Dafydd Llywelyn (politician)

Dafydd Llywelyn (born November 1976) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician. Since May 2016, he has served as the Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner.[1]

Dafydd Llywelyn
Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner
Assumed office
12 May 2016
Preceded byChristopher Salmon
Personal details
BornNovember 1976 (age 46)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
NationalityWelsh
Political partyPlaid Cymru

Career

Early career

Llywelyn started his working life as a procurement officer for SONY Manufacturing UK.[2] In 2001, he joined Dyfed–Powys Police as a management information officer.[3] He moved to the Criminal Investigation Department as an analyst in 2002, and was promoted to chief analyst in 2007.[3][2] In September 2014, he was appointed a lecturer and teaching fellow in criminology at Aberystwyth University.[4][5] This appointment came through the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (the Welsh National College) which aims to increase courses taught in the Welsh-language at universities in Wales.[5]

Political career
Dafydd Llywelyn placard in Saron, Llandysul, during the 2021 Elections.

In October 2015, it was announced that Llywelyn would be standing as the Plaid Cymru candidate for the Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) at the 2016 election.[4] On 6 May 2016, he was elected PCC with a total of 75,158 votes (52,469 in the 1st round, plus 22,689 in the 2nd).[6] The turnout was 49.1%,[1] a significant increase from the 15.7% turnout at the 2012 election.[7]

References
  1. "Police and crime commissioner wins for Plaid and Labour". Wales Election 2016. BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  2. "Dafydd Llywelyn". Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. "Dafydd Llywelyn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. "Llandysul criminology lecturer selected to contest PCC election". Carmarthen Journal. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  5. "Four new lecturers appointed at Aberystwyth University". Aberystwyth University. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. "Police and crime commissioner elections: Dyfed-Powys". Wales Election 2016. BBC News. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. Dalling, Robert (8 May 2016). "Plaid Cymru's Dafydd Llewelyn elected new Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner". Carmarthan Journal. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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