High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Valerie "Val" Lloyd born in Swansea, is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Swansea East since 2001.Lloyd attended Swansea High School for Girls and University of Wales, Swansea.Nurse in the primary and tertiary sectors in London, Swansea and Zambia. School teacher in Swansea and Bahrain. Lecturer in nursing at School of Health Science, University of Wales, Swansea.Previously a Councillor in the City and County of Swansea, Val was elected as the Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Swansea East in the Assembly's first By-Election, 27 September 2001.