Deputy Minister with responsibility for older people. Born in 1956, studied law as a mature student at the University of Wales, Cardiff before going on to practise as a solicitor specialising in criminal law, personal injury and general civil litigation. He is a former councillor on Gwent County Council and Newport County Borough Council. He is a member of the Co-operative Party, the Workers' Educational Association and the ISTC trade union.

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John Griffiths AM
1st Floor, Clarence House,
Clarence Place,
Newport
NP19 7AA.
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National Assembly for Wales,
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
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Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
John Griffiths	Labour Party	6395	32.1
Ed Townsend	Welsh Liberal Democrats	5520	27.7
Peter Fox	Welsh Conservative Party	4512	22.7
Trefor Puw	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	1696	8.5
James Harris	Independent	1354	6.8
Michael Blundell	English Democrats	429	2.2