Albert Owen
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Albert Owen
| Albert Owen MP | |
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| Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Ieuan Wyn Jones |
| Majority | 2,461 (7.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1959 Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Wales |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Political party | Welsh Labour |
| Alma mater | University of York |
Albert Owen (born 10 August 1959) is a Welsh Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn. 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. In the 2010 election he further increased his majority to 2,461. He is a member of the Parliamentary Welsh Affairs Select Committee,[1] and vice-chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Flag Group [2]
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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 - 27 January 2004
- he voted against the House of Lords amendment on foundation hospitals - 19 November 2003
- he voted for an outright ban on hunting with dogs - 30 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 - 18 March 2003
However he has also voted for the Iraq war and against motions opposing post office closures
Personal life
He married Angela Margaret Magee. They have two daughters (born January 1985 and August 1986). He is a supporter of Everton Football Club. He said "I have a passion for football. I remember, as a young man in the 1970s, watching Wales play Northern Ireland at Goodison Park, my favourite football team’s stadium."[3]
References
- ^ a b Albert Owen biography, Guardian, accessed 12 August 2008
- ^ UK Parliament - Register of All Party Groups
- ^ "House of Commons Hansard". Parliament. 10 March 2009. http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090310/halltext/90310h0002.htm. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
External links
- Albert Owen MP official constituency website
- Albert Owen MP Welsh Labour Party profile
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
- Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Electoral history and profile at The Guardian
- Voting record at PublicWhip.org
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
- Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
- Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Ieuan Wyn Jones |
Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn 2001–present |
Incumbent |
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