Jenny Randerson has just announced that she will not be standing again as the Assembly Member for Cardiff Central in May 2011. This is her statement in full:
I have this weekend informed my local party executive that I do not intend to seek re-election in the Assembly Elections next May.
This has not been an easy decision to make but after 12 years as AM for Cardiff Central, I believe it will be time to move on and find new challenges.
While I made this decision some months ago, I felt it was important to get the General election out of the way before making this announcement to allow my local party to focus completely on the job at hand.
I am delighted that I am making this announcement just days after we entered Government at a UK level with a strong reforming and liberal agenda.
The Lib Dems entering UK government is something that I have been fighting for, for decades and I’m really pleased to be starting the process of handing over the baton with a feeling of “job done.”
I do not intend to retire from politics completely and believe I have more to contribute however I also plan to have more time to spend with my young granddaughter and the rest of my family.
It has been, and continues to be, a huge privilege to represent Cardiff Central. It would be hard to find a more diverse and vibrant place to live and represent. I have been an AM throughout the development of the Assembly and I have enjoyed helping to develop it as an institution.
I have been lucky enough to have one of the most rewarding jobs imaginable and I continue to enjoy every single day of it.
Enormous thanks must go to the Cardiff Central team of Lib Dem activists and to my staff who have worked hard to support me. I give my promise to my constituents that I will continue to work as hard as ever on their behalf in the remaining year of my term as an AM.
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Class act.
Jenny is high calibre politician and has great professionalism and I am sure will contiue to play an active role as Wales continues to need such good and class politicians.
A particular vintage of woman who does so much and works so hard for constituents and causes and that’s why people voted in and surprised many commentators in 1999 . Jenny is one of the major reasons Cardiff has become Lib Dem territory.