Delyth Jewell

Delyth Non Jewell (born 1988) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician. She is a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales East region. She is also the current Deputy Leader of Plaid Cymru.

Delyth Jewell MS
Jewell in 2019
Deputy Leader of Plaid Cymru
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 June 2023
Leader	Rhun ap Iorwerth
Preceded by	Siân Gwenllian
Member of the Senedd for South Wales East
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 February 2019 (2019-02-08)[1]
Preceded by	Steffan Lewis
Personal details
Born	1988 (age 36–37) Caerphilly, Wales[2]
Political party	Plaid Cymru
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Occupation	Charity worker

Early life

Jewell was born in Caerphilly and grew up in Ystrad Mynach, and attended Ysgol Bro Allta and Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni.^[3] She graduated from the University of Oxford with a BA in English Language and Literature, and an MA in Celtic Studies.^[3] In 2007, she was president of the Dafydd ap Gwilym Society, the university's Welsh-language society.^[4]

Career

Jewell spent five and a half years as a researcher and speechwriter for Plaid's Members of Parliament, and took part in new laws against stalking in 2012 and domestic violence in 2015.^[5] She also worked for Citizens Advice and Welsh Water,^[5] as well as for the charity ActionAid on matters of women's rights and international development.^[6] Two days before entering the Senedd, she wrote an article for The Independent in which she highlighted the abuse and harassment of female politicians.^[7]

Senedd

Jewell was second on the party list in the South Wales East region in the 2016 Welsh election, from which only Steffan Lewis was elected. After Lewis died on 11 January 2019, Jewell succeeded him into the Senedd on 16 January 2019.^[6] She was sworn into office on 8 February 2019.^[8]

In the 2026 Senedd election, she will be a candidate in the Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni constituency.^[9]