National Assembly for Wales
Assembly Member Biographies
Joyce Watson
Mid and West Wales
Labour
Biography
Elected in May 2007, Joyce Watson has firm links with most of Mid and West Wales, and has served her community for many years.She is married to Colin and has three children, Heather (born 1972), Fiona (born 1974) and William (born 1986).
Born in 1955, she was educated at Manorbier School and Cosheston School and Cardigan Comprehensive. Childhood pneumonia affected her studies and she left school early, becoming a working mother at an early age.
She has run several businesses, including public houses, restaurants and retail outlets in Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.
In 1990 she went to Pembroke College to take GCSE’s and A levels, then in 1993 she read Politics at Swansea University. She graduated with a 2.2.Honours degree in 1997 whilst running Labour’s successful parliamentary campaign for Preseli Pembrokeshire.
She has been active in the Labour Party all her adult life, and has been leader of the Labour group on Pembrokeshire Council. She was a member of Dyfed Powys Police Authority and the Pembrokeshire Spatial Plan working group. She has worked on social justice projects such as the award winning Garth youth project, which she chairs.
Joyce was manager of the Wales Women’s National Coalition with an all Wales remit and was a senior member of the Wales Gender Budget Group and the NHS Equality Reference Group.
She is a Welsh learner, and her children were all educated in Welsh medium schools.
Her political interests include Economic Development, Local government and Equalities, rural transport and road safety. Joyce is writing “From Governess to Government” to celebrate 100 years from when women were allowed to stand for local government. It will be published in the autumn.
Born in 1955, she was educated at Manorbier School and Cosheston School and Cardigan Comprehensive. Childhood pneumonia affected her studies and she left school early, becoming a working mother at an early age.
She has run several businesses, including public houses, restaurants and retail outlets in Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.
In 1990 she went to Pembroke College to take GCSE’s and A levels, then in 1993 she read Politics at Swansea University. She graduated with a 2.2.Honours degree in 1997 whilst running Labour’s successful parliamentary campaign for Preseli Pembrokeshire.
She has been active in the Labour Party all her adult life, and has been leader of the Labour group on Pembrokeshire Council. She was a member of Dyfed Powys Police Authority and the Pembrokeshire Spatial Plan working group. She has worked on social justice projects such as the award winning Garth youth project, which she chairs.
Joyce was manager of the Wales Women’s National Coalition with an all Wales remit and was a senior member of the Wales Gender Budget Group and the NHS Equality Reference Group.
She is a Welsh learner, and her children were all educated in Welsh medium schools.
Her political interests include Economic Development, Local government and Equalities, rural transport and road safety. Joyce is writing “From Governess to Government” to celebrate 100 years from when women were allowed to stand for local government. It will be published in the autumn.
Contact details
e-mail: joyce.watson@wales.gov.uk
Joyce Watson AM
National Assembly for Wales,
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1NA
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Tel: 029 2089 8614
Joyce Watson AM
National Assembly for Wales,
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1NA
Send an e-form to an Assembly Member
Tel: 029 2089 8614
2007 Election Results
| Name(s) | Party | Number of votes for Party | % of votes |
|---|---|---|---|
Alun Davies
|
Labour Party | 39979 |
18.4 |
| Nerys Evans | Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales | 67258 |
31.0 |
| Nicholas Bourne | Welsh Conservative Party | 49606 |
22.9 |
