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Jonathan Edwards is a former MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr.

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Former Independent MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

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

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

Party was Plaid Cymru until 22 May 2020

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @JonathanPlaid
• https://facebook.com/PlaidSirGar

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Jonathan Edwards campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Treasury
• Ministry of Defence
• Department for Transport
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Transport
• Public Expenditure: Wales
• Wales
• Railways: Wales
• Public Expenditure
• High Speed 2 Railway Line

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee ( 1 May 2024 to 8 May 2024)
• Member, Welsh Grand Committee (18 Jan 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (11 Mar 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (14 Jul 2016 to 23 May 2020)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Foreign Intervention) ( 8 May 2015 to 23 May 2020)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (10 Mar 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 6 Jan 2014)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Treasury) (18 Jun 2010 to 23 May 2020)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills) (18 Jun 2010 to 14 Jul 2016)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Transport) (18 Jun 2010 to 23 May 2020)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) (18 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport) (18 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Wales) (18 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Wales) (18 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Adam Price
• Alan Williams

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Specialist Printing Equipment and Materials (Offences) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Control of Horses Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
• Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Culture, Media and Sport: S4C: Public Appointments 24 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Welsh Government and the independent television production sector on the appointment of a new Chair for S4C.

• Holocaust Memorial Bill: Clause 1 - Expenditure relating to a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre 22 May 2024

  I thank the hon. Lady her for her amendment, which I am happy to support. Members of the Buxton family live in my constituency, so if the Government were to agree to it, that would go some way towards alleviating their concerns.

• Knife Crime Awareness Week 21 May 2024

  There was a horrific incident at Amman Valley School, in Ammanford in my constituency, in which a pupil attacked two teachers and another pupil. Miraculously, nobody died, but one of the teachers sustained especially horrific injuries. Does the hon. Lady agree that there needs to be a focus on weapons in schools? For me, the fact that weapons are being produced in schools in somewhere like...

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