Owen Smith

Owen Smith
Shadow Minister for Wales
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 October 2010
Leader	Harriet Harman Ed Miliband
Member of Parliament for Pontypridd
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Kim Howells
Majority	2,785 (7.6%)
Personal details
Born	2 May 1970 (1970-05-02) (age 41) Morecambe, Lancashire
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Liz Smith

Owen Smith (b. 2 May 1970)^[1] is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd since 2010, replacing the previous Labour MP Kim Howells, who decided to step down.^[2] He was appointed on the 11th of October 2010 as Shadow Minister for Wales

Born in Morecambe, Smith joined the Labour Party at the age of 16, studying History and French at the University of Sussex. He worked for the BBC as a radio producer for 10 years, working on a variety of programmes in both Wales and London, including Today for BBC Radio Four and Dragon's Eye for BBC Wales.^[3]

In 2002 he left to become special advisor for Paul Murphy, then the Secretary of State for Wales. He later followed Murphy to the Northern Ireland Office. Smith previously stood as Labour candidate for Blaenau Gwent in a 2006 by-election, but was defeated by independent candidate Dai Davies. He has three children.

References

1. ^ http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U251377/
2. ^ "Election 2010: Pontypridd". Wales Online. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/2010/05/07/labour-wins-pontypridd-seat-91466-26397927/. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 
3. ^ "Former BBC Producer selected for Pontypridd". Wales Online. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/2010/01/14/former-bbc-producer-lined-up-for-a-safe-labour-seat-91466-25581799/. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

External links

• Owen Smith MP Welsh Labour Party profile
• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
• Electoral history and profile at The Guardian
• Voting record at PublicWhip.org
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
• Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
• Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
• Owen Smith author archives at WalesHome.org
• Pontypridd Town website

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Kim Howells	Member of Parliament for Pontypridd 2010–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Smith, Owen
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	2 May 1970
Place of birth	Morecambe, Lancashire
Date of death
Place of death

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