Margrit Williams

Margrit Williams
Parliamentary Candidate for Blaenau Gwent

Margrit's Experience

Margrit contested Blaenau Gwent for the Conservatives in 1997. In 2001 she was involved in the Parliamentary Campaign in Blaenau Gwent again as her husband was the Conservative Candidate.

She was a councillor in Wandsworth from 1990 - 1994, holding the posts of Vice-Chairman Policy and Finance Committee and Deputy Chairman Technical Services Committee; European Parliamentary Candidate for Wales in 2004. She has held various voluntary posts within the Conservative Party, including ward and association treasurer.

About Margrit

Margrit was born in 1964. She was educated at Southend High School for Girls and Queens School, Rheindahlen, a British Forces School in Germany. She has a degree in Economics and passed the exams to become a Member of the Society of Financial Planners (MSFA). She is married to Huw, with two children aged 8 and 5; her father-in-law came from Tredegar.

In her spare time she enjoys swimming, playing hockey, watching occasional games of rugby and travelling.

She currently works as Researcher and Caseworker for Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP, former Foreign Secretary. She also assisted him in his work as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and in preparing his Private Members Bill on the subject of saving. Previous occupations include Marketing Director, Economist Group; Investment Strategist, Jardine Fleming; Senior Marketing Manager, American Express; Financial Adviser, Ernst and Young Private Clients.