Llinos Medi

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| name = Llinos Medi

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}

| image = Official portrait of Llinos Medi MP crop 2.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| office = Member of Parliament
for Ynys Môn

| term_start = 4 July 2024

| term_end =

| predecessor = Virginia Crosbie

| successor =

| majority = 637 (2.0%)

| office2 = Leader of Isle of Anglesey County Council

| term_start2 = 23 May 2017

| term_end2 = 9 July 2024

| predecessor2 = Ieuan Williams

| successor2 = Gary Pritchard

| office3 = Member of Isle of Anglesey County Council
for Talybolion

| term_start3 = 2 May 2013

| term_end3 = September 2024

| predecessor3 =

| successor3 = Kenneth Hughes

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| birth_date = {{Circa}} {{birth year and age|1981}}

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| party = Plaid Cymru

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| children = 2

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Llinos Medi Huws{{Cite Hansard |title=Members Sworn |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |house=House of Commons |date=10 July 2024 |volume=752 |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-07-10/debates/3D219687-E412-4D22-890A-AA2887A23F99/MembersSworn}} (born {{circa|1981}}){{cite news |last1=Wyn-Williams |first1=Gareth |title=Plaid Cymru choose leader on Anglesey Council |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/plaid-cymru-choose-leader-anglesey-9032078www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/18297297.anglesey-council-leader-llinos-makes-list-100-welsh-women-international-womens-day-2020/ |website=North Wales Live |date=13 April 2015 |access-date=5 July 2024}} is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn since 2024. She previously served as leader of the Isle of Anglesey County Council from 2017 to 2024. A councillor for Talybolion ward, she was first elected to the local authority in 2013,{{cite web |title=Councillor Llinos Medi Huws |url=https://democracy.anglesey.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=304&LLL=0 |website=Isle of Anglesey County Council |access-date=18 October 2020}} and became leader of the Plaid Cymru group in 2015.

Early career

When Medi was 16 she went to do a Social Care course, and then started working in a care home when she was 18.{{Cite news |last=Gallacher |first=Joanne |date=25 July 2024 |title=Meet Llinos Medi, the new Plaid Cymru MP for Ynys Mon |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2024-07-25/meet-llinos-medi-the-new-plaid-cymru-mp-for-ynys-mon |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=ITV News}} She then went on to supporting the use of the Welsh language in schools and Young Farmer organisations.{{cite web |last1=Wyn Jones |first1=Tony |title=Tony Wyn Jones interviews the first ever female Leader of Anglesey Councty Council, Llinos Medi Huws |url=https://www.mixcloud.com/MonFM/tony-wyn-jones-interviews-the-first-ever-female-leader-of-anglesey-councty-council-llinos-medi-huws/ |website=MonFM |access-date=18 October 2020}} She has also been a teaching assistant, eggs seller and milk recording on farms.{{Cite web |title=Budget Responsibility Bill - Volume 752: debated on Tuesday 30 July 2024 |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-07-30/debates/D06173A9-48EC-4D52-B19F-3B220E128EF9/BudgetResponsibilityBill?highlight=medi#contribution-5CA3D507-004F-4A9E-926A-E27214AD5380 |access-date=31 July 2024 |website=Hansard - The House of Commons}}

Political career

In April 2015, Medi became the leader of the Plaid Cymru group (and the official opposition) on the Isle of Anglesey County Council. On 23 May 2017, Medi became the first woman to lead Anglesey County Council and was among the youngest council leaders in the United Kingdom at the age of 35.{{Cite news |date=2017-05-11 |title=Plaid puts forward sole candidate for Anglesey council leader |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-39888280 |access-date=2024-06-25 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} She succeeded the independent councillor Ieuan Williams as council leader. She led a coalition of 21 Plaid Cymru and independent councillors.{{cite web |last1=Wyn-Williams |first1=Gareth |title=Anglesey Council to be led by woman for first time |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/anglesey-council-led-woman-first-13023491 |website=The Daily Post |date=12 May 2017 |access-date=14 October 2020}} She was also the social services portfolio holder.

On 21 September 2023, she announced her intention to stand for nomination as Plaid Cymru candidate for Ynys Môn in the 2024 general election.{{Cite web |last=Mansfield |first=Mark |date=2023-09-21 |title=Llinos Medi seeks nomination as Plaid Cymru candidate for Ynys Môn at next general election. |url=https://nation.cymru/news/llinos-medi-seeks-nomination-as-plaid-cymru-candidate-for-ynys-mon-at-next-general-election/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}

On 5 July 2024, Medi was elected as MP for Ynys Môn, winning with 10,590 votes and 32.5% of the vote share, narrowly beating the former MP Virginia Crosbie by 637 votes.{{Cite news |last=Crump |first=Eryl |title=What Ynys Môn's new Plaid MP had to say after she narrowly beat Tory rival to take island seat |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/what-ynys-mns-new-plaid-29481676 |website=Dailypost.co.uk |date=2024-07-05 |access-date=2024-07-06 |language=en-GB}} Medi later stood down as a councillor.{{cite web |title=Council by-election in Talybolion ward |url=https://www.monfm.co.uk/information/local/council-by-election-in-talybolion-ward/ |website=Mon FM |access-date=27 September 2024}}

In October 2024, she was elected as a member of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee.{{Cite web |title=Welsh Affairs Committee - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/162/welsh-affairs-committee/membership/ |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=committees.parliament.uk |language=en}}

Political views

Her personal priorities are the economy, health and wellbeing of the citizens of North Wales.{{cite web |title=Llinos Medi - county councillor and leader Ynys Mon county council |url=http://www.100welshwomen.wales/100-women/llinos-medi/ |website=100 Welsh Women |access-date=14 October 2020}}

She believes that rules on political donations need to be stricter.{{Cite news |date=2024-03-23 |title=Tighten rules on political donations, says Plaid Cymru |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-68638319 |access-date=2024-06-25 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

Awards

Medi was added to the list of 100 Welsh Women who have made a significant and lasting impact within their fields of expertise compiled by the Women's Equality Network in 2020.{{cite web |last1=Canty |first1=Terry |title=Anglesey Council leader Llinos makes a list of 100 Welsh women for International Women's Day 2020 |url=https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/18297297.anglesey-council-leader-llinos-makes-list-100-welsh-women-international-womens-day-2020/ |website=North Wales Chronicle |date=11 March 2020 |access-date=14 October 2020}}

Personal life

She is a farmer's daughter. She married, later divorced and has two children, Elliw and Twm. In 2015 she and her children became homeless and she talked about this in her maiden speech as the new MP for Ynys Môn.