Contact Mark

Mark Tami has a fully staffed office in Alyn & Deeside, which is open to the public on Monday to Friday, from 9am until 5pm.

There are several ways to contact Mark for help or advice:

You can write to Mark at the following addresses:-

Office
Mark Tami MP
Deeside Enterprise Centre
Rowleys Drive
Shotton
Flintshire
CH5 1PP

House of Commons
Mark Tami MP
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA

Email
tamim@parliament.uk

Telephone
01244 819 854

Fax
01244 823 548

If you would like to see Mark personally, or if there is something you want to talk to me about, please contact the office for details of forthcoming surgeries or to request an appointment.

Alyn & Deeside

The North-East Wales constituency of Alyn & Deeside is situated just over the border from Chester and has strong connections to the North-West, particularly Merseyside. Like much of North East Wales, Alyn & Deeside is heavily dependent on manufacturing for employment.
Since 1980, and the massive redundancies that took place at Shotton Steelworks, the community and policy makers of North East Wales have been striving for a strong and stable economy and massive strides in Industrial Development and expansion have been made.

A major component in the reconstruction has been the creation of Deeside Industrial Park, which Mark’s predecessor Lord Barry Jones played an instrumental role. The industrial park is the biggest of its kind in Europe and is a pivotal part in Deeside’s function as a motor for the entire economy of North Wales, Cheshire, the Wirral and Merseyside.

The Broughton Airbus plant employs about 4,000 people and is the site where Airbus wings are manufactured, including those for the forthcoming A380 superjumbo.

BAE Systems in Broughton is a key factor in the continued development of North Wales. The introduction of the A380 - the so called super jumbo that will be the world’s largest passenger aircraft - will cement Airbus’s position as a world leader in its market.

Europe’s largest construction project, the vast factory being built to accommodate the world’s biggest aeroplane wings.

The new hangar in which the wings for the A380 will be built is currently under construction. It is the largest commercial building project in the UK, and Airbus is spending more that £1 million a week on it. The completed building, which will be open in May 2003, will contain more than 14,000 tonnes of steel all produced and supplied by Corus.

Deeside College serves the entire community of North East Wales and Cheshire. It is currently assisting in the training of 100 Airbus apprentices.

However, the constituency is not just renowned for its manufacturing nature. There is a rich cultural vein throughout North Wales and since the early eighties vast amounts of money have been invested into sporting excellence in Alyn & Deeside.

Broughton Shopping Park is the biggest retail park in North Wales. In its first week it attracted more than three million shoppers.

Deeside now boasts an ice rink of Olympic standards and has a record of producing prospective Olympic stars, most recently in the form of Marika Humphreys and her husband Vitaliy Baranov who came 15th in the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Deeside College also has a first-class athletics arena and is home to the Connah’s Quay Nomads Football Club. Connah’s Quay Nomads, has in the past few years moved to a new ground and expanded to include youth teams across the age spectrum. Under the guidance of manager Nev Powell, the Nomads got off to a fantastic start last season in the League of Wales. The constituency can boast of world famous home grown stars, most notably Liverpool and England striker Michael Owen and Newcastle and Wales mid-fielder Gary Speed. Both Premier League players cut their teeth playing for Deeside Primary Schools.

Deeside Athletics Association continues to produce high-class athletes, training and competing at the outdoors Deeside Stadium. The area looks set to go on nurturing future athletic and field stars as approval has been granted to give the go ahead for a new indoor stadium.

The village of Hawarden is where former Liberal Prime Minister Gladstone retired to. Pictured is the entrance to Hawarden Castle, where he lived.

"North East Wales has much to offer and a good story to tell, but companies will continue to invest in Wales only if we make them aware of the opportunities and benefits there. Importantly, politicians have a major job to do in that respect. We have to paint a positive picture of Wales. We must not denigrate it or portray it as a place to Victorian-era misery and depression, It is not like that, and we have a positive story to tell."

About Mark

Mark was elected to Parliament in June 2001 with 52 per cent of the vote. He subsequently held Alyn and Deeside at the 2005 General Election when an unprecedented number of candidates stood for the seat. In total there were eight hopefuls, with Mark taking just under 49 per cent of the vote.

Before entering Westminster Mark was Head of Policy at the Amalgamated Electrical Engineers Union, where he worked closely with union officials in securing additional work for the Broughton Airbus plant.

Born on 3 October 1962, mark was educated at Enfield Grammar School and is a History graduate of the University of Wales, Swansea.

Mark is married to Sally and has two children, Max and Oscar. The family live in the village of Llanfynydd, where Mark’s boys attend the local school.

In Parliament Mark has championed the need for enhanced animal rights and was a leading advocate of a total ban on hunting with hounds. He has also led a series of campaigns for crucial investment at Airbus and for the retention of Dara Sealand.

Among his interests outside Parliament are football, antiques, cricket, fishing and shooting. He is a member of the Labour Party’s First Past the Post campaign, which opposes proportional representation, and is a strong supporter of compulsory voting. He is a former member of the TUC General Council and an active member of the Fabian Society.