Sam Rowlands
MS
Rowlands in 2021
Member of the Senedd
for North Wales
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Personal details
Political partyConservative
SpouseNatasha Rowlands
Children3
CommitteesLocal Government and Housing Committee

Sam Rowlands is a Welsh politician serving as Member of the Senedd (MS) for the North Wales electoral region since 2021.[1] A member of the Welsh Conservative Party, he is currently the Shadow Minister for Local Government.[2]

Prior to his election to the Senedd, Rowlands was a member of Conwy County Borough Council[3] and Abergele Town Council,[4] being first elected in the 2008 Welsh Local Government Elections. He served as the mayor of Abergele from 2015 to 2016[5] and the Leader of Conwy County Borough Council from June 2019 until May 2021.[6] He previously served as the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources between June 2017 and June 2019. Rowlands also stood in the Vale of Clwyd in the 2016 Welsh Assembly Election,[7] where he secured the biggest swing to the Conservative Party in Wales.

Political interests

Following his election to the Senedd, Rowlands re-established the Cross Party Group on Tourism, championing the role of the sector in the North Wales economy.[8] Rowlands led a campaign working with Conwy County Borough Council to re-establish the Conwy County Borough School's Football Association in 2021.[9] Rowlands has spoken on the importance of sport to keep people fit and healthy as well as a driver for economic development in the Welsh Parliament. In 2022 he also became the Chairman of Welsh Parliament Cross Party Group on the Outdoor Activity Sector.

During July 2022 Rowlands's proposed Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill was drawn in the Welsh Parliament's ballot of proposed member's bills.[10] On 26 October 2022 the Welsh Parliament voted to allow time and resources to be committed to developing this legislation further, with Conservative, Plaid Cymru and Liberal Democrat MSs supporting the decision and the Labour Party attempting to block the bill from being developed.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Election results for North Wales". Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Sam Rowlands MS". Welsh Parliament. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Local Democracy". Election results for Pentre Mawr. Conwy County Borough Council. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Democracy". Election results for Abergele - Pentre Mawr. Conwy County Borough Council. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Attend meetings - mayor. - Free Online Library". Attend meetings - mayor. The Free Library by Farlex. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. ^ George, Allan (3 June 2019). "Conwy elects a new leader after no confidence vote". Rhyl Journal. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Election results for Vale of Clwyd". Denbighshire County Council. April 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Minutes of 8 July 2021" (PDF). business.senedd.wales. Welsh Parliament. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Colwyn Bay footballer selected for full Welsh under-14s squad". Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Development of the Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill". senedd.wales. Welsh Parliament. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Vote Outcomes Plenary 26/10/2022". record.assembly.wales. Welsh Parliament. Retrieved 16 January 2023.


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