Tamsin Dunwoody

Infobox AM
name=Tamsin Dunwoody


imagesize=150px
constituency_AM1=Preseli Pembrokeshire
assembly1 =Welsh
term_start1 =1 May 2003
term_end1 =3 May 2007
predecessor1 = Richard Edwards
successor1 = Paul Davies
birth_date =birth date and age|1958|9|3|df=yes
birth_place = Totnes, Devon
nationality = British
alma_mater = University of Kent
party = Labour

Moyra Tamsin Dunwoody (born birth date|1958|9|3|df=yes), sometimes known as Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey, is a British politician. She served as a Labour member of the National Assembly for Wales representing the constituency of Preseli Pembrokeshire from May 2003 until her defeat in the 2007 election by Conservative Party candidate Paul Davies.

Background

Dunwoody was born in Totnes, Devon [ [http://www.burkes-peerage.net/familyhomepage.aspx?FID=0&FN=DUNWOODY-KNEAFSEY(MOYRA)TAMSIN Burke's Peerage and Gentry] ] , the daughter of the late Labour MPs, Gwyneth Dunwoody, and Dr John Dunwoody. Through her mother she is the granddaughter of former Labour Party General Secretary, Morgan Phillips and Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips. She was educated at the Grey Coat Hospital Church of England girls' school in Westminster and the University of Kent.

Professional career

Dunwoody trained in the National Health Service, and worked in London hospitals for nearly 15 years. She has also been an adviser to small businesses in west Wales, and lives in Haverfordwest [cite news | title = Profile: Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey, Labour | publisher = Telegraph | date = 2008-05-12 | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/by_election_crewe_and_nantwich/1940592/By-election-Crewe-and-Nantwich-Labour-Party-candidate-Tamsin-Dunwoody-Kneafsey.html | accessdate = 2008-05-18 ] .

Political career

Dunwoody was elected (under the name Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/05/17/do1706.xml Tories aren't the toffs in Crewe - it's Labour - Telegraph ] ] ) as Assembly Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire from 2003 to 2007. In October 2005 she was appointed Deputy Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside and Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Transport in the Welsh Assembly Government. She was defeated in the 2007 election by Conservative Party candidate Paul Davies.

She was selected as the Labour candidate at the Crewe and Nantwich by-election, held on 22 May 2008, which was triggered by the death of her mother. [ [http://www.creweandnantwichguardian.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2246153.0.gwyneths_daughter_aims_to_be_next_crewe_and_nantwich_mp.php Gwyneth’s daughter aims to be next Crewe and Nantwich MP] Crewe & Nantwich Guardian 3 May 2008] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7383028.stm Dunwoody's daughter to fight seat] BBC News 4 May 2008] She lost to Conservative candidate Edward Timpson, by 7,860 votes [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7415362.stm BBC NEWS | Politics | Cameron hails 'end of New Labour' ] ] marking the first Conservative Party parliamentary by-election victory in a Labour-held constituency since 1978. The last parliamentary by-election in which the Conservatives had gained a seat previously held by another party was in 1982, in Mitcham and Morden. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections]

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