Cllr Sue Perkins

County Councillor for the Llanion Ward

About Sue

Sue was born in London and has now lived in Pembrokeshire for 36 years.

She is a mother of seven children, 6 boys and a girl and lives in Llanion with her husband, David.

• Sue is leader of labour group for Pembrokeshire County Council and is involved with a number of local groups and organisations as follows:
• Chair of the Pembroke Dock Festival Group
• Chair of Llanion Communities First partnership
• Chair of the Friends of the Memorial Park
  Member of Pembrokeshire Coast National Parks Authority
• Member of the Community Health Council
• Govenor for Pemboke Comprehensive & Pembroke Dock Juniors

In addition to the above she also sits on the Bush and Park Tenants and Residents Association (BAPTARA) committee and is Chair of the Llanion Communities First Partnership.

Sue's Experience

Sue has been a  councillor for eleven years and in this time she has been involved in many community issues.  Sue continues to be active in the community and has strived to acheive improved play areas for local children, better parking facilities for residents as well as increased levels of funding for industry.

Contact Sue

Email: sueperkins20@hotmail.com
Telephone: 01646 681459
Postal Address: The Powder House, Richmond Road, Llanion Park, Pembroke Dock  SA72 6TG

Cllr Mark Edwards

Cabinet Member for Communities

About Mark

Mark was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and has lived here all his life.  He is happily married to his wife, Angela and has four children; two boys and two girls.

Mark's Experience

Mark has been a County Councillor for 8 years and Vice Chaiman of the planning committee for 4 years and is also:

• Cabinet member for communities and partnership
  
• Governor of Prendergast Primary School
• Govenor of Sir Thomas Picton School
  
• Director of Haverfordwest Football Club
  
• A Member of Rotary Club Haverfordwest
• A Member or the Llanion Communities First Partnership

Contact Mark

Email: cllr.mark.edwards@pembrokeshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 01437 765196
Address: Withybrook, Withybush Road, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA624BN.

Angela Burns AM

Welsh Assembly Member for Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire
Shadow Minister for Finance in the National Assembly for Wales

About Angela

Angela lives in Pembrokeshire with her husband and two young children and considers herself to be a countrywoman with a metropolitan heart. Angela was brought up in various countries throughout the world and when she left school her interest was caught by the world of business.

She has been in business ever since and has worked for companies as diverse as Waitrose, Thorn Emi and Asda to a number of smaller enterprises and held positions up to and including Director level.

In the course of her various jobs Angela has lived and worked in London, Bristol, Rugby, Leeds and the United States.

However her parents stayed many times in Pembrokeshire on holiday and Angela and her husband continued to do the same until the opportunity arose for them to move to Pembroke.

A keen member of a book club, Angela also rides, shoots, dives and loves the chance to mess about in boats and get to the cinema and theatre. The loves of her life are, however, her family and friends and the best days are the days spent with them.

Angela's Experience

Until now Angela has not considered herself a mainstream politician.

Like many people she has espoused single-issue causes, particularly homelessness. This was very dear to her heart when she was living in London and for a number of years she used to visit the West End as part of a team, offering food, clothing, advice, contacts and practical help wherever possible.

Angela still believes very strongly that most of the homeless have been let down by society at large and saw that many of the people she met were either shockingly young to be so lost or had mental health issues and/or addiction problems.

In recent times Angela has become very involved with local issues in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, particularly the proposed downgrading of the two District Hospitals of Glangwili and Withybush, the endless closures of rural schools with the subsequent fragmentation of the communities they served, and the apathy and lack of hope of so many youngsters.

And is ever the way, having got involved Angela has now a list of areas where actions need to be taken, where local views are being ridden rough shod over and where people are asking for their voice to be heard.

So the mother, the wife and the businesswoman decided to fight for a better future for Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire and stood to be the prospective conservative candidate for the Welsh Assembly.

She was elected as the Welsh Conservative Assembly Member for Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire South in May 2007 and is Shadow Minister for Finance.

Contact Angela

Email: angela.burns@wales.gov.uk
Telephone: 029 2089 8384
Website: www.angelaburns.co.uk
Postal Address: National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF99 1NA

Nick Ainger, MP

Member of Parliment for Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire

About Nick

Nicholas Richard Ainger was born on October 24th 1949 and is a British Labour Member of Parliament for the constituency of Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire South, and from 2005 until 2007 was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Wales Office.

Ainger was born in Sheffield in 1949, and was educated at the Netherthorpe Grammar in Staveley, Derbyshire and after leaving education in 1967 moved to Milford Haven and became a dock worker at the Marine and Port Services of Pembroke Dock. He was a senior shop steward in the Transport and General Workers Union for fourteen years whilst at the docks, and became elected to the former Dyfed County Council, on which he served from 1981 until his election as the MP for Pembrokeshire at the 1992 general election. Following a change of constituency boundaries, in the 1997 general election he successfully stood in the new Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South constituency.

He is married to Sally Robinson and they have one daughter.

Nick's Experience

He served continuously in the Tony Blair government. From 1997 until 2001 as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Wales Office and it predecessor the Welsh Office, serving three successive Welsh Secretaries (Ron Davies, Alun Michael and Paul Murphy. He was promoted in 2001 as a Commons Whip and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, a position he held until 2005

Contact Nick

Email: aingern@parliament.uk
House of Commons Phone number: 020 7219 2241

Constituency Phone number: 01646 684404
Website: www.nickainger.labour.co.uk
Postal Address: Ferry Lane Works, Ferry Lane, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, SA71 4RE