Nick Thomas is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru

' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...

. Nick Thomas stood for the Bridgend

Bridgend (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Bridgend is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven...

 constituency in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007

National Assembly for Wales election, 2007

The 2007 National Assembly election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. It was the third general election. On the same day local elections in England and Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament election took place...

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Nick Thomas was born in Bridgend and now lives in Porthcawl

Porthcawl

Porthcawl is a town on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, 25 miles west of the capital city, Cardiff and 19 miles southeast of Swansea...

. Having attended Bridgend Technical College, Nick Thomas achieved an OND in Technology.

He is currently an IT Contractor, having worked in the information technology

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

 sector for many years. Formerly Vice Chair of the London Branch of Plaid Cymru, Nick's political interests include education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

 and small businesses.

In his spare time Nick enjoys watching football and reading, particularly books on history

History

History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...

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Sources

• Plaid Cymru Website http://www.plaidcymru.org/content.php?nID=359;lID=1