MEGAN LLOYD GEORGE Born in the seaside town of Criccieth on Cardigan Bay in 1902, Megan was exposed to politics from a very young age. Her father, David Lloyd George, was a brilliant man; a statesman, a Liberal Party politician, and the only Welsh Prime Minister our country has ever seen. It will come as no surprise that her upbringing was unique to say the least; from the age of 8 up until her 20th birthday she spent a lot of her time at Number 11 and Number 10, Downing Street. Megan accompanied her father to the Paris Peace Conference and was also at his side in his triumphal tour of Canada and the USA in 1923 after WW1. On the 30th of May 1929, she became the first-ever woman MP from Wales and won a seat for Anglesey. She was fierce, focused, and passionate about her country and her people. She gave inspired speeches on agriculture, unemployment, and women’s rights. Her fight for re-election was courageously won in both 1931 and ’35 as an Independent Liberal. The National Eisteddfod’s Gorsedd of Bards welcomed Lloyd George as a proud member in 1935. During the Second World War Megan became a beacon of hope on the Woman Power Committee. She fought relentlessly for awareness of the immense bravery and strength of women in the war. The men of the family would be praised and celebrated for their efforts while the women were told to reward their heroic husbands and keep looking after the children. Megan was the voice for silenced women across Great Britain. Across the 1940s and ‘50s Lloyd George campaigned for a Welsh Parliament and the creation of a Secretary of State for Wales. She boldly opposed the Liberal Party’s evident drift from her father’s vision of liberalism and subsequently stood down in 1952. Disillusioned by the Liberal Party, she was inspired by the ideals of Labour and defected to the Labour Party in 1955. During her years in politics, Megan served as the President of the powerful Parliament for Wales campaign. She travelled across the country giving speeches and holding conferences, from which she eventually presented a petition of more than 250,000 signatures for the cause. She also campaigned for issues like equal pay, gender bias and poor housing for women. Up until her final years she loyally served as a member of the Criccieth Town Council and died in Brynawelon, her childhood home. Megan Lloyd Webber was a fearless charismatic Welsh radical who never stopped fighting for Wales or its women, leading the way for women in politics.