Syd Morgan
Syd Morganis aWelsh nationalistpolitician.
Morgan studied at theUniversity College Swanseaand became active inPlaid Cymru.He was a founder member of the National Left group within the party in 1980.[1]
By 1984, Morgan was aPlaid Cymrumember of theRhymney ValleyDistrict Council, and was also the party's Senior Vice-Chairman, while working as a housing officer inCardiff.[2]At the1984 European election,Morgan stood inSouth Wales East,taking fourth place with 8.7% of the votes cast.[3]Later in the year, he was elected as party chairman, serving until 1990 when he became its treasurer. Morgan stood for the UK Parliament at the1989 Pontypridd by-election,in which he took second place with more than a quarter of the vote.[4]
In 1992, Morgan marriedJill Evans,a prominent Plaid politician.[5]Following the redistricting of local government in Wales, he became a councillor inRhondda Cynon Taffor many years, losing his seat in 2004 and last standing in 2008.[6]He works as a lecturer atSwansea University,was until 2011 a member of the bureau of theCentre Maurits Coppieters,and was a founder of the Welsh Nationalism Foundation.[7]
References
[edit]- ^Laura McAllister,Plaid Cymru: the emergence of a political party,p.175
- ^BBC,Guide to the European Elections, 1984,p.217
- ^"Wales",United Kingdom Election Results
- ^Laura McAllister,Plaid Cymru: the emergence of a political party,p.117
- ^Vacher's European Companion,No.109-110, p.351
- ^"County Borough Elections 2008",Rhondda Cynon Taf
- ^Martin Shipton, "Labour queries public funding for Plaid-linked research foundation",Western Mail,12 December 2012
