Title: Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage
Party: Welsh Labour
Constituency: Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Contact information
Office Address:
Venture Wales Building, Room D1
Merthyr Industrial Park
Pentrebach
Merthyr Tydfil
CF48 4DR
Phone: 01443 692299
Fax: 01443 691847
Assembly Address:
National Assembly for Wales
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1NA
Phone: 029 2089 8752
Email: Huw.Lewis@Wales.gov.uk
Terms of office
- 07/05/1999 - 30/04/2003
- 02/05/2003 - 02/05/2007
- 04/05/2007 - 31/03/2011
- 06/05/2011 -
Additional Information
Huw Lewis was elected as a Labour and Co-operative Assembly Member
Personal history
Huw Lewis was born and brought up in the village of Aberfan. He lives in Merthyr Tydfil with his wife Lynne Neagle (Assembly Member for Torfaen) and their two children. He studied at Edinburgh University.
Professional background
Huw has served on the Welsh Labour’s policy forum and is a leading contributor to Welsh political think-tank, Wales 20:20. He has also written for the Institute of Welsh Affairs and the Bevan Foundation.
Political history
Elected as the Labour and Co-operative Party Assembly Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney in 1999, Huw served first as a Government Whip and then Deputy Minister for Education. After the 2007 Assembly election, he served briefly as Regeneration Minister before losing his post due to his private opposition to the formation of Labour – Plaid Cymru coalition Government.
In 2009, following Rhodri Morgan's resignation, Huw ran for the leadership of Welsh Labour. After an ultimately unsuccessful campaign, Huw returned to government - appointed Deputy Minister for Children in December by the new First Minister, Carwyn Jones.
Affiliations
He is a member of the Co-operative Party, the Fabian Society and of UNITE the Union.
