Eluned Morgan

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Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely, 2016

Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely (born February 16, 1967 in Cardiff ) is a Welsh politician. She was a member of the European Parliament for the Labor Party from 1994 to 2009 and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2011 .

After graduating from Atlantic College , one of the United World Colleges , Eluned Morgan studied at Hull University . She works as a researcher for the S4C and the BBC . In 1994 she became the MEP for Mid & West Wales . At the age of 27, she was the youngest MP. In 1999 and 2004 she was re-elected as MP for Wales . She was u. a. Member of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy , the Budgetary Control Committee and Parliament's rapporteur on the liberalization of the electricity and gas markets. Following her political career, she took on a position as head of “low carbon business development in Wales” at Scottish and Southern Energy .

On January 24, 2011, she was raised to Life Peeress with the title Baroness Morgan of Ely , of Ely in the City of Cardiff . This gave her a seat in the House of Lords , which she took on the Labor Party side. On January 26, 2011, it was introduced into the House of Lords , supported by the Baroness Royall of Blaisdon and the Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead . In reference to the Cardiffer suburb of Ely, where she grew up, she bears the title Baroness Morgan of Ely.

In the fall of 2018, Morgan, like Mark Drakeford and Vaughan Gething , applied to succeed Carwyn Jones as Welsh Labor Party leader and First Minister of Wales .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Member of the European Parliament by Eluned Morgan. Retrieved June 21, 2010 .
  2. ↑ UWC - Alumni Profiles. (No longer available online.) June 20, 2010, archived from the original on June 20, 2010 ; accessed on June 21, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uwc.org
  3. ^ Debrett's People of Today - Eluned Morgan. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on June 27, 2010 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.debretts.com  
  4. ↑ BBC News - MEP Eluned Morgan wants to step down. October 14, 2008, accessed June 22, 2010 .
  5. ↑ euractive - Parliament insists on unbundling the energy giants. June 19, 2008, accessed June 22, 2010 .
  6. ↑ wales online - Eluned leaves politics behind for a new kind of power at energy firm, accessed on June 22, 2010 (English).
  7. ^ Latest Peerages announced. In: number10. The Prime Minister's Office, November 19, 2010, accessed January 9, 2011 .
  8. ↑ Life Peerages - M. Cracroft's Peerage, accessed December 14, 2018 .
  9. ↑ HOUSE OF LORDS - Official Report. (PDF) In: Parliamentry Debates (HANSARD). January 26, 2011, accessed January 31, 2011 .
  10. ^ House of Lords - Introductions. In: BBC - Democracy Life. Retrieved January 31, 2010 (English).
  11. ^ New peer off to Lords with plan to abolish it. In: WalesOnline. November 20, 2010, accessed January 9, 2011 .
  12. ^ Baroness Morgan of Ely's tribute to Cardiff childhood. In: BBC News. January 23, 2011, accessed January 25, 2011 .
  13. ^ Contenders for next Welsh Labor leader launch bids. BBC News, October 8, 2018, accessed December 2, 2018

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SURNAME Morgan, Eluned
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morgan, Eluned, Baroness Morgan of Ely
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Welsh Labor Party politician, MEP
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Cardiff