Jonathan edwards mp biography examples
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Edwards, Jonathan
Jonathan Edwards was first elected as the Plaid Cymru MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr in , being reelected in with a majority of 1,
Edwards was arrested for assault in May and received a police caution. He was suspended from Plaid Cymru for 12 months as a result. Although the 12 month suspension period ended, in July Mr Edwards continued to sit as an Independent at Westminster, rather than apply to rejoin the party.
The former Plaid Cymru leader, Leanne Wood, has called for Jonathan Edwards to be permanently excluded from the party. In July , Plaid Cymru restored Mr Edwards membership to the party, but recommended that he didn&#;t sit as a Plaid Cymru MP at Westminster.
The large rural constituency of Carmarthen East and Dinefwr is found in the county of Dyfed and spreads upwards from the town of Carmarthen, to include the smaller towns of Ammanford and Llandovery. The seat has been held by Plaid Cymru since , and was previously represented at Westminster by the Plaid Cymru leader, Adam Price. In , the Liberal Democrats stood aside for Plaid Cymru in this constituency, as the Conservative Party jumped from third place to come within 1, votes of gaining the seat.
Jonathan Edwards was born in and raised in the mining village of Capel Hendre near Amma
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Brexit boosting independence support, Plaid Cymru MP claims
Brexit will do for independence what Thatcherism did for devolution, one of Plaid Cymru's MPs has said.
Jonathan Edwards told his party's conference in Swansea the vote to leave the EU has driven a "sledgehammer through the post-devolution period".
Independence has risen up the Welsh political agenda following a series of marches held across Wales.
"We can finish the job started by devolution," the MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr said.
Plaid is holding the second day of its autumn conference at the city's Grand Theatre.
In a vote party members backed campaigning to scrap Brexit at a general election if the UK government sought a mandate for leaving the EU without a deal.
Plaid said it backs a new referendum on Britain's status in the EU in all other circumstances.
Hywel Williams, MP for Arfon, said: "If the UK Government seeks a crash out, no deal mandate, Plaid Cymru must and will campaign to revoke Article 50 because at that point, that will be the only lever left to protect Wales and our communities from the disastrous effects of no deal."
In his speech on Saturday Mr Edwards said he remembered "w
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