People of the Senedd

Sioned Williams MS

Sioned Williams MS

Senedd Regional Member

Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru Group

South Wales West

My Senedd Activities

How is the Government ensuring that it increases the number of Welsh speakers?

Tabled on 04/12/2024

To propose that the Senedd: 1. Notes: a) Israel’s disproportionate response to Hamas’s horrific attacks of 7 October 2023, which has resulted in tens of thousands of civilian deaths in...

For debate on 02/12/2024

Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the development of a co-produced communities policy as agreed by the third sector partnership council, as part of the COVID recovery sub-gr...

Tabled on 29/11/2024

How is the Government supporting the higher education sector in Wales?

Tabled on 27/11/2024

How is the Welsh Government protecting the oral and dental health of residents in South Wales West?

Tabled on 21/11/2024

This Senedd: 1. Notes that: a) according to Age UK, 540,000 pensioners across Wales could lose out due to the UK Government's decision to cut winter fuel payments for people not on pen...

For debate on 20/11/2024

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Biography

Personal history

Sioned Williams grew up in the Gwent valleys and was educated at Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbrân and Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni. She lives in Alltwen, in the Swansea Valley with her husband Daniel and their two teenage children. Sioned is fluent in Welsh. After graduating in Welsh and English from Aberystwyth University, she was awarded the S4C T.Glynne Davies Scholarship to study for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism at Cardiff University.

Professional background

Sioned was a journalist with BBC Wales before going to work for Swansea University as Welsh Language Policy Officer and then as Communications and Development Manager at Academi Hywel Teifi. As part of her work at the University, she helped establish and co-managed Tŷ’r Gwrhyd, the Swansea Valley’s Welsh language centre. She has also worked for Plaid Cymru as Head of Strategic Communications. Sioned is a well-known reviewer and commentator on broadcasting and the arts for Welsh broadcast and print media and has adjudicated the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize at the National Eisteddfod and the Crown competition at the Urdd National Eisteddfod. She is a former Board member and Chair of the Bursaries Panel at Literature Wales.

Political history

Sioned was Community Councillor for Alltwen and Chair of Cilybebyll Community Council  before being elected as Member of the Senedd for South Wales West in the 2021 Election.

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Terms of office

  1. 08/05/2021 -

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