Rhianon Passmore
Rhianon Passmore | |
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![]() Passmore in 2016 | |
Member of the Senedd for Islwyn | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Gwyn R Price |
Majority | 5,239 (21.4%) |
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Political party | Labour Co-operative |
Rhianon Passmore is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician. Since May 2016, she has been the Member of the Senedd for Islwyn.[1]
Political career
In July 2015, it was announced that Passmore had been selected as the Welsh Labour candidate for the Islwyn constituency of the Senedd.[2] On 5 May 2016, she was elected a Member of the Welsh Assembly with 10,050 votes (45.0% of votes cast).[1]
Passmore had previously stood as a regional candidate for Mid and West Wales in the 2003 Welsh elections and a regional candidate for South Wales East in the 2007 elections.
Passmore is a member of the Finance Committee, Petitions Committee and Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee. She chairs the cross-party group on Music, and a member of groups on Armed Forces and Cadets and Lung Health.[3]
Passmore was suspended from the Labour group in the Senedd on 26 June 2024 after she was alleged to have used several number plates on her car, which is a criminal offence . The suspension was lifted in under 24 hours after a police investigation ruled that there was no evidence for this claim and that no offence had been committed.[4]
2017 arrest
In October 2017 she was arrested by South Wales Police after failing to provide a breath test; as a result she was banned from driving for 20 months, fined £1,000, £100 victim surcharge and £620 in costs.[5] Passmore alleged she was unable to provide a sample due to her asthma, and a lack of access to her asthma medication. She was also suspended from the National Assembly for a fortnight and was suspended by the Labour Group from 10 July 2018 until 1 October 2018.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b "Islwyn Welsh Assembly constituency". Wales Election 2016. BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Iwan, Caio (13 July 2015). "Councillor in the running for Islwyn Senedd seat". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Rhianon Passmore MS". senedd.wales. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Police say no offence by Labour MS over number plates". BBC News. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ Dafydd, Aled ap (9 July 2018). "AM faces Senedd ban over breath test". Retrieved 14 April 2019 – via www.BBC.co.uk.
- ^ Dafydd, Aled ap (9 July 2018). "Confirmation from @WelshLabour that @AssemblyWales Labour group has withdrawn the whip from @rhi4islwyn until October 1st". Twitter.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ Dafydd, Aled ap (10 July 2018). "Labour action on AM's conviction queried". Retrieved 14 April 2019 – via www.BBC.co.uk.
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