Huw Irranca-Davies
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Huw Irranca-Davies AM |
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| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Ogmore |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Janice Gregory |
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Member of Parliament for Ogmore |
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In office 14 February 2002 – 24 March 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ray Powell |
| Succeeded by | Chris Elmore |
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Ifor Huw Davies 22 January 1963 Gowerton, Swansea, Wales |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Joanna Irranca (known as Joanna Irranca-Davies |
| Relations | Ifor Davies (Uncle) |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | www |
Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies (born 22 January 1963), born Ifor Huw Davies, is a Welsh Labour politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ogmore from 2002 to 2016. He adopted his wife's maiden name as part of his own surname after they wed.
Having served as Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Northern Ireland Office, the Department for Work and Pensions, and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, he became an Assistant Whip in May 2006. On 29 June 2007, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales, before being promoted to the role of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Irranca-Davies resigned his seat in parliament in March 2016 to stand to represent the constituency in the Welsh Assembly, winning the seat in the elections held in May 2016.
Ifor Huw Davies was born in 1963 to Teresa and Gethin Davies. He campaigned as a boy in general elections for his uncle, Ifor Davies, MP for Gower and deputy to Cledwyn Hughes at the Welsh Office during Harold Wilson's government. He attended Gowerton Comprehensive School (where his mother was a secretary), and later earned a BA (Hons) at Crewe and Alsager College, and an MSc from Swansea Metropolitan University.
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