eventually abandoning the left – and even the centre-left – due to their policies on perceived mass immigration.
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