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Hywel Williams

Plaid Cymru Arfon M
Hywel Williams is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Plaid Cymru MP for Arfon, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £0 / £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

2010-05-062024-05-30
Arfon
2001-06-072010-05-06
Caernarfon

Party history

2001-06-072024-05-30
Plaid Cymru

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2020-07-212024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Defence)
2020-07-212024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (International Development)
2020-07-212024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)
2020-07-212024-05-30
Shadow PC Chief Whip
2017-06-012020-07-21
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Brexit)
2017-06-012024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
2017-06-012024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (International Trade)
2015-10-122017-06-01
Plaid Cymru Westminster Leader
2015-05-082017-06-01
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Defence)
2015-05-082017-06-01
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)
2015-05-082017-06-01
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Europe)
2010-06-182013-03-18
Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
2005-06-102015-03-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Education)
2005-05-102006-05-10
Shadow Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)
2004-05-102017-06-01
Shadow PC Spokesperson (International Development)
2001-05-102024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
2001-05-102015-03-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Health)

Committee memberships

2014-01-062014-03-10
Welsh Affairs Committee
2004-01-262010-05-06
Welsh Affairs Committee
2004-07-202005-07-11
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
2005-05-242015-09-17
Panel of Chairs
2020-05-202021-10-15
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art Chair +£15,928/yr
2017-12-122019-11-06
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2015-07-012017-05-03
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2010-11-182015-03-30
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2012-02-272014-10-20
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
2017-09-112019-11-06
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
2021-05-122021-06-24
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
2021-09-072021-11-02
Health and Care Bill
2022-01-182024-05-30
Welsh Grand Committee
2023-02-222023-03-01
Powers of Attorney Bill
2023-11-292023-12-12
Media Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

No contact details recorded.

APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 10 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Banning Trophy Hunting
Subject Group
Vice Chair 12 2024-11-01
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Catalonia
Country Group
Chair & Registered Contact 4 2025-05-14
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

No written questions tabled in 2026.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are MPs who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

6 bills 6 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Jet Skis (Licensing) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2020-11-10
Cold Weather Payments Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2018-10-16
Bilingual Juries (Wales) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2010-03-01
Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2010-03-01
Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2009-04-01
Bilingual Juries (Wales) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2007-01-16
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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