Jane Hutt

Jane Hutt CBE MS
Official portrait, 2019
Trefnydd of the Senedd
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2024
First Minister	Vaughan Gething
Preceded by	Lesley Griffiths
In office 10 December 2009 – 3 November 2017
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Preceded by	Carwyn Jones
Succeeded by	Julie James
In office 10 September 2005 – 19 July 2007
First Minister	Rhodri Morgan
Preceded by	Karen Sinclair
Succeeded by	Carl Sargeant
Welsh Government Chief Whip
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2023
First Minister	Mark Drakeford Vaughan Gething
Preceded by	Dawn Bowden
In office 13 December 2018 – 13 May 2021
First Minister	Mark Drakeford
Preceded by	Julie James
Succeeded by	Dawn Bowden
In office 19 May 2016 – 3 November 2017
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Preceded by	Janice Gregory
Succeeded by	Julie James
Minister for Social Justice
In office 13 May 2021 – 20 March 2024
First Minister	Mark Drakeford
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Finance
In office 10 December 2009 – 19 May 2016
First Minister	Carwyn Jones
Preceded by	Andrew Davies
Succeeded by	Mark Drakeford
In office 31 May 2007 – 19 July 2007
First Minister	Rhodri Morgan
Preceded by	Sue Essex
Succeeded by	Andrew Davies
Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills
In office 19 July 2007 – 10 December 2009
First Minister	Rhodri Morgan
Preceded by	Carwyn Jones (Education, Culture and the Welsh Language)
Succeeded by	Leighton Andrews (Children, Education and Lifelong Learning)
Minister for Equalities and Children
In office 10 September 2005 – 31 May 2007
First Minister	Rhodri Morgan
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Minister for Health and Social Services
In office 12 May 1999 – 10 September 2005
First Minister	Rhodri Morgan Alun Michael
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Brian Gibbons
Member of the Senedd for Vale of Glamorgan
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 1999
Preceded by	Office established
Majority	3,270 (7.6%)
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-15) 15 December 1949 (age 74) Epsom, England
Political party	Welsh Labour
Spouse	Michael Trickey
Children	2 daughters
Alma mater	University of Kent London School of Economics University of Bristol
Occupation	Politician, trade unionist
Website	Jane For The Vale

Jane Elizabeth Hutt CBE (born 15 December 1949) is a Welsh Labour Party politician serving as Welsh Government Chief Whip since 2023 and Trefnydd of the Senedd since 2024.^[1] She has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the Vale of Glamorgan since 1999.^[2]

A member of the Parliament since its creation, Hutt holds the record for the longest serving Welsh Government minister and has served in every administration to date. She served continually in government from May 1999 until the November 2017 reshuffle, returning in December 2018. Hutt has held several of the most senior government offices, including Minister for Finance, Minister for Health and Social Services, and Minister for Education.