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Shadow Minister for Economy, Tackling poverty and Transport
Region: Mid and West Wales
Helen Mary Jones was born in Colchester, Essex. She was educated at Colchester County High School for Girls, Llanfair Caereinion High School in Powys and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She has taught in the special education field and has held various positions in youth, community and social work.
She has most recently worked as the deputy director of the Morgan Academy at Swansea University, before returning to the National Assembly.
In 1999 she was elected to the new National Assembly for Wales for the constituency of Llanelli. Prior to being elected as AM for Llanelli she was Senior Development Manager with the Equal Opportunities Commission in Wales.
She was Shadow Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, and a member of the Education and Lifelong Learning Committee, the Equality of Opportunity Committee, the South West Wales Regional Committee and also a member of the Voluntary Sector Partnership during the first term of the National Assembly.
Helen Mary was an Assembly Member from 1999 until 2011, and returned to the National Assembly in August 2018.
Helen Mary Jones writes for Llanelli Online.
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IMPROVEMENTS in Tyisha Ward on track I am pleased that Residents of Tyisha and Lakefield in Llanelli have been assured by council chiefs that plans for the regeneration of the area are still on track.…
WELSH WATER & Llanelli Rural Council were, last week, pleased to welcome Helen Mary Jones, Member of Senedd for Mid and West Wales to Swiss Valley reservoirs to explain plans for an exciting partnership that…
MID and West MS Helen Mary Jones, attended the Christmas Market in Kidwelly and listened to shop owners concerns in Llanelli town centre during Small Business Saturday, (Dec 8). Helen Mary Jones MS, Plaid Cymru…
RESPONDING to the news that pubs, restaurants and bars will be subject to stricter Covid-19 restrictions in the run up to Christmas Plaid Cymru Shadow Minister for Transport, Helen Mary Jones MS said, "Making an…
I was pleased to take part in a virtual event last week with Kidwelly firm, Burns Pet Nutrition, as part of Living Wage week. The company has been a champion of the Living Wage locally.…