Dawn Bowden

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Dawn Bowden
MS
Official portrait, 2021
Minister for Social Care
Assumed office
21 March 2024
First MinisterVaughan Gething
Preceded byHuw Irranca-Davies
Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
In office
13 May 2021 – 20 March 2024
First MinisterMark Drakeford
Preceded byThe Lord Elis-Thomas
Succeeded byOffice vacant
Welsh Government Chief Whip
In office
13 May 2021 – 2 May 2023
First MinisterMark Drakeford
Preceded byJane Hutt
Succeeded byJane Hutt
Member of the Senedd
for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Assumed office
6 May 2016
Preceded byHuw Lewis
Majority9,311 (44%)
Personal details
Born
Dawn Alison Louise Bowden

(1960-02-14) 14 February 1960 (age 64)
Bristol, England
Political partyWelsh Labour
SpouseMartin Eaglestone
ChildrenTwo
EducationSt Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
Soundwell Technical College

Dawn Alison Louise Bowden (born 14 February 1960) is a British

trade unionist serving as Minister for Social Care since 2024.[1] She previously served as Chief Whip of the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2023 and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport (later also Tourism) from 2021 to 2024. Bowden has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney since 2016.[2]

Early life and education

Bowden was born on 14 February 1960 in

secretarial course at Soundwell Technical College.[4]

Career

Early career

Bowden began her working life as a secretary. She worked for the National Health Service between 1979 and 1982, and for Bristol City Council from 1982 to 1983.[4]

From April 2012 until her election to the

UNISON).[4][5][6]

Political career

In February 2016, it was announced that Bowden had been selected from an

Member of the Welsh Assembly with 9,763 votes (47.2% of votes cast).[2]

Personal life

Bowden has two children. Sam and Jack.[9] In 2011, she married Martin;[9] he works as a policy officer for Welsh Labour.[10]

References

  1. ^ "First Minister Vaughan Gething announces new Welsh Government Cabinet | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney". Wales Election 2016. BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 30 Sept 2017
  4. ^ a b c "Dawn Bowden". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. ^ "UNISON slams Cardiff and the Vale Health Board for redundancy decision". unison.org.uk. UNISON. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  6. ^ a b Houghton, Tom (27 February 2016). "Labour selects Dawn Bowden as Assembly candidate for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney". Wales Online. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Labour picks Dawn Bowden as Merthyr and Rhymney AM candidate". BBC News. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Labour election row over all-women shortlist in Merthyr". BBC News. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Dawn Bowden AM". assembly.wales. National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Register of interests: Dawn Bowden AM". senedd.assembly.wales. National Assembly for Wale. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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