First elected to the Assembly on May 1 2003. He was born in Cardiff and studied at the University of Wales, Bangor and the University of Sussex. Former head of public affairs for the BBC, he lectures at Cardiff University Journalism School. Married with two children and was co-founder of the Yes for Wales campaign.

e-mail: leighton.andrews@wales.gov.uk

Leighton Andrews AM
5 Cemetery Road
Porth
Rhondda
CF39 0LG
Tel: 01443 685261

National Assembly for Wales,
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1NA
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Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Leighton Andrews	Labour Party	12875	58.2
Jill Evans	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	6660	30.1
Karen Roberts	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1441	6.5
Howard Parsons	Welsh Conservative Party	1131	5.1