Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr since 2001. Committees: Vice-Chair, All-Party Steel Group since 2002; Member, Welsh Affairs Select Committee since 2001; Member, All-Party Coalfield Communities Group since 2001; Member, All-Party Group on Art and Heritage since 2001. Political career: Former Director of Research, Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales, and former Director of Policy; former President, NUS Wales. Special political interests: Economic/fiscal policy, trade and industry, education. Profession/Trade: Managing director at economic-development consultancy company 1998-2001. Education: Dultryn Amman Secondary School; University of Wales, Cardiff, BSc (Hons) Economics; University in Saarbrucken, Germany. Languages spoken: Welsh, German. Author of: Quiet Revolution: Language, Culture and the Economy in the 90s; The Other Wales: The Case for Objective 1 Funding Post 1999; The Collective Entrepreneur. Hobbies: Cinema, theatre, art, architecture, rugby, cricket, history.
b. 23 September 1968. Single.

2005				2001
PLAID CYMRU GAIN	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Plaid Cymru	17,561	45.9	3.5	16,130	42.4
Labour	10,843	28.3	-7.3	13,540	35.6
Conservative	5,235	13.7	0.8	4,912	12.9
Lib Dem	3,719	9.7	2.3	2,815	7.4
UKIP	661	1.7	0	656	1.7
Legalise Cannabis Alliance	272	0.7	-	-	-
Majority	6,718	17.5		2,590	6.8
Turnout	38,291	71.6	1.2	38,053	70.4