Sue Essex

Sue Essex
Official portrait, c. 2011
Minister for Finance, Local Government and Public Services
In office
8 May 2003 – 3 May 2007
First MinisterRhodri Morgan
Preceded byEdwina Hart[a]
Succeeded byAndrew Davies[b]
Minister for the Environment[c]
In office
22 February 2000 – 8 May 2003
First MinisterRhodri Morgan[d]
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byCarwyn Jones[e]
Assembly Member for Cardiff North
In office
6 May 1999 – 3 May 2007
Preceded byAssembly established
Succeeded byJonathan Morgan
Majority540 (1.95%)
Leader of Cardiff City Council
In office
19 May 1994 – 1 April 1996
Preceded byJohn Phillips
Succeeded byCouncil abolished[f]
Other political offices
1983‍–‍1998
Member of Cardiff County Council for Riverside
In office
4 May 1995 – 6 May 1999
Serving with R. Brown and J. Singh
Preceded byCouncil established
Succeeded byP. Mitchell[g]
Deputy Leader of Cardiff City Council
In office
c. July 1991 – 19 May 1994
LeaderJohn Phillips
Succeeded byPaul Morris
Chair of the Planning Committee of Cardiff City Council
In office
11 May 1987 – 19 May 1994
Member of Cardiff City Council for Riverside
In office
5 May 1983 – 1 April 1996
Serving with R. Brown and Jane Davidson[h]
Preceded byA. Verma[i]
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
Personal details
Born
Susan Linda Lines

(1945-08-29) 29 August 1945 (age 79)
Derbyshire, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Richard Essex
(m. 1967)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Leicester (BA Hons)
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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.


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