Carl Sargeant

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name=Carl Sargeant AM

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office = Assembly Member
constituency=Alyn and Deeside
term_start =2003
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predecessor = Tom Middlehurst
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party = Labour

Carl Sargeant (born 1968, St Asaph, Wales) is a Wales Labour Party politician and a member of the National Assembly of Wales for the Alyn and Deeside constituency.

Background

Sargeant worked as a Process Operator with a chemical company and quality environmental auditor. A Governor of Deeside College and is also an industrial trained fire fighter.

Political career

He was first elected in the National Assembly for Wales election of 2003, succeeding Tom Middlehurst who stood down.

In the Third Assembly he was appointed Chief Whip of the Labour Group and a Deputy Welsh Minister for Assembly Business in the Welsh Assembly Government (31 May 2007). He retained the position of Labour Chief Whip when the coalition government of Labour and Plaid Cymru was announced on 19 July. Although not a member of the Welsh Assembly Government, he will attend Cabinet.

External links

* [http://www.carlsargeant.co.uk/index2.html Carl Sargeant AM Website]
* [http://www.welshlabour.org.uk/ Welsh Labour Party Website]
* [http://new.wales.gov.uk/?lang=en Website of the Welsh Assembly Government]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/welsh_assembly/html/10.stm Constituency profile]

Offices held