Liz Saville Roberts

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Elizabeth Saville Roberts (born December 16, 1964 in London ) is a British politician . She is a member of Plaid Cymru and has been a Member of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom for that party since 2015 . Saville Roberts has been a member of the Privy Council since March 2019 .

Career

Liz Saville was born on December 16, 1964 in London to Nicholas and Nancy Saville. She grew up in the Eltham district , and when she was 18 she moved to the Welsh town of Aberystwyth to study languages . She later worked as a reporter in London and North Wales and then as a teacher of the Welsh language . She has lived with her husband Dewi in the village of Morfa Nefyn on the north coast of the Lleyn Peninsula since 1993 , the couple have two daughters. In her free time she likes to ride or go hiking.

politics

Saville Roberts served on the Gwynedd Council for Morfa Nefyn between 2004 and 2015 . In the 2015 general election , she entered the British lower house in the constituency of Dwyfor Meirionnydd . She was able to successfully defend her mandate in 2017 and has led the faction of her party ever since. She is also their spokesperson for domestic politics, justice, women and equality as well as economy, energy and industrial strategies. In March 2019, Saville Roberts was appointed to the Privy Council. In the same month she voted in the House of Commons in favor of an ultimately unsuccessful motion to hold a second referendum on the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on Elizabeth Saville Roberts in Who's Who , accessed on September 9, 2019. (English)
  2. ^ Sophie Jamieson: Election 2015: Meet the future female front bench stars of the 2015 Parliament. The Daily Telegraph , April 29, 2015, accessed September 9, 2019
  3. ↑ Privy Council appointment: March 7, 2019. UK Government press release of March 7, 2019, accessed September 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ Ruth Mosalski: Brexit latest: The Welsh MPs who voted for a second referendum. Wales Online, March 14, 2019, accessed September 9, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Saville Roberts, Liz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saville Roberts, Elizabeth; Saville, Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH London