Alun Cairns

Alun Cairns

Alun Hugh Cairns , PC (* thirtieth July 1970 in Swansea , Wales ) is a British politician of the Conservative Party , the 2010-2019 Member of Parliament ( House of Commons ) and from 2016 to 2019 Minister of Wales was. On November 6, 2019, he resigned as minister.

Life

Member of the National Assembly of Wales and Member of the House of Commons

Alun Hugh Cairns, whose father was a welder at British Steel , grew up in Clydach near Swansea and attended the integrated comprehensive school Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur in Neath Port Talbot . He completed a degree in management from the University of Wales, Newport , which he completed with a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and then started working for the Lloyds Banking Group . In the general election of May 1, 1997 , he applied for a seat in the lower house for the Conservative Tories in the Gower constituency , but lost significantly with 10,306 votes (23.8 percent) to Labor Party candidate Martin Caton , who won 23,313 votes ( 53.8 percent) received an absolute majority . On May 7, 1999 he was elected to the Welsh Conservative Party (Ceidwadwyr Cymreig) for the first time as a member of the National Assembly of Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) and represented in this until March 31, 2011 the region of South Wales West . In the general election of May 5, 2005 , he ran for a seat in the lower house in the Vale of Glamorgan constituency , but lost to the Labor Party constituency holder John William Patrick Smith with 17,673 votes (37.3 percent) to 19,481 votes ( 41.2 percent).

In the subsequent general election on 6 May 2010 Cairns was in the constituency Vale of Glamorgan for the first time as a member of the lower house ( House of Commons ) selected. In his first election he was able to prevail with 20,341 votes (41.8 percent) against his now competitor Alana E. Davies of the Labor Party, who received 16,034 votes (32.9 percent). At the beginning of his parliamentary membership, he was a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee between July 12, 2010 and June 27, 2011 and then from May 9, 2011 to May 12, 2014 a member of the Public Administration Committee (Public Administration Committee) . He then took over government posts for the first time and between July 15, 2014 and March 19, 2016, was both Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales and as Lord of the Treasury Parliamentary Secretary ( Government Whip ) of the ruling Tory - faction . In the general election of May 7, 2015 , he was re-elected in his constituency Vale of Glamorgan , with 23,607 votes (46 percent) prevailing against Labor candidate Chris Elmore , who got 16,727 votes (32.6 percent).

Minister for Wales

Alun Cairns (2014)

As part of a government reshuffle Alun Cairns was on March 19, 2016. Minister of Wales (Secretary of State for Wales) in the Cabinet Cameron II and the successor to Stephen Crabb called, in turn, Minister for Work and Pensions (Secretary of State for Work & Pensions) . On 22 March 2016 he became a member of the Secret Privy Council ( Privy Council ) . He also took over the office of Minister for Wales in the May I cabinet formed on July 13, 2016 . In the general election on June 8, 2017 , he was re-elected to the House of Commons for the Conservative Party in the Vale of Glamorgan constituency and this time received 25,501 votes (47.5 percent), while his challenger from the Labor Party was Camilla Beaven Got 23,311 votes (43.4 percent). In the May II cabinet formed on June 11, 2017 , he was again Minister for Wales. Cairns also holds office in the Boris Johnson cabinet , which has been in office since July 24, 2019 . He had supported Johnson's choice. Cairns is the only minister to serve in the same office under both the Cameron, May and Johnson administrations.

From his marriage to Emma Cairns the son Henri Cairns was born.

Web links

• Private homepage
• Entry on the homepage of the House of Commons
• Entry on the homepage of the National Assembly of Wales
• Entry in the Hansard
• Entry on They Work For You
• Entry on the Conservative Party homepage

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cabinet minister Alun Cairns quits. Retrieved November 6, 2019 . 
2. ^ Cabinet Cameron 2
3. ↑ PRIVY COUNSELLORS 1969 - present (leighrayment.com)
4. ^ Cabinet May
5. ↑ Cabinet May 2
6. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-49096303