Christine Chapman

Christine Chapman AM
Member of the Welsh Assembly for Cynon Valley
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 1999
Preceded by	New Assembly
Majority	5,623 (28.8%)
Personal details
Born	7 April 1956 (1956-04-07) (age 55) Porth, Rhondda, Wales
Political party	Labour Co-operative
Alma mater	Cardiff University

Christine Chapman (born 7 April 1956) is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Cynon Valley since 1999.

She has not held senior government posts and has been described as "one of the quietest women AMs ... [whose] effectiveness lies in her quiet willingness to discuss".^[1]

Education

Chapman was born in Porth, Rhondda and educated at Porth County Girls' School. She then went to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and to South Bank Polytechnic where she obtained a Diploma in Careers Guidance. She earned a Master's degree in Economics at Cardiff University and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of Swansea.

Career

She worked as a teacher, school careers adviser, and Compact Manager with Mid-Glamorgan Education Business Partnership. She was later co-ordinator for Torfaen Education Business Partnership and non-Executive Director of Mid-Glamorgan Careers Ltd. She obtained professional membership of the Institute of Careers Guidance.

Politics

Chapman served as a Labour Party member of Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council representing Ynysybwl and Coed y Cwm. In the 1999 election, Chapman was elected as for Cynon Valley, withstanding a strong advance by Plaid Cymru.

She chaired the Objective One Programme Monitoring Committee from 2000 to 2004, finding the time to complete an M.Phil degree at Cardiff University in June 2001. In January 2005 Chapman was appointed as a Deputy Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government, responsible for Education and Lifelong Learning, and Finance, Local Government and Public Services.

She is Chair of the Assembly's Women and Democracy Group and Secretary of the Labour UNISON Group. She supports the "Children Are Unbeatable Alliance" which seeks prohibit all corporal or physical punishment of children.

References

1. ^ icwales.co.uk Politics Handbook.

External links

• Christine Chapman AM Official site

Offices held

National Assembly for Wales
Preceded by (new post)	Assembly Member for Cynon Valley 1999–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by (new post)	Deputy Minister for Education & Lifelong Learning 2005 - 2007	Succeeded by John Griffiths
Preceded by (new post)	Deputy Minister for Finance, Local Government & Public Services 2005 - 2007	Succeeded by (post reorganised)

Persondata
Name	Chapman, Christine
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	7 April 1956
Place of birth	Wales
Date of death
Place of death