Profile

Former Non-affiliated Peer, Former Independent MS for Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Entered the House of Lords on 18 September 1992

Left the House of Lords on 7 February 2025

Entered the Senedd on 6 May 1999

Left the Senedd on 29 April 2021

Party was Plaid Cymru until 30 Mar 2011; Crossbench until 18 Jan 2012; Plaid Cymru until 17 Oct 2016; Independent until 29 Apr 2021

Also represented Dwyfor Meirionnydd; Meirionnydd Nant Conwy

• Wikipedia page

Other offices held in the past

• Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales (12 May 1999 to 6 May 2011)
• Member, Select Committee on the Ceremony of Introduction (17 Dec 1997 to 30 Apr 1998)
• Member, European Union Committee (12 Nov 1996 to 19 Nov 1998)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee C (22 Nov 1994 to 19 Nov 1998)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (17 Jun 1987 to 17 Apr 1989)
• Leader of Plaid Cymru ( 1 Jul 1984 to 1 Jul 1991)
• Member, Education, Science & Arts Committee ( 3 May 1979 to 9 Jun 1983)

Recent appearances

• 1. Tributes to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh 12 Apr 2021

  'I want to ask you a question',

• 1. Tributes to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh 12 Apr 2021

  he said,

• 1. Tributes to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh 12 Apr 2021

  'I've never heard such an interfaith service ever,'

More of Lord Elis-Thomas’s recent appearances