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| Contact Julie Constituency Office 17 Plasnewydd Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 1NR Tel: (029) 20 624166 Fax: (029) 20 623661 Westminster Office House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Tel: (020) 7219 6960 Fax: (020) 7219 0960 E-mail: [email protected] |
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| JULIE MORGAN MP |
| Julie Morgan was elected as Member of Parliament for Cardiff North on 1 May 1997 as part of the historic landslide that swept the Conservative Party from office. At the time of her election, Julie was the first woman Member of Parliament to represent a part of Cardiff. She was also one of only four Welsh Labour MPs who were women. Julie originally contested the seat in 1992. She was returned at the General Elections in 2001 and 2005. Julie was born in Cardiff on 2 November 1944. She was educated at Dinas Powys Primary School and Howell's School in Llandaff. She studied at King's College, London, where she took her BA in English in 1965. Julie also studied at Manchester University, and holds a postgraduate diploma in Social Administration (CQSW) from Cardiff University. Before she became a Member of Parliament, Julie was a social worker with Barry Social Services, and an Assistant Director of Barnardo's. She sat on South Glamorgan Council between 1985 and 1997, and was a Cardiff Councillor from 1995. Julie made her maiden speech in Parliament on 22 May 1997 in the debate on the Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill, when she said: "We no longer want the people of Wales to have to put up with a standard of living that is 17% below the British average. We no longer want the incidence of heart disease and breast cancer to be greater in Wales than in the rest of Britain. We no longer want the poverty of aspiration that affects so many people in Wales". (Read the full speech) Julie is a member of the Constitutional Affairs and Public Administration Select Committees, is the honorary Treasurer of the Welsh Group of Labour MPs and the Parliamentary Labour Party's Women's Group and is the Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Human Rights. She is chair of the APPG Children in Wales, working with children's voluntary groups across Wales, and also chairs the APPG Sex Equality, working with the Equal Opportunities Commission. She is a member of the Transport and General Workers Union, and was a founder member of the Welsh Refugee Council. She was also a founder member of the Women's Arts Association and is the chair of Cardiff's Domestic Violence Forum. Julie was unanimously re-selected as the Labour Party's candidate for Cardiff North and is currently serving her third term as an MP. |
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