Background
Williams was born in Street David"s Hospital, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales.
Williams was born in Street David"s Hospital, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales.
She attended Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle in Penygroes, near Caernarfon, and also attended Bangor Normal College.
She proceeded to serve as a district council, and more recently in 1990 as Mayor of Arfon. Williams is a former chair of a community centre, as well as a former Christian Aid and Meals on Wheels organiser, and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales, Bangor. She worked as a secretary and freelance journalist.
Williams unsuccessfully contested Caernarfon in 1983 and Conwy in 1987 and 1992.
In 1995 Williams was again selected to stand for election for Labour in Conwy, though this time through an all-women shortlist. Williams is seen as a party loyalist and has been known to criticise those in the Labour Party that called for former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, to stand down.
She was a member the Parliamentary Labour Party committees on education and employment. Health and social services, and culture, media and sport.
In September 2008, Williams announced that she would not be contesting her parliamentary seat at the 2010 general election.
She stated that this is due to her wanting to "change the balance" of her workload. Conwy Member of Parliament Betty Williams to retire British Broadcasting Corporation News, 11 September 2008
MPs "smoking in Commons toilets" British Broadcasting Corporation News, 5 July 2007
Member of Parliament calls for school car ban British Broadcasting Corporation News, 6 December 2003.
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Her political career began in 1967 when she was elected to become a member of the Llanllyfni Parish Council.
She was also a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups in the House of Commons covering children in Wales, primary headache disorders, maternity, multiple sclerosis and vaccine-damaged children.