Plaid’s Cefin trying to win seat from Conservatives

THERE will be a new MS for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire after Conservative MS Angela Burns announced she will not stand again.

She has been MS since 2007, when the seat was held by Labour.

We invited all the candidates to submit their biographies and answer some set questions.

One of the candidates, Plaid Cymru’s Cefin Campbell, was not included in Tuesday’s Evening Post, for which we apologise. We include his response here:

I’m married with three girls. I was born in Glanaman but now live in Llandeilo. I’m a former lecturer having worked at both Swansea and Cardiff Universities.

I established the first Menter Iaith (Community Language Initiative) in 1991 and helped to support a network of similar initiatives across Wales.

Since 2008 I’ve run my own consultancy business called Sbectrwm, which specialises in research, strategic planning, project management and training.

I’ve been a county councillor in Carmarthenshire since 2012 and for the last four years an executive board member responsible for communities and rural affairs. I sing in a local choir, enjoy caravanning and support the Scarlets and Swansea City.

What is the most important thing you think the Senedd should do in the next five years?

My priority would be to develop a wide-ranging strategy for regenerating rural communities, improve broadband and deal with the second homes crisis.

What will you do for your constituency/ region if elected?

I would like to be a champion for rural communities and be a voice for those urban areas that face their own challenges as we face an uncertain future following Covid and Brexit.

The candidates in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire are: Alistair Cameron (Liberal Democrats), Cefin Campbell (Plaid Cymru), Paul Dowson (UKIP Scrap The Assembly), Jon Harvey (Independent), Riaz Hassan (Labour), Sam Kurtz (Conservatives), Peter Prosser (Reform UK).