Angela Burns is a British businesswoman and politician who was elected as Conservative member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire to the National Assembly for Wales in May 2007. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ... Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. ... The National Assembly for Wales (NAW or NAfW) (Welsh: ) is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. ...
Burns was from an English family and brought up in several foreign countries. She went into business after leaving school, working for companies such as Waitrose, Thorn EMI and Asda and becoming a Director of some other companies. She later moved to Pembrokeshire with her husband and became active in politics. This article is about the English as an ethnic group and nation. ... Waitrose is a British supermarket chain owned by the John Lewis Partnership, with 184 branches (November 2006). ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries. ... ASDA is a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom offering food, clothing and general merchandise products. ... Pembrokeshire (Welsh: ) is a county in the southwest of Wales in the United Kingdom. ...
She defeated the sitting Labour Party member Christine Gwyther by only 98 votes, and Plaid Cymru's John Dixon by 250 votes, in a very close three way contest in the 2007 Assembly election. The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... Christine Gwyther (born in Pembroke Dock in 1959) is a Welsh Labour politician currently a member of the National Assembly for Wales for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire. ... Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales (pronounced IPA: ; Plaid) is a political party in Wales. ... The 2007 National Assembly for Wales election was the third general election to the National Assembly for Wales and took place on Thursday 3 May, the same day as local elections in England and Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament election. ...
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