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Alex Davies-Jones | |
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Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding | |
Assumed office 27 November 2023 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Jess Phillips |
Shadow Minister for Tech and Digital Economy [a] | |
In office 4 December 2021 – 27 November 2023 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Chris Evans |
Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland | |
In office 26 February 2021 – 4 December 2021 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Karin Smyth |
Succeeded by | Tonia Antoniazzi |
Member of Parliament for Pontypridd | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Owen Smith |
Majority | 5,890 (15.1%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Alexandra Davies-Jones 5 April 1989 Tonyrefail, Wales |
Political party | Labour |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Cardiff University |
Website | Official website |
Alexandra Davies-Jones (born 5 April 1989) is a Welsh politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd since 2019. [1] [2] A member of the Labour Party, she is Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding. [3] [4]
Alexandra Davies was born on 5 April 1989 in Church Village. She is the daughter of a miner, stating that she was "brought up on the values of socialism". She attended Tonyrefail Primary School, Tonyrefail Comprehensive School and graduated from Cardiff University with a joint honours degree in Law and Politics. [5]
Davies-Jones was a youth representative for the Labour Party, Co-operative Party, and the trade union Unite the Union. [6]
She began her career a researcher in the House of Commons and the National Assembly for Wales. Davies-Jones was a Regional Development Consultant for the Electoral Reform Society from 2010 to 2011. [2] She then worked as a communications and press officer for Wales and the West Midlands at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors from 2013 to 2015. She worked for the non-profit Dwr Cymru Welsh Water as a regional communications director and then a community engagement manager from 2015 to 2019. [5]
Davies-Jones was elected as a councillor for Tonyrefail Community Council in 2012, at the age of 23, and for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council in 2017. [7]
At the 2019 general election, Davies-Jones was elected to Parliament as MP for Pontypridd with 44.5% of the vote and a majority of 5,890. [8] [9] [10]
In February 2023 following on investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Davies-Jones was found to have breached the Code of Conduct for Members in relation to asking a parliamentary question about the British Council. [11] She had taken part in a British Council funded trip to Japan the previous autumn. Davies-Jones apologised and following the report's determination that the breach was "minor and inadvertent", the Commons Select Committee on Standards took no further action. [12]
Davies-Jones is a member of Labour Friends of Israel and was part of a delegation to the country in February 2023. [13] [14]
Davies-Jones has two stepsons, Blake and Kieran, and a son, Sullivan, with her husband, Andrew, whom she married in 2014. [15] [2] In January 2021, Davies-Jones talked to BBC News about her experiences of cervical cancer. [16]