Jonathan Morgan (politician)

Jonathan Morgan

Shadow Minister for Health and Social Services
In office 7 July 2007 – 5 May 2011
Leader	Nick Bourne
Preceded by	Helen Mary Jones
Member of the Welsh Assembly for Cardiff North
In office 3 May 2007 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by	Sue Essex
Succeeded by	Julie Morgan
Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales Central
In office 6 May 1999 – 3 May 2007
Preceded by	New Assembly
Succeeded by	Andrew R. T. Davies
Personal details
Born	(1974-11-12) 12 November 1974 Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Cardiff University

Jonathan Morgan, (born 12 November 1974) was a Welsh Conservative politician, who served as a Conservative Assembly Member (AM) for South Wales Central from 1999–2007 and AM for Cardiff North from 2007-2011. In the National Assembly elections in 2011 he was beaten by Labour's candidate Julie Morgan, wife of former First Minister Rhodri Morgan.

Background

Born in Tongwynlais, Rural North Cardiff, Morgan is the grandson of Winston Griffiths, who recently stood down after many years as a councillor in Cardiff, while his mother and uncle were elected in 2004 to serve on the same local authority.

Educated at the Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School, Cardiff. Morgan gained a Bachelor's degree in Law and Politics, and a MSc in European Policy from the University of Wales, Cardiff.

Before election to the Welsh Assembly, Morgan was European Officer for Coleg Glan Hafren. Morgan is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He has also been a Governor at two Cardiff Schools, and a Pupil Barrister, at 9 Park Place from September 2004.^[1]

Political career

Elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 for South Wales Central region, Morgan served as education spokesman during the first assembly term, and was appointed as Health Spokesman on his re-election in 2003. Morgan lists Europe, education, health and local government among his political interests.

In 1997 Morgan stood for the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Merthyr Tydfil, while he stood for the assembly elections in May 2003 in Cardiff North, where he reduced Labour's majority to 540.^[1] He stood as the Conservative candidate in Cardiff North at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, and having been selected again as the candidate for Cardiff North at the 2007 Welsh Assembly election, defeated Labour.

In 2006 Jonathan was named Assembly Member of the Year in the ITV Wales/Wales Yearbook political awards. Judges said praised his work as health spokesman as "substantive, well thought-out and overwhelmingly constructive".

In the Third Assembly he was appointed Shadow Minister for Health and Social Services in the National Assembly for Wales, and is also Chair of the Health, Wellbeing and Local Government Committee.

References

1 2 Jonathan Morgan "BBC News AMs profile" Check |url= value (help). BBC. Retrieved 1999-09-01. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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Offices held

National Assembly for Wales
Preceded by (new post)	Assembly Member for South Wales Central 1999 – 2007	Succeeded by Andrew R. T. Davies
Preceded by Sue Essex	Assembly Member for Cardiff North 2007–2011	Succeeded by Julie Morgan
Preceded by (new unofficial post)	Baby of the House 1999–2003	Succeeded by Laura Anne Jones
Political offices
Preceded by Helen Mary Jones	Shadow Minister for Health and Social Services 2007–2011	Succeeded by Darren Millar

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Neighbourhoods	Adamsdown Birchgrove Butetown Caerau Canton Cardiff Bay Cardiff Gate Cathays Creigiau Cyncoed Danescourt Ely Fairwater Gabalfa Grangetown Heath Lisvane Llandaff Llandaff North Llanishen Llanrumney Pentwyn Pentyrch Penylan Plasnewydd Pontcanna Pontprennau Radyr and Morganstown Rhiwbina Riverside Roath Rumney Splott St Fagans St Mellons Thornhill Tongwynlais Tremorfa Trowbridge Whitchurch

Principal areas of Wales

Politics and Government in Cardiff

Local Government	City of Cardiff Council County Hall City Hall Elections

Local Government Electoral wards	Adamsdown Butetown Caerau Canton Cathays Creigiau & St Fagans Cyncoed Ely Fairwater Gabalfa Grangetown Heath Llanishen Lisvane Llandaff Llandaff North Llanrumney Pentwyn Pentyrch Penylan Plasnewydd Pontprennau & Old St Mellons Radyr & Morganstown Rhiwbina Riverside Rumney Splott Trowbridge Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

National Assembly for Wales Constituencies and AMs	Cardiff Central (Jenny Rathbone Lab) Cardiff North (Julie Morgan Lab) Cardiff West (Mark Drakeford Lab) Cardiff South and Penarth (Vaughan Gething Lab) South Wales Central (Andrew RT Davies - David Melding - Eluned Parrott - Leanne Wood)

Devolved Administration in Wales Institutions and Venues	National Assembly for Wales (Senedd Tŷ Hywel) Welsh Government Crown Building (Cathays Park))

House of Commons Constituencies and MPs	Cardiff Central (Jo Stevens Lab) Cardiff North (Jonathan Evans Con) Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan Lab) Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty Lab)

European Parliament Constituencies and MEPs	Wales (Jill Evans Plaid) (Kay Swinburne Con) (Nathan Gill UKIP) (Derek Vaughan Lab)

Police and crime commissioner	South Wales (Alun Michael Lab)

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