Dawn Bowden

Dawn Bowden
Official portrait, 2024
Minister for Children and Social Care[a]
Assumed office
21 March 2024
First MinisterVaughan Gething
Eluned Morgan
Preceded byHuw Irranca-Davies
Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
In office
13 May 2021 – 20 March 2024
First MinisterMark Drakeford
Preceded byThe Lord Elis-Thomas
Succeeded byOffice vacant
Welsh Government Chief Whip
In office
13 May 2021 – 2 May 2023
First MinisterMark Drakeford
Preceded byJane Hutt
Succeeded byJane Hutt
Member of the Senedd
for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Assumed office
6 May 2016
Preceded byHuw Lewis
Majority9,311 (44%)
Personal details
Born
Dawn Alison Louise Bowden

(1960-02-14) 14 February 1960 (age 64)
Bristol, England
Political partyWelsh Labour
SpouseMartin Eaglestone
ChildrenTwo
EducationSt Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
Soundwell Technical College

Dawn Alison Louise Bowden (born 14 February 1960) is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist serving as Minister for Children and Social Care[a] since 2024.[1] She previously served as Chief Whip of the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2023 and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport (later also Tourism) from 2021 to 2024. Bowden has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney since 2016.[2]


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  1. ^ "First Minister Vaughan Gething announces new Welsh Government Cabinet | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney". Wales Election 2016. BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.