{{short description|British businesswoman and politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Angela Burns | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} | image = Angela Burns AM (28066511502).jpg | alt = | caption = Burns in 2016 | office2 = [[Member of the Senedd]] <br /> for [[Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Carmarthenshire West and South Pembrokeshire]] | majority2 = 1,504 (5.3%) | term_start2 = 3 May 2007 | term_end2 = 29 April 2021 | predecessor2 = [[Christine Gwyther]] | successor2 = [[Samuel Kurtz]] | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age||||df=yes}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = [[Welsh Conservative Party|Conservative]] | other_party = | spouse = Andrew Burns | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = Chair of Finance Committee 2008–2011, Member of Equality of Opportunity Committee, Children's Committee, Environment & Sustainability Committee. Currently Member of Children, Young People & Education Committee 2010-date | portfolio = Commissioner for the National Assembly for Wales | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Angela Jane Burns''' is a British businesswoman and politician who served as an elected [[Welsh Conservative|Conservative]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assembly.wales/en/memhome/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?mid=135|title=Member Profile|website=National Assembly for Wales}}</ref> AM/MS for [[Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire]] from 2007 to 2021.
==Background== Burns was from an [[English people|English]] family and brought up in several foreign countries. She went into business after leaving school, working for companies such as [[Waitrose]], [[Thorn EMI]] and [[Asda]]. She later moved to [[Pembrokeshire]] with her husband and became active in politics.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In recent times she has become involved with local issues in south Pembrokeshire, particularly the proposed downgrading of the two District Hospitals of Glangwili and Withybush.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} No such downgrading has occurred.
==Political career== She defeated the sitting [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] member [[Christine Gwyther]] by only 98 votes, and [[Plaid Cymru]]'s John Dixon by 250 votes, in a very close three-way contest in the [[2007 National Assembly for Wales election|2007 Senedd election]]. She was the Shadow Minister for Finance and Public Sector Delivery from 11 July 2007 to 16 June 2008, and became the Shadow Minister for Transport and Regeneration on 22 October 2008,<ref name=reinstated>{{cite web| url = http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/welsh-politics/welsh-politics-news/2008/10/22/greasy-wops-slur-tory-is-general-election-candidate-91466-22096736/| title = Greasy wops slur Tory is general election candidate | access-date = 2008-11-07 | date = 2008-10-22| publisher = [[Wales Online]]}}</ref> followed by a period as shadow education Minister and since 2016 had been the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Well-Being.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.conservatives.wales/node/5004|title=Welsh Conservatives|website=The Welsh Conservative Party}}</ref>
Burns was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2022 Birthday Honours]] for political and public service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63714|supp=y|page=B17|date=1 June 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{commons category-inline|Angela Burns}} * [http://www.senedd.assembly.wales/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=135 Member Profile] at the National Assembly for Wales * [http://www.angelaburns.co.uk/ Personal website]
==Offices held== {{s-start}} {{s-par|wal}} {{s-bef|before=[[Christine Gwyther]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Member of the Senedd]] for [[Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire]]|years=[[2007 National Assembly for Wales election|2007]]–[[2021 Senedd election|2021]]}} {{s-aft|after=[[Samuel Kurtz]]}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | before= (new post) | title = [[Welsh Assembly Government|Shadow Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery]] | years= 2007–2008<br /><small>'''''11 July 2007 to 16 June 2008'''''</small> | after=[[Nick Ramsay]] }} {{succession box | before= [[David Melding]] | title = [[Welsh Assembly Government|Shadow Minister for Transport and Regeneration]] | years=2008– 2011<br /><small>'''''from 22 October 2008'''''</small> | after= post reorganised }} {{succession box | before= TBC | title = [[Welsh Assembly Government|Shadow Minister for Education]] | years=2011– 2016 | after= [[Llyr Gruffydd]] }} {{s-end}} {{Welsh MSs 2016-2021}}
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