Fonds GB 0210 JONEDS - Jonathan Edwards Papers

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Reference code

GB 0210 JONEDS

Title

Jonathan Edwards Papers

Date(s)

  • 2004-2024 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

3 small boxes; 0.027 cubic metres.

Context area

Name of creator

(1976-)

Biographical history

Jonathan Edwards served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr from 2010 to 2024. Initially elected as a Plaid Cymru MP, he sat as an Independent MP after the party's disciplinary panel suspended him in 2020 following his acceptance of a police caution for domestic violence against his wife.
He was educated at Ysgol Maes yr Yrfa before studying history and politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He worked as a staff member for Rhodri Glyn Thomas and Adam Price before working for Plaid Cymru from 2005 to 2007. He worked at Citizens Advice Cymru from 2007 to 2010. In 2010 he was elected as the Plaid Cymru MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr and was re-elected in 2015, 2017 and 2019. He stood down at the 2024 General Election.
During his time in Parliament he was a member of the Welsh Grand Committee, the Welsh Affairs Committee, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union and the Unathorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee. he was Plaid Cymru spokesperson on Welsh Affairs, Communities and Local Government, Business, Innovation and Skills, Foreign intervention, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Transport and Culture, media and Sport.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated by Jonathan Edwards, Ammanford, July 2024. Addition on 31 July 2024.

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Scope and content

Political papers of Jonathan Edwards, Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. The papers comprise correspondence, speeches, campaign material, diaries, papers on policy and notes. Tops include the UK leaving the European Union (Brexit), devolution, agriculture, banking, assisted dying, transport and regulation of the press..

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

DVDs of radio appearances and Jonathan Edwards' maiden speech have been transferred to the National Library of Wales Screen and Sound Archive (Bib ID 995162508902419).

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System of arrangement

Arranged into 5 files by Jonathan Edwards, 4 files by Parliamentary term and 1 file for articles.

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Conditions governing access

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio รข Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright restrictions apply.
This resource is the copyright of Edwards. Jonathan: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language of material

  • English
  • Welsh

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Note

Citation: Jonathan Edwards Papers.

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Alma system control number

995160785402419

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Status

Final

Level of detail

Full

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Language(s)

  • English

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Sources

Archivist's note

Compiled by Rob Phillips (July 2024). The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Papers in the Jonathan Edwards Papers, UK Parliament website, BBC news website, Wikipedia website.

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