Tom Middlehurst

Tom Middlehurst (born 25 June 1936, Ormskirk, Lancashire) is a Welsh Labour Party politician and former member of the National Assembly of Wales for the Alyn and Deeside and a former Minister for Post-16 Education and Training.

Tom Middlehurst
Middlehurst in 1999
Minister for Post-16 Education and Training
In office 12 May 1999 – 9 October 2000
First Minister	Alun Michael Rhodri Morgan
Preceded by	New post
Succeeded by	Jane Davidson
Member of the Welsh Assembly for Alyn and Deeside
In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003
Preceded by	New Assembly
Succeeded by	Carl Sargeant
Personal details
Born	(1936-06-25) 25 June 1936 Ormskirk, England
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	Liverpool John Moores University

Middlehust is also a former councillor having served on Alyn and Deeside District Council between 1986–95 and then on Flintshire County Council where he served as leader between 1995-99.

Elected in the inaugural Assembly Elections on 1999, Middlehurst a well respected Council Leader was appointed by Alun Michael to his first government. The government he was part of was operating as a minority government and plans were being drawn up to form a coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Middlehurst resigned from the government on 9 October claiming he could not “contemplate sitting down at the Cabinet table with the Liberal Democrats”.[1]

He retired from the Assembly in 2003.