Jack Sargeant

Jack Sargeant (born 1994) is a Welsh Labour Party politician who served as Member of the Senedd for Alyn and Deeside from 2018 to 2026. He succeeded his father, following the 2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election. While in the Senedd, he served as Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership from July 2024 until he lost his seat at the 2026 Senedd election.

Background Sargeant was born in Rhuddlan in 1994 and attended Connah's Quay High School. He studied for an engineering apprenticeship at Deeside College (now Coleg Cambria) before completing a degree at Glyndŵr University in Wrexham in 2016, then working in DRB.

He was elected as MS for Alyn and Deeside at a by-election held on 6 February 2018. He succeeded his father, the previous incumbent Carl Sargeant after his death in November 2017. At 23 years of age, Jack Sargeant became the youngest ever Assembly Member when he was elected to the National Assembly.

Campaigns Sargeant is an active campaigner in support of World Suicide Prevention Day, an occasion which is held on 10 September each year. He has launched an initiative called The 84, named after the 84 men who take their own lives each week in the UK.

The initiative is backed by major sports clubs in Wales, including Cardiff City F.C., Swansea City A.F.C., Newport County A.F.C., Wrexham A.F.C. and Connah's Quay Nomads F.C., who all agreed to share suicide prevention messages with the hashtag #ItsOkNotToBeOk to support the campaign.

He is also a supporter of Parkinson's UK.

Ministerial career Sargeant was appointed Minister for Social Partnership in July 2024 by First Minister Vaughan Gething, following a cabinet reshuffle as a result of other cabinet resignations and Gething's announcement of resignation. He retained the role under Eluned Morgan, Gething's successor as First Minister, although renamed in September 2024 as Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership, in Morgan's cabinet reshuffle.

Sargeant stood in Fflint Wrecsam in the 2026 Senedd election but was not elected.