Karen Sinclair
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Karen Sinclair (born 20 November 1952) is a Welsh Labour politician, who represented the constituency of Clwyd South from when the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999, until she stood down, in 2011. Born and brought up in Wrexham, north Wales, Sinclair has lived in Llangollen for over twenty years.
Education and professional career
Sinclair was educated at Grove Park Girls School, Wrexham. After working in the Youth service for fourteen years, she became a Care Manager with Wrexham Social Services for clients with learning disabilities. She is also a trained CAB adviser. Sinclair has been a school governor at Ysgol Dinas Brân and chair of the Youth Club Committee.
Political career
Local Government
Sinclair was a member of the former Glyndwr District council for seven years, preceding the local Government reorganisation and served on Denbighshire County Council. She chairs the URBAN II West Wrexham regeneration project monitoring committee and is a member of UNISON.
National Assembly for Wales
Sinclair contested the Clwyd South constituency in the First National Assembly for Wales elections, and won the seat with a majority of 3,685 against Plaid Cymru's Hywel Williams.[1] She served as Chief Whip for the in the first Morgan government. In 2003 this position was re-organised, and Sinclair also began to serve as Minister for Assembly Business. In September 2005, she was reshuffled out of these roles.
She was diagnosed with bone-marrow cancer in May 2008. In October 2009 she announced that she would step down from her Assembly seat at the next election in 2011.[2][3]
References
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External links
- Karen Sinclair AM Website
- Welsh Labour Party Website
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- Website of the National Assembly for Wales
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