Marc Phillips (born 8 December 1953[1]) is a Welsh charity manager and former Plaid Cymru politician.
Phillips was born in Cardiff and educated in Cyfarthfa and Merthyr Tydfil,[1][2] before working at the Urdd Gobaith Cymru, then the Dyfed Association of Voluntary Service and as Chief Executive of Tenovus.[2]
Phillips also became active in Plaid Cymru, standing in Llanelli at the 1992 and 1997 general elections,[1] taking third and then second place. He became Plaid's national vice-chair in 1993, serving for two years. During this period, he stood in the 1994 European election in Mid and West Wales,[1] achieving the party's best performance at the election.[3]
From 1996 until 2000, Phillips served as the Chair of Plaid Cymru,[2] and he also stood for the party in the new Wales constituency at the 1999 European election. He was third on the party list and was not elected.[4]
Phillips accepted a new job as the head of BBC Children in Need in Wales in 2002,[2] following which he withdrew from political activity.[5] However, he remained supportive of the party, was its nomination for the Executive Committee of the All Wales Convention in 2009,[2] and unsuccessfully applied to be its candidate in the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency at the 2010 general election.[6]
He is on the Board of Directors, of Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d The Times Guide to the House of Commons: 1997, p.181
- ^ a b c d e "Marc Phillips", All Wales Convention
- ^ Peter Catterall and Virginia Preston, Contemporary Britain: An Annual Review: 1995, p.434
- ^ "1999 Election Candidates[permanent dead link]", UK Office of the European Parliament
- ^ Paul Starling, "Phillips leaves Plaid in turmoil", Daily Mirror, 2 May 2002
- ^ Martin Shipton, "Young Plaid activist Jonathan Edwards will fight hard for a seat in Westminster", Western Mail, 28 November 2009
- ^ "Introducing the Board of Directors – Marc Phillips (Chair) | Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project". penycymoedd.vattenfall.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.