Mick Bates
Local party: Montgomeryshire Liberal Democrats
Assembly Member for Montgomeryshire
Constituency address: 3 Park Street, Newtown, Powys, SY16 1EE
Constituency phone: 01686 625 527
Constituency fax: 01686 628 891
Parliamentary address: National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF99 1NA
Parliamentary phone: 029 2089 8342
Parliamentary fax: 029 2082 1871
Parliamentary email: mick.bates@wales.gov.uk
Web site: http://www.mickbates.com
Other information:
Born 1947, Loughborough.
Career:
- Science Teacher (Humphrey Perkins Jn. High School, Barrow in Soar; Belvidere Secondary School, Shrewsbury) 1970-75
- Head of General Science, The Grove School, Market Drayton, 1975-77
- Farmer since 1977
- Chairman, Llanfair Caereinion Branch NFU 1983-85
- Chairman County Livestock Committee 1988-1991
- Instigated/chaired NFU County Public Affairs Committee since 1990
- NFU County Chairman 1991
- Produced and presented Radio Maldwyn farming programme 1994-5
- NFU elected delegate 1995
- Assembly Member for Montgomeryshire 1999-present
Political Interests:
- Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs.
Interests:
- Mick is keenly interested in sport and painting and loves listening to music, especially Bob Dylan.
Achievements:
- Started a farmers programme on local radio and a scheme for students to visit farms.
- Represented and campaigned for farmers locally and nationally.
- As a Liberal Democrat County Councillor Mick has instigated a successful community regeneration scheme which obtained Market Towns Initiative status.
Political Experience:
- Liberal Democrat County Councillor
- Welsh Lib Dem spokesperson for Agriculture and Rural Development 1999-01
- Welsh Lib Dem spokesperson for European Affairs 1999-01
- Welsh Lib Dem spokesperson for Environment, Planning and Transport 2000-01
- Welsh Lib Dem spokesperson for Education and Lifelong Learning 2001-03
- Welsh Lib Dem spokesperson for Equal Opportunities 2003-07
- Welsh Lib Dem spokesperson for Environment, Planning and the Countryside 2003-07
- Member of Environment, Planning and Countryside Committee 2003-07
- Member of the Audit Committee 2003-07
- Welsh Lib Dem spokesperson for Social Justice and Regeneration 2005-07
- Member of Social Justice and Regeneration Committee 2005-07
- Mid and West Wales Committee - Member 2003-06 and Chair 2006-07
- Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesperson for the Environment and Rural Affairs 2007-present
- Chair of Sustainability Committee 2007-present
- Member of Environmental Protection and Waste Management Committee 2007-present
- Member of the Rural Development Sub-Committee 2007-present
Other information:
- Caereinion High School PTA member 1986, Parent Governor 1988-94
- Vice Chairman Powys Eisteddfod Finance Committee 1989
- Promoter, Llanfair Caereinion Show Raffle, since 1991
- Governor, Caereinion Primary School, 1994-95
- Chairman Llanfair Town Forum, since 1995 - a successful community regeneration group