- Jeffrey Cuthbert
as Head of the Asset to Industry Unit.
Cuthbert was born in
Glasgow but brought up inCardiff , where he attended Whitchurch County Secondary Modern followed by studying mining engineering at University College, Cardiff. He joined the Labour Party in the mid-1960s. As a mining engineer he worked at Markham and Oakdale pits.Briefly a member of the
Militant Tendency ,Kevin Maguire, " [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/wales/story/0,,948030,00.html Plunge in turnout undermines assembly status] ", "The Guardian", 2 May 2003.] Cuthbert later became Chair of CaerphillyConstituency Labour Party . He left the mining industry to develop qualifications for Modern Apprenticeships with the WJEC, and became a Corporate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He was a governor of the Lewis School,Pengam , and served as Principal of a part-time Adult Education Centre atAberbargoed .In the 2003 election to the National Assembly for Wales, Cuthbert was selected at the last minute to replace Ron Davies who had been involved in a sexual scandal and was forced to retire; despite the circumstances he increased the Labour majority in the Caerphilly constituency.
Cuthbert was appointed Chair of the Objective One Programme Monitoring Committee for Wales in 2004, and became founder and Chair of the Assembly's All Party Group on Healthy Living and the All Party Group on Older People and Ageing. As an active member of the
Amicus Trade Union, he became co-ordinator of the Amicus Group of Labour Assembly Members. At the 2007 election he successfully defended his seat after Ron Davies challenged to regain it as an Independent candidate.References
External links
* [http://www.jeffcuthbert.co.uk/ Jeffrey Cuthbert AM homepage]
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