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Vikki Howells
Howells in 2021
Member of the Senedd
for Cynon Valley

Incumbent

Assumed office
6 May 2016
Preceded byChristine Chapman
Majority7,468 (36.4%)
Personal details
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
NationalityWelsh
Political partyWelsh Labour
EducationSt John the Baptist School, Aberdare
Alma materUniversity of Wales, Cardiff

Vikki Howells is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician and former teacher. Since May 2016, she has been the Member of the Senedd for Cynon Valley.

Early life and education

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Howells was brought up in Cwmbach, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.[1] She was educated at St John the Baptist School, a Church in Wales secondary schoolinAberdare.[2] She studied international and Welsh history at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[2] She remained at Cardiff to undertake postgraduate study in Modern Welsh History, and graduated with a Master of Arts degree.[2]

Career

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Teaching career

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Before her election to the Senedd, Howells was a history teacher and the assistant head of sixth formatSt Cenydd Comprehensive SchoolinCaerphilly, South Wales.

Political career

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In December 2015, it was announced that Howells had been selected as the Welsh Labour candidate for the Cynon Valley constituency of the Senedd.[3] She has been a member of the Labour Party for over 20 years.[3]On5 May 2016, she was elected a Member of the Welsh Assembly for that constituency; she received 9,830 votes (51.1% of the votes cast).[1] She has sat as a Labour and Co-operative member since re-election in 2021.[4]

Howells chairs the Welsh Labour Group of MSs.[5] Howells is president of the mental health charity Friends R Us and vice-president of Cwmbach Male Voice Choir.[5] Vikki is also a member of the Cynon Valley History Society, the social justice thinktank the Bevan Foundation, the Co-operative Party, the GMB and USDAW.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Tegeltija, Sam (6 May 2016). "Assembly Election 2016: Labour holds Cynon as Vikki Howells succeeds Christine Chapman". Wales Online. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  • ^ a b c "Vikki Howells AM". assembly.wales. National Assembly for Wales. 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  • ^ a b Tegeltija, Sam (8 December 2015). "Teacher Vikki Howells announced as Labour's Cynon Valley candidate for National Assembly election". Walses Online. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  • ^ "Annual Review 2021" (PDF). Co-operative Party. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  • ^ a b c "About Vikki".
  • Senedd
    Preceded by

    Christine Chapman

    Member of the Senedd for Cynon Valley
    2016 to present
    Incumbent

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