National Assembly for Wales

Assembly Member Biographies

Andrew R T Davies

Andrew R T Davies AC/AM

South Wales Central

Welsh Conservative Party

Welsh Conservatives

Biography

Andrew was born in Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan in 1968 and educated at Llanfair Primary School and St John’s College, Porthcawl.  He became a partner in the family farming business based near Cowbridge.  Andrew Davies is a Welsh delegate on the Council of the NFU.  He was the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s Oxford Scholar in 2002.

He joined the Welsh Conservative Party in 1997 and stood as a Parliamentary candidate in Cardiff West in 2001 and in Brecon & Radnorshire in 2005.  At the 2007 Assembly elections he was listed second on the Conservative regional list for South Wales Central and was elected.  Andrew Davies is married with four children.  He is a former Chairman of Creative Communities, an organisation which seeks to develop structural community development.

In June 2008 Andrew was appointed Shadow Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning & Skills.  He sits on the Assembly’s Enterprise & Learning Committee and the Petitions Committee.

In December 2008, Andrew was recognised in the Welsh Politician of the Year Awards as ‘Assembly Member to Watch’.

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Contact details

e-mail: andrewrt.davies@wales.gov.uk

Andrew R T Davies AM
Tel: 02920 898747
Fax: 02920 898371

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

Name(s) Party Number of votes for Party % of votes

David Melding


Andrew Davies

Welsh Conservative Party

45147

21.7

Leanne Wood,


Christopher Franks

Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales

32207

15.5