Political history
Sam was elected to represent
the Fflint Wrecsam constituency at the 2026 Welsh Parliament elections. He was
previously elected to represent the North Wales region in the 2021 election and
stood for the Vale of Clwyd constituency in the 2016 election, where he secured
the biggest swing to the Conservative Party in Wales.
After the 2021 election, Sam
was appointment as the Conservative Party’s Shadow Minister for Local
Government in Wales. He was then appointed
the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Transport and Infrastructure in May
2025. After being re-elected to the Senedd in 2026, Sam has been appointed the
Conservative Party’s Shadow Minister for Finance, Education and Families.
Sam was elected as Chair of the
Finance Committee in 2026. Sam is also currently a member of the Early Years,
Children, Young People and Education Committee. He also laid a Member Bill on Outdoor
Education in November 2023, which would have guaranteed every child in Wales a
residential outdoor education trip away from home at some point during their
education.
Prior to his election, Sam was
the Leader of Conwy County Borough Council between 2019 and 2021. He worked as
a Credit Risk Manager for HSBC between 2009 and 2019.
Sam was first elected to both
Conwy County Borough and Abergele Town Councils in 2008, and stood down at the
2022 Local Government Elections. He served
as Abergele’s youngest ever Mayor between 2015 and 2016.
