Saturday, 15 June 2019
2302 Mark Williams
Constituency : Ceredigion 2005-17
Mark took Ceredigion from Plaid Cymru at the third attempt by 219 votes.
Mark is a printer's son from Hertfordshire.He was educated at Richard Hale Secondary School and University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He worked as a researcher for the Liberal peers and assistant to Geraint Howells's defeat in 1992. He became a primary teacher and a deputy head in 2001. He stood at Monmouth in 1997 coming third. He first stood for Ceredigion in a by-election in 2000 recovering second place for the Liberal Democrats. He reduced Plaid Cymru's majority in 2001. He is not a Welsh speaker.
Mark held various spokesmanships in 2005-10 but did not hold office in the coalition government.
In 2010, Mark increased his share of the vote to 50%. He held his seat by a seemingly secure majority in 2015 but was narrowly defeated in 2017 leaving Wales without a Liberal MP for the first time in its history.. He is intending to stand again at the next election.
Mark is now an assistant head teacher at a local school.
He is now 53.
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