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Albert Owen MP
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Member of Parliament
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| Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Ieuan Wyn Jones |
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| Majority | 1,242 (3.5%) |
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| Born | 10 August 1959 Holyhead, Anglesey |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of York |
Albert Owen (born 10 August 1959) is a Welsh politician, and member of Parliament for Ynys Môn for the Labour Party. He took the seat in the 2001 election from Plaid Cymru with a margin of exactly eight hundred votes and retained the seat with an increased majority of approximately twelve hundred votes in the 2005 election. He is a member of the Parliamentary Welsh Affairs Select Committee.1
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Early life
Like most of Holyhead, his hometown, including the Labour MEP Glenys Kinnock, he attended the Holyhead County Comprehensive School.1 He left when he was sixteen for a career in the Merchant Navy, and was a seaman until 1992. In 1995, he became an advisor in the Citizens Advice Bureau, specialising in welfare rights, and from 1997 to 2001 he managed the J. E. O'Toole Centre in Holyhead - a centre dedicated to the welfare, education and leisure of unemployed workers in Holyhead. In 1999, he unsuccessfully stood for the Labour party in the Welsh Assembly elections. From the University of York he gained a BA in Politics in 1997.
In Parliament
Albert has rebelled against the Labour Party's political whip on certain occasions. Most notably:
- he voted against the government's Higher Education Funding Bill - 27th January, 2004
- he voted against the House of Lords amendment on foundation hospitals - 19th November, 2003
- he voted for an outright ban on hunting with dogs - 30th June, 2003 (this was not a whipped vote and this should not be seen as a rebellion)
- he voted for an anti-war amendment during the Iraq crisis debate - 18th March, 2003
Personal life
He married Angela Margaret Magee. They have two daughters (born January 1985 and August 1986).
References
- ^ a b Albert Owen biography, Guardian, accessed 12 August 2008
External links
- His website
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Albert Owen MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Albert Owen MP
- BBC Politics
Offices Held
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Ieuan Wyn Jones |
Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn 2001 – present |
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