Janice Gregory

In 1999 Gregory was selected as Labour candidate for the Ogmore constituency, the same constituency as her father, for the 1999 Welsh assembly election.^[2] She easily picked up the seat and was appointed as a Labour group whip in the Assembly. Together with three other whips, Gregory resigned this position in February 2000 after Alun Michael resigned as First Minister.^[3] It was speculated that the three, being loyal to Michael, believed there was a plot against him, and were unwilling to work for Chief Whip Andrew Davies, who they felt was behind this plot.^[4][5] Shortly after she announced her support for Rhodri Morgan to replace Alun Michael.^[6]

Gregory rebelled against the Labour administration in June 2000 when she voted in favour of a building a landmark headquarters building for the Assembly.^[7] She called on former cabinet minister Ron Davies to resign when it was revealed he had applied for jobs outside politics without informing the Labour leadership.^[8]

When her father suddenly died in December 2001, Gregory immediately declined to seek selection to follow him.^[9] It was uncertain whether Gregory would be reselected herself,^[10][11] but she managed to survive and was re-elected in the 2003 election with a 6,504 majority.

In December 2005, she was cleared of breaches of the Assembly Code of Conduct, after alleging that a GP in her constituency using an 0870 national rate number was doing so to make "a fast buck". However, she was deemed to have failed to conduct herself in a proper manner.^[12][13]

After her re-election she was made Chair of the Social Justice and Regeneration Committee.^[14] She was described by the Western Mail as a "well below par performer by our reckoning" and given a rating of 4 marks out of ten in its assessment of the Assembly Members at the end of the 2003–07 term.^[15] However, she increased her majority in the 2007 election.

In December 2009, she was appointed to the role of Chief Whip by Carwyn Jones.^[16][17] She was re-elected at the 2011 Welsh Assembly election with a further increased majority.^[18]

She announced her intent to stand down at the 2016 Welsh Assembly election in 2015. Huw Irranca-Davies was selected to replace her as the Labour candidate for Ogmore.^[19] She in turn took his previous role as Labour's campaign co-ordinator for the 2016 Assembly election.^[20]

Senedd
New office	Assembly Member for Ogmore 1999 – 2016	Succeeded by Huw Irranca-Davies
Preceded by Carl Sargeant	Chief Whip 2009–2016	Succeeded by Jane Hutt