The Writers of Wales Database

MELDING, DAVID

David was born in Neath and studied at Cardiff University and the College of William and Mary in Virginia, USA. He is one of the Conservative Assembly Members for South Wales Central. Within the Welsh Conservative Party's Group, he is Director of Policy and is also Shadow Minister for Economic Development. During his Assembly career he has chaired several committees including Audit, Health and Social Services, and Standards of Conduct. Despite voting 'No' in the 1997 referendum on devolution, David has since argued strongly for a federal British constitution. He has written a number of political titles, the majority of which concern Wales. 

Selected Publications:
The Political Parties and the Welsh Nation (Politics Today) (Conservative Central Office, 1987)
Edmund Burke and the Foundation (Conservative Political Centre, 1991)
Constitutional Dilemmas (Working Paper) (Welsh Governance Centre, 2003)
New Dawn Or Sunset Boulevard: What Role for the Welsh Conservative Party? (Institute of Welsh Politics, 2004)
Have We Been Anti-Welsh?: An Essay on the Conservative Party and the Welsh Nation (Cymdeithas y Kymberiaid, 2005)
Unionism in a Multi-national State (Y Kymberiaid Papur) (Cymdeithas y Kymberiaid, 2005)
Devolution: The Battle Lost and Won (Y Kymberiaid Papur) (Cymdeithas y Kymberiaid, 2005)
Will Britain Survive Beyond 2020? (Institute of Welsh Affairs, 2009)