Huw Irranca-Davies | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2024 | |
| First Minister | Vaughan Gething |
| Preceded by | Julie James (Climate Change) Lesley Griffiths (Rural Affairs) |
| Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care | |
| In office 3 November 2017 – 13 December 2018 | |
| First Minister | Carwyn Jones |
| Preceded by | Rebecca Evans |
| Succeeded by | Dawn Bowden |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Marine and Natural Environment | |
| In office 5 October 2008 – 6 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Shaw |
| Succeeded by | Richard Benyon |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales | |
| In office 2 July 2007 – 5 October 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Nick Ainger |
| Succeeded by | Wayne David |
| Member of the Senedd for Ogmore | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Janice Gregory |
| Majority | 8,165 (33.3%) |
| Member of Parliament for Ogmore | |
| In office 14 February 2002 – 24 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Ray Powell |
| Succeeded by | Chris Elmore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ifor Huw Davies 22 January 1963 Gowerton, Swansea, Wales |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Spouse | Joanna Irranca (known as Joanna Irranca-Davies) |
| Relations | Ifor Davies (great-uncle) |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www |
Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies[1] (né Davies; born 22 January 1963) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs since 2024.[2] He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ogmore since 2016. Irranca-Davies was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ogmore from 2002 to 2016.
Having served as Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Northern Ireland Office, the Department for Work and Pensions, and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, he became an Assistant Whip in May 2006. On 29 June 2007, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales, before being promoted to the role of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Irranca-Davies resigned his seat in parliament in March 2016 to stand to represent the constituency in the Senedd, winning the seat in the elections held in May 2016.[3][4]
He was appointed as Minister for Children and Social Care in the Welsh Government on 3 November 2017.[5]
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- ^ "First Minister Vaughan Gething announces new Welsh Government Cabinet | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Labour MP quits Commons to run for seat in Cardiff Bay". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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