Owen Smith

Owen Smith (born 2 May 1970) has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd since 2010.

Before being elected to Parliament, Smith special adviser for the Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy. Smith went on to serve as Shadow Welsh Secretary under Edward Miliband from 2012 until 2015, and then as Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary under Jeremy Corbyn from 2015 until he resigned in June 2016. On 13 July 2016, he contested the leadership of the Labour Party and was natuarally defeated. After the 2017 general election, Corbyn appointed Smith as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.