{{Short description|Welsh politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use British English|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Eluned Parrott | honorific_suffix = | image = Eluned Parrott official portrait.jpg | image_size = | alt = Parrott in 2022 | caption = | constituency_AM = [[South Wales Central (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|South Wales Central]] | assembly = National Assembly for Wales{{!}}Welsh | majority = | term_start = 6 July 2011 | term_end = 6 April 2016 | predecessor = [[Chris Franks]] | successor = [[Gareth Bennett (politician)|Gareth Bennett]] | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age||||df=yes}} --> | birth_place = [[Abergavenny]], Wales | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = [[Welsh Liberal Democrats]] | other_party = | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Eluned Parrott''' is a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]] politician. She was an [[Member of the National Assembly for Wales|Assembly Member]] (AM) of the [[Senedd|National Assembly for Wales]] between 2011 and 2016. She is a Commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales.
== Background == Eluned was born in [[Abergavenny]]. She studied at [[St Peter's Collegiate School]], in Wolverhampton. Parrott gained a degree in music from [[Cardiff University]], and has a [[postgraduate diploma]] in marketing from the [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]].<ref name="news">{{cite web |date=7 July 2011 |title=The new face in the Senedd |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/new-face-senedd-2690903 |accessdate=29 June 2021 |publisher=[[Daily Post (North Wales)|Daily Post]]}}</ref>
Before becoming an A.M., she worked as a community engagement manager for Cardiff University, leading a team that organises [[educational outreach]] and community events for the public. She has lived in the South Wales Central region since 1993; ten years in [[Cardiff Central (Assembly constituency)|Cardiff Central]] and [[Cardiff West (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Cardiff West]] constituencies, and then eight years in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Parrott lives with her husband and two children in [[Rhoose]], in the [[Vale of Glamorgan]].<ref name="news" />
== Political career == Parrott contested the [[Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)|Vale of Glamorgan seat]] at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/1390/vale-of-glamorgan|title=Vale of Glamorgan results, 2010|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref> She polled 15.2 per cent of the vote, the highest Welsh Liberal Democrat vote share in the seat for decades.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://welshlibdems.org.uk/en/page/eluned-parrott|title=Eluned Parrott|publisher=[[Welsh Liberal Democrats]]|accessdate=14 March 2012|archive-date=27 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727043739/http://welshlibdems.org.uk/en/page/eluned-parrott|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== National Assembly for Wales === She became the first Welsh Liberal Democrat to be elected to the [[South Wales Central]] Assembly region in 2011 after the first candidate, John Dixon, failed to be reinstated following his suspension.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-14037418|title=No return to Welsh assembly for Lib Dems' John Dixon|date=5 July 2011|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> He had been suspended on the grounds of being a member of the [[Care Council for Wales]]. In July 2011 she was given the Enterprise, Transport, Europe and Business portfolios by the Welsh leader [[Kirsty Williams]]. As a result, in the Welsh Assembly she sat on the Enterprise and Business Committee and Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freedomcentral.org.uk/2011/07/welsh-liberal-democrat-shadow-ministers-announced.html|title=Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Ministers announced|publisher=Freedom Central|date=11 July 2011|access-date=6 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104023451/http://www.freedomcentral.org.uk/2011/07/welsh-liberal-democrat-shadow-ministers-announced.html|archive-date=4 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In November 2014, Parrott was announced as the Liberal Democrat candidate for [[Cardiff Central (Senedd constituency)|Cardiff Central]], in preparation for the [[2016 Welsh Assembly election|2016 Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news|title = Lib Dem AM Eluned Parrott to run in Cardiff Central constituency in Welsh Assembly elections in 2016|url = https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/lib-dem-am-eluned-parrott-8064780|work = Wales Online|date = 6 November 2014|access-date = 25 June 2025}}</ref> In the election, she came second to [[Welsh Labour|Labour]]'s [[Jenny Rathbone]], taking 9,199 votes (35.3%).<ref>{{cite web|title = Election results for Cardiff Central National Assembly for Wales Elections (Constituency) 2016 - Friday, 6 May 2016|url = https://business.senedd.wales/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=254|website = Senedd Cymru|access-date = 25 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = Cardiff Central - Welsh Assembly constituency|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/wales-constituencies/W09000031|work = BBC News|access-date = 25 June 2025}}</ref> On the regional list, headed by Parrott, the Liberal Democrats' share of the vote dropped by 1.5% to 14,875 votes (6.4%), with Parrott losing her seat as a result.<ref>{{Cite news |title=2016 National Assembly for Wales Election - South Wales Central |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/wales-regions/W10000007 |access-date=2024-11-13 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = Assembly Election 2016: The winners and losers as the results are revealed|url = https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/assembly-election-2016-winners-losers-11292630|work = Wales Online|date = 6 May 2016|access-date = 25 June 2025}}</ref>
=== Post-Assembly career === Parrott is a Commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales.<ref name="NICW">{{cite web|url=https://gov.wales/national-infrastructure-commission-for-wales/eluned-parrott|title=Eluned Parrott|publisher=[[Welsh Government]]|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024094210/https://gov.wales/national-infrastructure-commission-for-wales/eluned-parrott|archive-date=24 October 2020}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Eluned Parrott}}
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