# Eluned Parrott

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Welsh politician

Eluned Parrott Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales Central In office 6 July 2011 – 6 April 2016 Preceded by Chris Franks Succeeded by Gareth Bennett Personal details Born Abergavenny, Wales Party Welsh Liberal Democrats

**Eluned Parrott** is a [Welsh](/source/Welsh_people) [Liberal Democrat](/source/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats) politician. She was an [Assembly Member](/source/Member_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales) (AM) of the [National Assembly for Wales](/source/Senedd) between 2011 and 2016. She is a Commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales.

## Background

Eluned was born in [Abergavenny](/source/Abergavenny). She studied at [St Peter's Collegiate School](/source/St_Peter's_Collegiate_School), in Wolverhampton. Parrott gained a degree in music from [Cardiff University](/source/Cardiff_University), and has a [postgraduate diploma](/source/Postgraduate_diploma) in marketing from the [Chartered Institute of Marketing](/source/Chartered_Institute_of_Marketing).[1]

Before becoming an A.M., she worked as a community engagement manager for Cardiff University, leading a team that organises [educational outreach](/source/Educational_outreach) and community events for the public. She has lived in the South Wales Central region since 1993; ten years in [Cardiff Central](/source/Cardiff_Central_(Assembly_constituency)) and [Cardiff West](/source/Cardiff_West_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)) constituencies, and then eight years in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Parrott lives with her husband and two children in [Rhoose](/source/Rhoose), in the [Vale of Glamorgan](/source/Vale_of_Glamorgan).[1]

## Political career

Parrott contested the [Vale of Glamorgan seat](/source/Vale_of_Glamorgan_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) at the [2010 general election](/source/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election).[2] She polled 15.2 per cent of the vote, the highest Welsh Liberal Democrat vote share in the seat for decades.[3]

### National Assembly for Wales

She became the first Welsh Liberal Democrat to be elected to the [South Wales Central](/source/South_Wales_Central) Assembly region in 2011 after the first candidate, John Dixon, failed to be reinstated following his suspension.[4] He had been suspended on the grounds of being a member of the [Care Council for Wales](/source/Care_Council_for_Wales). In July 2011 she was given the Enterprise, Transport, Europe and Business portfolios by the Welsh leader [Kirsty Williams](/source/Kirsty_Williams). As a result, in the Welsh Assembly she sat on the Enterprise and Business Committee and Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee.[5]

In November 2014, Parrott was announced as the Liberal Democrat candidate for [Cardiff Central](/source/Cardiff_Central_(Senedd_constituency)), in preparation for the [2016 Assembly election](/source/2016_Welsh_Assembly_election).[6] In the election, she came second to [Labour](/source/Welsh_Labour)'s [Jenny Rathbone](/source/Jenny_Rathbone), taking 9,199 votes (35.3%).[7][8] 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.[9][10]

### Post-Assembly career

Parrott is a Commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales.[11]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-news_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-news_1-1) ["The new face in the Senedd"](https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/new-face-senedd-2690903). [Daily Post](/source/Daily_Post_(North_Wales)). 7 July 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Vale of Glamorgan results, 2010"](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/1390/vale-of-glamorgan). *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Eluned Parrott"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130727043739/http://welshlibdems.org.uk/en/page/eluned-parrott). [Welsh Liberal Democrats](/source/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats). Archived from [the original](http://welshlibdems.org.uk/en/page/eluned-parrott) on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["No return to Welsh assembly for Lib Dems' John Dixon"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-14037418). [BBC News](/source/BBC_News). 5 July 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Ministers announced"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111104023451/http://www.freedomcentral.org.uk/2011/07/welsh-liberal-democrat-shadow-ministers-announced.html). Freedom Central. 11 July 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.freedomcentral.org.uk/2011/07/welsh-liberal-democrat-shadow-ministers-announced.html) on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Lib Dem AM Eluned Parrott to run in Cardiff Central constituency in Welsh Assembly elections in 2016"](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/lib-dem-am-eluned-parrott-8064780). *Wales Online*. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Election results for Cardiff Central National Assembly for Wales Elections (Constituency) 2016 - Friday, 6 May 2016"](https://business.senedd.wales/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=254). *Senedd Cymru*. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Cardiff Central - Welsh Assembly constituency"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/wales-constituencies/W09000031). *BBC News*. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["2016 National Assembly for Wales Election - South Wales Central"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/wales-regions/W10000007). *[BBC News](/source/BBC_News)*. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Assembly Election 2016: The winners and losers as the results are revealed"](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/assembly-election-2016-winners-losers-11292630). *Wales Online*. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NICW_11-0)** ["Eluned Parrott"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201024094210/https://gov.wales/national-infrastructure-commission-for-wales/eluned-parrott). [Welsh Government](/source/Welsh_Government). Archived from [the original](https://gov.wales/national-infrastructure-commission-for-wales/eluned-parrott) on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

## External links

- Media related to [Eluned Parrott](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eluned_Parrott) at Wikimedia Commons

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