National Assembly for Wales

Assembly Member Biographies

Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas

Dafydd Elis-Thomas AC/AM

Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Plaid Cymru

Presiding Officer  |  Chair of the Business Committee

Biography

Lord Elis-Thomas was elected to the Assembly in 1999. Initially he represented the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Assembly constituency from 1999 until 2007 and then the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency. He has been Llywydd of the National Assembly for Wales since 1999. His political interests include the development of devolution in Wales and Wales’s position as a region in Europe. The Llywydd is also Chair of the Business Committee and Chair of the Assembly Commission.

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Contact details

e-mail: dafydd.elis-thomas@wales.gov.uk

Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM
7 Bank Place
Porthmadog
Gwynedd
LL49 9AA
Tel: 01766 515028

National Assembly for Wales,
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1NA
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2007 Election Results

Name Party Number of votes % of votes
Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales

13201

59.7

Mike Wood Welsh Conservative Party

4333

19.6

David Phillips Labour Party

2749

12.4

Steve Churchman Welsh Liberal Democrats

1839

8.3