11 Facts About Sioned Williams

Sioned Williams is a Welsh politician and a Member of the Senedd for the South Wales West region since 2021.

Sioned Williams attended Aberystwyth University where she studied Welsh and English.

Sioned Williams was a journalist for BBC News Wales, and later worked at Academi Hywel Teifi in Swansea University, organising public events and community courses on Welsh history, culture and literature.

Sioned Williams' great uncle Dai Wil, was an agent for Aneurin Bevan in one of his early elections.

The majority of Sioned Williams' family were Labour Party supporters, other than her mother, who voted Plaid Cymru "to remind them that we're here".

Sioned Williams said that the miners' strike, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the campaign to establish S4C were all "certainly formative features of my youth".

Sioned Williams is the Plaid Cymru spokesperson for Social Justice and Early Years.

Sioned Williams is a member of the Senedd's committee for Equality and Social Justice, and is Chair of four Senedd Cross Party Groups: the Senedd Cross Party Group on Violence against Women and Children; the Senedd Cross Party Group on Human Rights; the Senedd Cross Party Group on Learning Disability and the Senedd Cross Party Group on Consumer Rights.

Sioned Williams previously served as Chair of Governors of Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pontardawe for five years, and then became governor of Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur.

Sioned Williams has worked for Plaid Cymru as head of strategic communications.

Sioned Williams has campaigned passionately on many matters of social justice and inequality since her election.