Peredur Owen Griffiths
Peredur Owen Griffiths | |
|---|---|
 Griffiths in 2021 | |
| Member of the Senedd | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2021 | |
| Constituency | South Wales East (2021–2026) Casnewydd Islwyn (2026–) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1978 (age 47)[1] |
| Party | Plaid Cymru |
| Education | University of Sheffield |
| Occupation | Politician and charity worker |
| Website | https://senedd.wales/people/peredur-owen-griffiths-ms/ |
Peredur Owen Griffiths (born October 1978) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for Casnewydd Islwyn since 2026 and, previously, the South Wales East region between 2021 and 2026.[2]
Education
Griffths attended Ysgol Glan Clwyd.[3] He has a master's degree in control systems engineering from the University of Sheffield.
Career
Prior to his political career, Griffiths worked in banking. He was a bank manager for Santander before working for the Principality Building Society. He worked in the financial services sector for 13 years.[3]
He later worked for Christian Aid as Regional Co-ordinator for South Wales, and Legacy Officer for Wales.[3]
Political career
Griffiths previously ran in the Blaenau Gwent constituency at the 2019 United Kingdom general election.[4]
Griffiths was Member of the Senedd (MS) for the South Wales East region from 2021 to 2026.[5] In the 2026 Senedd election, the regional seats were abolished and replaced with multi-member constituencies. Griffiths was the first candidate on the Plaid Cymru list for the constituency of Casnewydd Islwyn and was the second MS elected for the seat.
In the 2021-2026 Senedd, Griffiths was chair of the Senedd Finance Committee, and a member of the Llywydd's Committee, Petitions Committee, and Standards of Conduct Committee.[3] He chaired the cross-party group on Substance Use and Addiction, was vice-chair of the group on Intergenerational Solidarity and was a member of groups on: Children in our Care, Co-operatives and Mutuals, Coeliac Disease & Dermatitis Herpetiformis, Deaf Issues, Diabetes, Disability, Friends of Ukraine, Gambling Related Harm, Hospice and Palliative Care, Housing, Industrial Communities, Music, Older People and Ageing, Policing and Public Transport.[3]
In 2024, Griffiths tabled a motion, co-signed by Welsh Labour's John Griffiths, the Welsh Liberal Democrats' Jane Dodds and Welsh Conservatives' Darren Millar supporting recognition of a Palestinian State as a path to a Two-state solution.[6]
Music
He is a member of the Welsh language choir, Cor CF1, and has been Chair of International Choral Festival Wales.[4]
References
- ↑ "Peredur Owen GRIFFITHS personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".
- ↑ Mosalski, Ruth (8 May 2026). "Casnewydd Islwyn election results in full". Wales Online.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Peredur Owen Griffiths MS". senedd.wales. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- 1 2 Mosalski, Ruth (30 October 2019). "The General Election candidates in Blaenau Gwent". WalesOnline. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ↑ "Welsh election results 2021: Mark Drakeford set to stay as first minister". BBC News. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ↑ Haines, Chris (17 May 2024). "Cross-party calls for Palestine to be officially recognised". Caerphilly Observer. Retrieved 29 May 2024.