David Rees "Dai" Lloyd (born 2 December 1956 in

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) is a retired Welsh politician and GP. He was the

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for South Wales West from

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

and again between

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

. Lloyd was latterly Plaid Cymru's Shadow Secretary for Culture and Infrastructure, as well as being Chair of the Plaid Cymru Senedd Group and Chair of the Senedd Health, Social Care, and Sport Committee.

Education

Lloyd is a graduate of the

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, College of Medicine, Cardiff (1980).

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(1980) MRCGP (1989) Dip. Ther (1995). Awarded an Honorary Fellowship, FRCGP, by the Royal College of Physicians in 2001.

Professional career

Lloyd was a

general practitioner A general practitioner (GP) is a doctor who is a Consultant (medicine), consultant in general practice. GPs have distinct expertise and experience in providing whole person medical care, whilst managing the complexity, uncertainty and risk ass ...

by profession until retiring from practice in November 2019. He temporarily returned in April 2020 following the

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outbreak.

Political career

Lloyd began his political career in Swansea where he worked as a GP. In

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

he sought election for

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ward, hitherto regarded as a Labour stronghold. He made gains at the election, coming close to beating Labour. At a subsequent by-election, however, he was elected as a councillor. In

he held the seat and topped the poll. He was the Senedd Member for South Wales West from 1999 until 2011, when Plaid failed to win the second seat on the regional list. He served as Shadow Finance Minister for Plaid Cymru in the National Assembly. In

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, he unsuccessfully sought to regain his former seat in the

ward on Swansea Council. He was again unsuccessful at a by-election in 2015. He returned to the Senedd as a Member for South Wales West following the May 2016 election. He announced his decision to only stand in a constituency at the

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and not on the list, he stood and finished 3rd with 14.5% in Swansea West in doing so he qualified for a resettlement grant of £31,622 as he was an unsuccessful candidate, something he was criticised for during the campaign. He also received £41,815.44 when he was defeated in 2011.

References

External links

Profile of David Lloyd AM on the Plaid Cymru Website May 2007

Offices held

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, David 1956 births Living people Alumni of the University of Wales Plaid Cymru councillors Councillors in Wales Plaid Cymru members of the Senedd Wales AMs 1999–2003 Wales AMs 2003–2007 Wales AMs 2007–2011 Wales MSs 2016–2021 Welsh-speaking politicians People from Merionethshire People from Tywyn