Jonathan Edwards (Welsh politician)

Jonathan Edwards
Official portrait, 2020
Member of Parliament
for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byAdam Price
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1976-04-26) 26 April 1976 (age 48)[1]
Capel Hendre, Carmarthenshire, Wales[2]
Political partyIndependent (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations
Plaid Cymru (until 2020)

David Jonathan Edwards (born 26 April 1976) is a Welsh politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr from 2010 to 2024. Initially elected as a Plaid Cymru MP, he is the longest serving MP in the Carmarthen, having served for 14 years. He sat as an Independent MP after the party's disciplinary panel suspended him in 2020.[3] His membership of Plaid was restored in July 2022, and the whip was returned the following month[4] although following further revelations he stated that he would not rejoin the Plaid group of MPs at Westminster.[5]

  1. ^ "Jonathan Edwards MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. ^ Edwards, Jonathan, (born 26 April 1976), MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, since 2010 (Plaid Cymru, 2010–20; Ind, since 2020). doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U251537. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Party suspends MP for a year after assault caution". BBC News. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Wife assault MP to represent Plaid in Commons". BBC News. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ^ Evans, Felicity (14 August 2022). "Jonathan Edwards: MP who assaulted wife should quit, Plaid leader says". BBC News. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

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