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Alun Cairns is a former MP for Vale of Glamorgan.

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Former Conservative MP for Vale of Glamorgan, Former Conservative MS for South Wales West

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

Entered the Senedd on 6 May 1999

Left the Senedd on 30 March 2011

Also represented South Wales West

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @AlunCairns
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile
• Senedd Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Alun Cairns campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Culture Media and Sport
• Treasury
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Energy and Climate Change
• Work and Pensions
• Broadband
• Departmental Consultants
• Trade Union Officials
• Mobile Phones
• S4C: Finance

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill Committee ( 8 May 2024 to 15 May 2024)
• Member, Welsh Grand Committee (18 Jan 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee ( 9 Nov 2021 to 25 Nov 2021)
• The Secretary of State for Wales (19 Mar 2016 to 6 Nov 2019)
• The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (15 Jul 2014 to 19 Mar 2016)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (15 Jul 2014 to 19 Mar 2016)
• Member, Public Administration Committee ( 9 May 2011 to 12 May 2014)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 27 Jun 2011)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Smith
• Walter Sweeney
• John Smith
• Raymond Gower

Future MPs in this constituency

• Kanishka Narayan

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Localism Bill Committee (24 out of 24)

Recent appearances

• Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: After Clause 308 - Secondary ticketing facilities 21 May 2024

  I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his work, as well as to Lord Moynihan, who has doggedly pursued this matter with the Government. My hon. Friend rightly points out that making additional regulations for the sake of it is not something that we as a Government would support, but can he tell me why the Competition and Markets Authority has prosecuted so few people under the current regulatory...

• Wales: Cost of Living 8 May 2024

  Small businesses, particularly those in retail and hospitality, are directly affected by cost of living challenges coming from covid and the energy price spike from the Ukraine conflict. The Chancellor has, therefore, introduced a 75% business rate relief scheme in England, which is supporting businesses in England. Does my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State share my concern that that...

• Written Answers — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Public Houses 23 Apr 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of his Department's funding for Pub Is The Hub on local communities.

More of Alun Cairns’s recent appearances