Party: Welsh Labour
Constituency: Torfaen
Contact information
Office Address:
73 Upper Trosnant Street
Pontypool
NP4 8AU
Phone: 01495 740022
Fax: 01495 755776
Assembly Address:
National Assembly for Wales
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1NA
Phone: 029 2089 8151
Email: Lynne.Neagle@Wales.gov.uk
Membership
Terms of office
- 07/05/1999 - 30/04/2003
- 02/05/2003 - 02/05/2007
- 04/05/2007 - 31/03/2011
- 06/05/2011 -
Membership of Cross Party Groups
Additional Information
Lynne Neagle was elected as a Labour and Co-operative Assembly Member
Personal history
Lynne Neagle was born in Merthyr Tydfil 1968 and was educated at Cyfarthfa High School, then Reading University, where she studied French and Italian. She is married to Huw Lewis, Assembly Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, and has two sons.
Professional background
Prior to her election to the Assembly in 1999, Lynne held a number of posts within the voluntary sector in Wales, working for organisations such as Shelter Cymru, Mind and the CAB. She was Carers Development Officer with Voluntary Action Cardiff and also worked as a researcher for Glenys Kinnock MEP.
Political history
Lynne was a long-serving chair of the Labour Group in the Assembly until 2008. Her political interests include health, housing, social services, Europe and the future of the valleys in south Wales. She has led high profile campaigns on issues like MMR uptake and disabled children’s services.
