Gwenllian Lansdown

Gwenllian Lansdown-Davies
Personal details
Born	1979 St Asaph, Wales
Political party	Plaid Cymru

Gwenllian Lansdown-Davies (born 1979) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician, a former County Councillor for Riverside, and Chief Executive of Plaid Cymru between 2007 and 2011.

Background

Lansdown-Davies was born in St Asaph and educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford (where she was an exhibitioner, between 1997 and 2001; there she obtained a BA Hons in Modern Languages). She later studied at Cardiff University (MSc Econ and PhD in Political Theory). She worked as a tutor in Politics during research for her PhD.

Political career

Vice-President of Union whilst at College and Chair of Plaid Cymru Student Federation in 2003, Lansdown's political interests include community development, international relations and the environment.

Lansdown was a County Borough Councillor, serving the Riverside Electoral Division on Cardiff County Council and was elected on 10 June 2004. The Riverside electoral division has an electorate of 9,513 (1 December 2005) and has 3 seats. She stood as number 3 on the Plaid Cymru regional list for South Wales Central at the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007.

Lansdown was Chief Executive of Plaid Cymru between September 2007, replacing Dr Dafydd Trystan, and June 2011, when Rhuanedd Richards was appointed to the role. She resigned as Chief Executive of Plaid Cymru and as County Councillor for Riverside in order to move to Montgomeryshire with her new husband.

She has since taken up the position of Assistant Editor for the Welsh-language academic journal, Gwerddon.

References

Party political offices
Preceded by John Dixon	Chair of Plaid Cymru 2009–2010	Succeeded by Ellen ap Gwynn
Preceded by Dafydd Trystan	Chief Executive of Plaid Cymru 2007–2011	Succeeded by Rhuanedd Richards