Key interests and
achievements
Lynne is passionate about
suicide prevention and children and young people’s mental health. Lynne has
taken those concerns into Government both as deputy minister for mental health
and wellbeing and Cabinet Secretary for Education.
Personal history
Lynne Neagle was born in
Merthyr Tydfil in 1968 and was educated at Cyfarthfa High School, then Reading
University, where she studied French and Italian.
Professional background
Before her election to the then
National Assembly in 1999, Lynne held a number of posts within the voluntary
sector in Wales, working for organisations such as Shelter Cymru, Mind and the
CAB. She was Carers Development Officer with Voluntary Action Cardiff and also
worked as a researcher for Glenys Kinnock MEP.
Political history
In March 2024, Lynne was
appointed Cabinet Secretary for Education, and in 11 September 2024 was
re-appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Education.
At the start of the Sixth
Senedd, Lynne was appointed deputy minister for mental health and wellbeing.
In the Fifth Senedd, Lynne was
chair of the Senedd’s Children, Young People and Education Committee, and a
member of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. Lynne was also chair of
the Cross Party Group on Dementia and during the Fifth Senedd, Lynne set up and
chaired the Cross Party Group on Suicide Prevention until becoming a deputy
health minister at the start of the Sixth Senedd.
Prior to that Lynne was a
long-serving chair of the Labour Group in the National Assembly until 2008. Her
political interests include health, housing, social services, Europe and the
future of the valleys in south Wales.
