Gwenda Thomas

Gwenda Thomas AM (born in Neath, 22 January 1942) is the Labour Assembly Member for Neath. Mrs Thomas was first elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 and re-elected in 2003, having almost doubled her majority. She is a fluent Welsh speaker. She is a member of the GMB Union.

She was re-elected as Welsh Labour's Assembly Member for Neath on 3 May 2007 for a third 4 year term in office, with a majority reduced from 4,946 to 1,944 - despite the actual number of votes for Labour only reducing by 398 votes from the 2003 Assembly election. In the 2011 Assembly election, Gwenda was re-elected again to the Neath seat, she increased her majority to 6,390; also incurring a 10% increase in the voting share from the previous 2007 election.