National Assembly for Wales

Assembly Member Biographies

Joyce Watson

Joyce Watson AM / AC

Mid and West Wales

Labour

Labour

Biography

Joyce Watson was first elected to the Assembly in May 2007. She sits on the Broadcasting Sub Committee, Communities and Culture Committee, Equality of Opportunity Committee, Finance Committee, the Subordinate Legislation Committee and Legislation Committee No. 4. Joyce is also Rural Affairs spokeswoman for Welsh Labour in the Assembly and a member of the British Irish Inter-parliamentary Body. She is the Chair of the Cross Party group on the Trafficking of Women and Children and Vice-Chair of the Cross-Party groups for Looked-after Children and Eating Disorders. Her political interests include stroke services, economic development, local government, rural poverty, women and girls in sport, and road safety.

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Contact details

e-mail: joyce.watson@wales.gov.uk

6 Queen Victoria Road
Llanelli
SA15 2TL
Tel. (01554) 774902

32 Blue Street
Carmarthenshire
SA31 3LE
Tel. (01267) 233 448

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2007 Election Results

Name(s) Party Number of votes for Party % of votes

Alun Davies


Joyce Watson

Labour Party

39979

18.4

Nerys Evans Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales

67258

31.0

Nicholas Bourne Welsh Conservative Party

49606

22.9