Huw Lewis was first elected as Assembly Member for Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney in 1999.

Huw was Assistant General Secretary of the Welsh Labour Party prior to his election to the National Assembly in May 1999. Born in Merthyr Tydfil in 1964, he was educated at Edinburgh University. A former chemistry teacher, his interests include education and the challenges facing the South Wales valleys.

Re-elected to the National Assembly in May 2007 with a majority of 4,581 Huw was appointed Deputy Minister for the Economy & Transport with special responsibility for Regeneration before losing his post in the coalition reshuffle.

He has reviewed the Assembly Government’s flagship anti-poverty programme, Communities First and wrote the Welsh Assembly Government’s Action Plan to eliminate child poverty. Following his extensive work in this area, he has been appointed as Chair of the Assembly's Expert Group on Child Poverty.

Huw is married to Lynne Neagle (Labour Assembly Member for Torfaen). Their first child, James, was born in June 2002 and their second son, Sam, was born in July 2008.

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e-mail: huw.lewis@wales.gov.uk

Huw Lewis AM
Venture Wales Building,
Room D1,
Merthyr Industrial Park,
Pentrebach,
Merthyr Tydfil,
CF48 4DR
Tel : 01443 692299
Fax : 01443 691847

www.huwlewis.org.uk

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Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Huw Lewis	Labour Party	7776	37.0
Amy Kitcher	Welsh Liberal Democrats	3195	15.2
Clive Tovey	Independent	2622	12.5
Glyndwr Jones	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	2519	12.0
Jeff Edwards	Independent	1915	9.1
Giles Howard	Welsh Conservative Party	1151	5.5
Jock Greer	Independent	844	4.0
Vivienne Hadley	Independent	809	3.8
Richard Williams	Independent	162	0.8