11 Facts About Janice Gregory

Janice Gregory is a Welsh Labour politician, who represented the constituency of Ogmore from the time the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999 to the election of 2016.

Janice Gregory was educated at Bridgend Grammar School for Girls and worked as Constituency Secretary to her father from 1991, while being active in the local Constituency Labour Party in which she was Women's Officer and Chair of the Ogmore Women's Forum.

In 1999 Janice Gregory was selected as Labour candidate for the Ogmore constituency, the same constituency as her father, for the 1999 Welsh assembly election.

Janice Gregory easily picked up the seat and was appointed as a Labour group whip in the Assembly.

Together with three other whips, Janice Gregory resigned this position in February 2000 after Alun Michael resigned as First Minister.

Janice Gregory rebelled against the Labour administration in June 2000 when she voted in favour of a building a landmark headquarters building for the Assembly.

Janice Gregory called on former cabinet minister Ron Davies to resign when it was revealed he had applied for jobs outside politics without informing the Labour leadership.

When her father suddenly died in December 2001, Janice Gregory immediately declined to seek selection to follow him.

Janice Gregory was re-elected at the 2011 Welsh Assembly election with a further increased majority.

Janice Gregory announced her intent to stand down at the 2016 Welsh Assembly election in 2015.

Janice Gregory in turn took his previous role as Labour's campaign co-ordinator for the 2016 Assembly election.