Bethan Jenkins [SEP] position held
Bethan Sayed
Bethan Sayed AM (née Jenkins, born 9 December 1981), is a Welsh politician, who has represented the South Wales West Region for Plaid Cymru as a Member of the National Assembly for Wales since 2007.
Early life and education.
Sayed was born in Aberdare, the daughter of poet Mike Jenkins. She grew up in Merthyr Tydfil, where both her parents were involved in the Anti-Apartheid Movement of the 1980s and early 1990s. Her brother is the Channel 4 News reporter Ciaran Jenkins
office of Jeremy Miles AM. Pontardawe is part of the South Wales West regional constituency served by Suzy Davies AM, Caroline Jones AM, Dai Lloyd AM and Bethan Jenkins AM.
Music and arts.
The Pontardawe Festival of world music and dance was held at a weekend in August each year from 1978 and there are also regular meetings of music groups such as the long-established Valley Folk Club, held on the first and third Friday of each month at the Ivy Bush Hotel. Many of the pubs in Pontardawe