Jonathan Edwards (Welsh politician)

Jonathan Edwards
    Member of Parliament
    for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
    Assumed office
    6 May 2010
    Preceded by Adam Price
    Majority 5,599 (14.2%)
    Personal details
    Born (1976-04-26) 26 April 1976[1]
    Capel Hendre, Carmarthenshire[2]
    Nationality Welsh
    Political party Plaid Cymru
    Website www.jonathanedwards.org.uk

    David Jonathan Edwards[3] (born 26 April 1976) is a Plaid Cymru politician in the United Kingdom. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Carmarthen East and Dinefwr in Wales since May 2010. Edwards held the seat for Plaid Cymru, replacing previous MP Adam Price who stood down.[4]

    In January 2012, he submitted an Early Day Motion for a Cornish Assembly, being supported by fellow PC MPs Hywel Williams and Elfyn Llywd and Paul Flynn of Labour.[5]

    Edwards courted controversy in 2014 with a Twitter remark criticising Wales rugby captain Sam Warburton for describing himself as British whilst representing the British and Irish Lions[6] and again in the run up to the Scottish independence referendum 2014 with the claim unionists "loathe" their country[7]

    References

    1. ↑ "Jonathan Edwards MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
    2. ↑ "Who's Who".
    3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 59418. p. 8746. 13 May 2010.
    4. ↑ BBC, 7 May 2010, BBC Election 2010 Results
    5. ↑ WalesOnline (5 January 2012). "Plaid Cymru backs devolution bid by fellow Celts in Cornwall".
    6. ↑ "'British' Wales star Sam Warburton sparks political row". BBC News. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
    7. ↑ Williamson, David. "Plaid MP Jonathan Edwards defends his claim that unionists 'loathe' their country". Wales Online. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

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