Leader Nick Bourne Preceded by Sue Essex Preceded by New Assembly Name Jonathan Morgan Education Cardiff University | Preceded by Helen Mary Jones Succeeded by Julie Morgan Succeeded by Andrew R. T. Davies Role Welsh politician Political party Welsh Conservative Party | |
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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.
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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.
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. 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.