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Sandy Mewies

Sandy Mewies
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Member of the Welsh Assembly
for Delyn
In office
1 May 2003 – 6 April 2016
Preceded by Alison Halford
Succeeded by Hannah Blythyn
Majority 2,881 (12.4%)
Personal details
Born (1950-02-19) 19 February 1950 (age 67)
Brymbo, Wrexham, Wales
Political party Welsh Labour
Alma mater Open University

Sandra (Sandy) Mewies AM (born 16 February 1950) is a Welsh Labour politician. Born in Brymbo, Wrexham, Mewies represented the constituency of Delyn at the National Assembly for Wales from her election in 2003 until 2016.

Grove Park Girls' Grammar School, Wrexham. Holds a degree from the Open University and is an Honorary Fellow of the North East Wales Institute. She has worked as a journalist, in the voluntary sector running the former Clwyd Community Care Federation and as a lay inspector of schools. She is a former director of the Wales European Centre in Brussels.

County and Community Councillor, Wrexham for 16 years - she served as deputy leader and Mayor.

She was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 2003 as a Labour candidate to represent Delyn and re-elected in 2007 and again in 2011. She was Chair of the European and External Affairs Committee and sat on the Enterprise and Learning Committee.



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