Leanne Wood was born on 13 December 1971 and is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from March 2012 to September 2018, and served as a Member of the Senedd from 2003 to 2021.
31 Facts About Leanne Wood
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Leanne Wood lost her seat to Welsh Labour at the 2021 Senedd election.
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Ideologically, Wood identifies as a socialist, republican and proponent of Welsh independence.
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Leanne Wood was the first female leader of Plaid Cymru and the first to learn Welsh as an adult, rather than being brought up speaking Welsh.
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Leanne Wood was born in Llwynypia Hospital on 13 December 1971, the daughter of Jeff and Avril Leanne Wood.
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Leanne Wood was brought up and still lives in the nearby village of Penygraig.
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Leanne Wood was educated at Tonypandy Comprehensive School, and the University of Glamorgan.
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From 1997 to 2000, Leanne Wood worked with the Mid Glamorgan Probation Service as a probation officer.
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Leanne Wood worked as a support worker for Cwm Cynon Women's Aid from 2001 to 2002, where she has been Chair since 2001.
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Leanne Wood lectured in social policy at Cardiff University from 2000, until her election to the National Assembly for Wales in 2003.
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Leanne Wood unsuccessfully stood in both the 1997 and 2001 elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a candidate in the Rhondda constituency.
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Leanne Wood was Chair of Cardiff Stop the War Coalition from 2003 to 2004.
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Leanne Wood was then elected as a Member of the National Assembly for Wales in the election of 1 May 2003, representing the South Wales Central region for Plaid.
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Leanne Wood was the party's Shadow Social Justice Minister between 2003 and 2007.
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Lord Elis-Thomas, a fellow Plaid Cymru AM and the Presiding Officer, asked Leanne Wood to withdraw the remark on the grounds of discourtesy.
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Leanne Wood became Plaid Cymru's sustainability spokesperson from the formation of the One Wales government, a coalition between Labour and Plaid Cymru in July 2007, remaining in the role until the end of Assembly's term in 2011.
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Leanne Wood is Chair of the PCS Cross-Party Group in the Welsh Assembly.
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Leanne Wood lost her Rhondda seat to Labour's Buffy Williams at the 2021 Senedd election.
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Between 2009 and 2011, Leanne Wood led the exposure of excesses at the Wales Audit Office, while under the control of Jeremy Colman, Auditor General for Wales.
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Leanne Wood was arrested on 8 January 2007 for protesting against the UK's Trident nuclear missile programme at Faslane naval base in Scotland.
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Leanne Wood said, "I don't trust the Tories on anything, so I'm afraid I can't take the Prime Minister's word on this".
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Leanne Wood's statement was criticised by the Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies as "beyond childish".
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Leanne Wood was elected leader of Plaid Cymru on 15 March 2012, defeating Elin Jones and Dafydd Elis Thomas.
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In June 2012, discussing the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Leanne Wood addressed the concept of 'Britishness'.
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Leanne Wood explained that feeling British was not dependent on a British state.
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Leanne Wood said she was sure Wales would be an independent sovereign state within a generation, and would exist within a "Neighbourhood of Nations", following the break-up of the United Kingdom.
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Leanne Wood was one of seven party leaders who took part in a televised debate ahead of the 2015 general election.
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In February 2016, Leanne Wood was one of the main UK political leaders to take part in an anti-Trident rally in London.
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Leanne Wood said the money would be far better spent on new and improved public facilities, such as hospitals and schools.
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Leanne Wood told BBC News that she and Adam Price haven't been friends since he challenged her leadership in 2018.
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Leanne Wood said she had opposed his signature policy of a second referendum on EU membership.