Karen Sinclair

British politician (born 1952)

Karen Sinclair

Member of the Welsh Assembly
for Clwyd South
In office
6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by| New Assembly
Succeeded by| Ken Skates
Personal details
Born|  (1952-11-20) 20 November 1952 (age 72)
Wrexham, Wales
Political party| Labour

Karen Sinclair (born 20 November 1952) is a Welsh Labour politician, who represented the constituency of Clwyd South from when the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999, until she stood down, in 2011. Born and brought up in Wrexham, north Wales, Sinclair has lived in Llangollen for over twenty years.

## Education and professional career

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Sinclair was educated at Grove Park Girls School, Wrexham. After working in the Youth service for fourteen years, she became a Care Manager with Wrexham Social Services for clients with learning disabilities. She is also a trained CAB adviser. Sinclair has been a school governor at Ysgol Dinas Brân and chair of the Youth Club Committee.

## Political career

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### Local Government

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Sinclair was a member of the former Glyndwr District council for seven years, preceding the local Government reorganisation and served on Denbighshire County Council. She chairs the URBAN II West Wrexham regeneration project monitoring committee and is a member of UNISON.

### National Assembly for Wales

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Sinclair contested the Clwyd South constituency in the First National Assembly for Wales elections, and won the seat with a majority of 3,685 against Plaid Cymru's Hywel Williams.[1] She served as Chief Whip for the in the first Morgan government. In 2003 this position was re-organised, and Sinclair also began to serve as Minister for Assembly Business. In September 2005, she was reshuffled out of these roles.

She was diagnosed with bone-marrow cancer in May 2008. In October 2009 she announced that she would step down from her Assembly seat at the next election in 2011.[2][3]

## References

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1. ^ "Election results for Clwyd South, 6 May 1999". business.senedd.wales. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
2. ^ "AM Sinclair to stand down after cancer". Walesonline. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
3. ^ "AM Karen Sinclair in cancer battle". NorthWalesLive. 21 May 2008.

## External links

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* Karen Sinclair AM Website
* Welsh Labour Party Website
* Website of the Welsh Assembly Government Archived 15 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
* Website of the National Assembly for Wales

## Offices held

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Senedd

Preceded by

(new post)

|  Assembly Member for Clwyd South
1999–2011  | Succeeded by

Ken Skates

Political offices
Preceded by

Andrew Davies

|  Chief Whip
2000–2003  | Succeeded by

(post reorganised)

Preceded by

Carwyn Jones

|  Minister for Assembly Business and Chief Whip
2003–2005  | Succeeded by

Jane Hutt

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