Karen Sinclair is a Welsh Labour politician, who represented the constituency of Clwyd South from when the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999, until she stood down, in 2011.
Career
Born and brought up in Wrexham, north Wales, Sinclair has lived in Llangollen for over twenty years. Sinclair was educated at Grove Park Girls School, Wrexham. After working in the Youth service for fourteen years, she became a Care Manager with Wrexham Social Services for clients with learning disabilities.
She is also a trained Civil Aeronautics Board adviser.
Sinclair has been a school governor at Ysgol Dinas Brân and chair of the Youth Club Committee.
Membership
Sinclair was a member of the former Glyndwr District council for seven years, preceding the local Government reorganisation and served on Denbighshire County Council. She chairs the URBAN II West Wrexham regeneration project monitoring committee and is a member of UNISON.