of 3,337. Griffiths was re-selected to defend her seat at the 2016 election., and retained it with a reduced majority of 1,325 over the Conservative candidate. Ministerial responsibility Griffiths was appointed Deputy Minister for Science, Innovation and Skills in December 2009. After the 2011 election, she was promoted to the Minister for Health and Social Services, a post she held until March 2013 when she was appointed Minister for Local Government and Government Business. In September 2014 she was appointed Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty. She was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs following re-election in May 2016, before being named in her current role of Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning, and Rural Affairs in November 2017. In October 2018 Griffiths used her ministerial office to overturn the decision of a planning inspector to refuse a proposed wind farm near Llandrindod Wells. In November the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales announced that it was challenging this in the High Court. References External links Personal website Offices held 1960 births Living people Welsh Labour members of the Senedd Wales AMs 2007–2011 Wales AMs 2011–2016 Wales MSs 2016–2021 Wales MSs 2021–2026 Female members of the Senedd