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Hefin Wyn David is the Welsh Labour Assembly Member for Caerphilly. He was elected there in the Welsh general election of 5th May 2016 on 35.3 % of the vote with a majority of 1,575 votes over second-placed Plaid Cymru. Hefin replaced Jeff Cuthbert, AM.
Hefin David is a Caerphilly councillor member for the St Cattwg ward on Caerphilly County Borough Council. He is chair of a number of committees including Scrutiny.
Despite the common surname, he is no relation to Wayne David, the Labour MP for the same constituency.
Education
He earned a BScEcon in Economics and Politics, and an MScEcon in European Policy, both from Cardiff University, a PGCE from the University of Wales, Newport and a PhD from the University Of Gloucestershire. He lectured at the University of Newport and then Cardiff Metropolitan University on Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management.