Alun Hugh Cairns[1] (born 30 July 1970) is a Welsh Vale of Glamorgan.
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Background 1
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Professional career 2
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Political career 3
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National Assembly for Wales 4
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Controversy, resignation and reinstatement 5
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House of Commons 6
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References 7
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External links 8
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Offices held 9
Background
Brought up in Clydach near Swansea, he attended Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pontardawe and Ysgol Gyfun Ddwyieithog Ystalyfera and is a fluent Welsh speaker. Gained a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA), specialising in corporate location and inward investment.[2]
Professional career
Cairns has experience in the business sector, having worked for the Lloyds Bank Group as a Business Development Consultant before being elected to the National Assembly.[2]
Political career
His political interests include economic development and transport, and considerable experience within the Welsh Conservative Party. As a member of the assembly's economic development and audit committees, he criticised the Welsh Government over a range of issues from transport infrastructure, European regional aid, public spending, and the Welsh economy.
Cairns has also been a vocal opponent of the Scarweather Sands offshore wind farm development near Porthcawl and has long been an active member of the Conservative Party in South West Wales.
Cairns stood for Parliament in Vale of Glamorgan in July 2007.
National Assembly for Wales
First elected to the assembly as AM for South Wales West in 1999,[2] he was re-elected in 2003 and 2007 and served as the party's spokesman on economic development and transport for eight years. In the Third Assembly he held the education and lifelong learning portfolio and also chaired the Assembly's Finance Committee. On 11 July 2007 he became the Shadow Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills in the National Assembly for Wales.
On 14 June 2008 he resigned from his Shadow Cabinet position after making controversial remarks on BBC Radio Cymru. He was re-appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Local Government on 22 October 2008 after completion of a party investigation.[3]
Controversy, resignation and reinstatement
In March 2003, Alun Cairns faced an investigation by the National Assembly's standards committee following a complaint that he tried to alter his home address to add value to his property.This was untrue, and the Royal Mail confirmed they had made a mistake with the postcode. Cairns was cleared by National Assembly's standards committee.
In September 2008, Cairns admitted that he asked for a National Assembly rule to be "clarified" to determine whether he could claim expenses for a second home in Cardiff. A rule change introduced in late 2006 by the Assembly's House Committee allowed him to claim expenses related to a flat in Cardiff even though his main home was reclassified as being situated in the Vale of Glamorgan through no fault of his own.[4]
While taking part in
Offices held
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Alun Cairns AM official website
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Alun Cairns National Assembly for Wales profile
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Alun Carins MP, AM Conservative Party profile
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Alun Carins MP Welsh Conservative Party profile
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Alun Cairns AM Welsh Conservative Party profile
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Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
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Electoral history and profile at The Guardian
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Voting record at Public Whip
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Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
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Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
External links
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^ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/59418/notices/1118281/from=2010-05-06;to=2010-05-19;all=returned+westminster/
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^ a b c Alun Cairns "BBC News AMs profile". BBC. 12 May 1998. Retrieved 1 September 1999.
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^ a b "Greasy wops slur Tory is general election candidate".
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^ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/09/12/alun-cairns-admit-lobbying-over-expenses-on-bay-second-home-91466-21802680/
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^ "Tory candidate apologises for 'greasy wops' comment". The Guardian (London). 14 June 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
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^ http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/06/14/tory-resigns-over-greasy-wops-remark-91466-21075874
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^ "Tory suspended as party candidate".
References
Alun Cairns was elected as the MP for the Vale of Glamorgan in May 2010, taking the seat from Labour with a majority of more than 4,300.
House of Commons
[3] Cairns was reinstated as the parliamentary candidate and to the Shadow Cabinet on 22 October 2008 upon completion of the investigation.[7]
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