Albert Owen (born 10 August 1959) is a Welsh politician, and member of Parliament for Ynys Mon for the Labour Party. He took the seat in the 2001 election from Plaid Cymru with a margin of exactly eight-hundred votes and retained the seat with an increased majority of approximately twelve-hundred votes in the 2005 election. He is a member of the Parliamentary Welsh Affairs Select Committee. This work is copyrighted. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English and Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area  - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² NUTS... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Anglesey or Anglesea (Welsh: Ynys Môn pronounced Uh-niss Mawn), is an island and county in north-west Wales. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... Plaid Cymru (literally meaning, Party of Wales) is a left-of-centre (describing itself as socialist and proud of it) Welsh nationalist party. ... Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ...

Career

Like most of Holyhead, his hometown, including the Labour MEP Glennys Kinnock, he attended the Holyhead County Comprehensive School. He left when he was sixteen for a career in the merchant navy, and was a seaman until 1992. In 1995, he became an advisor in the Citizens Advice Bureau, specialising in welfare rights, and from 1997 to 2001 he managed the J. E. O'Toole Centre in Holyhead a centre dedicated to the welfare, education and leisure of unemployed workers in Holyhead. In 1999, He unsuccessfully stood for the Labour party in the Welsh Assembly elections. A panoramic view of Holyhead taken from atop Holyhead Mountain, showing the harbours breakwater on the left Holyhead (Welsh: Caergybi, the fort of St. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... In most seafaring countries, the merchant marine (or merchant navy) is a fleet of ships used for commerce that sometimes complements the navy. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) is an operating name of The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, (and also the name by which it is principally known), a United Kingdom registered charity which is partially funded by public funding. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ...

In Parliament

Albert has rebelled against the Labour Party's political whip on certain occasions. Most notably:

• he voted against the government's Higher Education Funding Bill - 27th January, 2004
• he voted against the House of Lords amendment on foundation hospitals - 19th November, 2003
• he voted for an outright ban on hunting with dogs - 30th June, 2003
• he voted for an anti-war amendment during the Iraq crisis debate - 18th March, 2003

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External links

• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Albert Owen MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-6520,00.html)
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Albert Owen MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/albert_owen/ynys_mon)