Sue Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister for Finance, Local Government and Public Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 8 May 2003 – 3 May 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Minister | Rhodri Morgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Edwina Hart[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Andrew Davies[b] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister for the Environment[c] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 22 February 2000 – 8 May 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Minister | Rhodri Morgan[d] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Carwyn Jones[e] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assembly Member for Cardiff North | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 6 May 1999 – 3 May 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Assembly established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Jonathan Morgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Majority | 540 (1.95%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader of Cardiff City Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 19 May 1994 – 1 April 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | John Phillips | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Council abolished[f] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Susan Linda Lines 29 August 1945 Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Richard Essex (m. 1967) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Leicester (BA Hons) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Signature | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Susan Linda Essex (née Lines; born 29 August 1945) is a British politician who served in the Welsh Assembly Government as Minister for the Environment from 2000 to 2003 and Minister for Finance, Local Government and Public Services from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party, she was Leader of Cardiff City Council from 1994 until its abolition in 1996 and Assembly Member (AM) for Cardiff North from 1999 until her retirement in 2007.
Brought up in Tottenham, she moved to South Wales in 1971.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha>
tags or {{efn}}
templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
template or {{notelist}}
template (see the help page).