Marc Phillips (born 8 December 1953[1]) is a Welsh charity manager and former Plaid Cymru politician.

Phillips was born in Cardiff and educated in Cyfarthfa and Merthyr Tydfil,[1][2] before working at the Urdd Gobaith Cymru, then the Dyfed Association of Voluntary Service and as Chief Executive of Tenovus.[2]

Phillips also became active in Plaid Cymru, standing in Llanelli at the 1992 and 1997 general elections,[1] taking third and then second place. He became Plaid's national vice-chair in 1993, serving for two years. During this period, he stood in the 1994 European election in Mid and West Wales,[1] achieving the party's best performance at the election.[3]

From 1996 until 2000, Phillips served as the Chair of Plaid Cymru,[2] and he also stood for the party in the new Wales constituency at the 1999 European election. He was third on the party list and was not elected.[4]

Phillips accepted a new job as the head of BBC Children in Need in Wales in 2002,[2] following which he withdrew from political activity.[5] However, he remained supportive of the party, was its nomination for the Executive Committee of the All Wales Convention in 2009,[2] and unsuccessfully applied to be its candidate in the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency at the 2010 general election.[6]

He is on the Board of Directors, of Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d The Times Guide to the House of Commons: 1997, p.181
  2. ^ a b c d e "Marc Phillips", All Wales Convention
  3. ^ Peter Catterall and Virginia Preston, Contemporary Britain: An Annual Review: 1995, p.434
  4. ^ "1999 Election Candidates[permanent dead link]", UK Office of the European Parliament
  5. ^ Paul Starling, "Phillips leaves Plaid in turmoil", Daily Mirror, 2 May 2002
  6. ^ Martin Shipton, "Young Plaid activist Jonathan Edwards will fight hard for a seat in Westminster", Western Mail, 28 November 2009
  7. ^ "Introducing the Board of Directors – Marc Phillips (Chair) | Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project". penycymoedd.vattenfall.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
Party political offices Preceded byJill Evans Chair of Plaid Cymru 1996–2000 Succeeded byJohn Dixon
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