Tonia Antoniazzi is the Labour MP for Gower, having first been elected to Parliament in 2017. She was re-elected in the 2019 General Election with a majority of 1,837 over the Conservative Party.
The constituency of Gower contains a section of the city of Swansea, and then spreads out into the Gower peninsula to include the seaside resort of the Mumbles, the coast around Worms Head, and the former mining towns of Pontardulais and Gorseinon. Traditionally a safe labour seat ever since the First World War, the Gower has become more marginal in recent years and the Conservatives held the seat briefly between 2015 and 2017, doing so by just 27 votes.
Tonia Antoniazzi was appointed as a Shadow Northern Ireland spokesperson in December 2021.
Born in 1971 to a Welsh mother and Italian father, Tonia studied French and Italian at Exeter University, before gaining a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) from Cardiff University. She was Head of Languages at Brungwyn Comprehensive school in Llanelli, before being elected to Parliament.
She previously played Women’s international rugby for Wales and won 9 caps as a prop forward. She has one son, and still enjoys watching rugby.
She supports the legalisation of cannabis in certain circumstances and is Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Medical Cannabis under Prescription.
In 2019 she led a Westminster Hall debate in the House of Commons expressing concern about the safety of 5G masts.
Tonia Antoniazzi is also Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Groups on Cancer. She is Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Groups on Cameroon, Italy, Anti Semitism, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Beer, Dark Skies, Equitable Life Policy Holders, Fair Business Banking, Frozen British Pensions, HIV and Aids, Homelessness, Modern Languages, Netball, Parkinson’s, Rowing, Roadside Recovery, Single Parent Families, Tennis, Wales in the World, and Wrestling.
Email: tonia.antoniazzi.mp@parliament.uk
Website – https://www.toniaantoniazzi.co.uk/
Twitter – @ToniaAntoniazzi
