Hannah Blythyn MS (born 17 April 1979) is a Welsh politician who serving as Deputy Minister for Social Partnership since 2021. She was previously Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government from 2018 to 2021. A member of

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, she has been the

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(MS) for Delyn since

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Political career

Hannah Blythyn was selected as the

candidate for the Delyn

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of the

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. On 5 May 2016, she was elected a

; she had received 9,480 of the 23,159 votes cast (40.9%). On 6 May 2021 she retained the seat in the

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; she received 12,846 votes, 48.1% of the 26,443 votes cast. Blythyn is a former co-chair of LGBT Labour.

Personal life

Hannah Blythyn is a

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. She became one of the first three openly gay Members of the

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upon her election in 2016. She featured in the 2017 Pinc List of leading Welsh

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figures.

References

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