List of members of the Senedd

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This is a list of members who have ever been elected to either the former National Assembly for Wales or the present day Senedd, since its first election in 1999.

Current members[]

For current members of the Senedd, see Members of the 6th Senedd.

Since establishment[]

The number assigned to each MS is arbitrary and does not indicate any kind of rank or seniority. It is only for use in this table. To date 142 individuals have served as MSs (or AMs).

Members of the Senedd and former National Assembly for Wales (1999–present)
Name Portrait Seat(s) Party From To Notes
001 Leighton Andrews Rhondda Labour 2003 2016
002 Mick Antoniw Pontypridd Labour 2011 Present
003 Rhun ap Iorwerth Ynys Môn Plaid Cymru 2013 Present
004 Mohammad Asghar South Wales East Plaid Cymru 2007 2020 Defected from Plaid Cymru to Conservatives on 8 December 2009.[1] Died while in office on 16 June 2020.[2]
Conservative
005 Lorraine Barrett Cardiff South and Penarth Labour 1999 2011
006 Gareth Bennett South Wales Central UKIP 2016 Present Sat as an independent from 7 November 2019 until 24 June 2020, when they joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party.[3][4]
Independent
Abolish the Welsh Assembly
007 Mick Bates Montgomeryshire Liberal Democrats 1999 2011 Sat as an independent[5] from 16 April 2010[6]
Independent
008 Peter Black South Wales West Liberal Democrats 1999 2016
009 Hannah Blythyn Delyn Labour 2016 Present
010 Dawn Bowden Merthyr Tidfil and Rhymney Labour 2016 Present
011 Nick Bourne Mid and West Wales Conservative 1999 2011
012 Michelle Brown North Wales UKIP 2016 Present Sat as an independent from 26 March 2019 [7]
Independent
013 Jayne Bryant Newport West Labour 2016 Present
014 Eleanor Burnham North Wales Liberal Democrats 2001 2011
015 Angela Burns Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Conservative 2007 Present
016 Rosemary Butler Newport West Labour 1999 2016
017 Alun Cairns South Wales West Conservative 1999 2011
018 Christine Chapman Cynon Valley Labour 1999 2016
019 Jeff Cuthbert Caerphilly Labour 2003 2011
020 Cynog Dafis Mid and West Wales Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
021 Hefin David Caerphilly Labour 2016 Present
022 Jane Davidson Pontypridd Labour 1999 2011
023 Alun Davies Mid and West Wales Labour 2007 2011
Blaenau Gwent 2011 Present
024 Andrew Davies Swansea West Labour 1999 2011
025 Andrew R. T. Davies South Wales Central Conservative 2007 Present
026 Byron Davies South Wales West Conservative 2011 2015
027 David T. C. Davies Monmouth Conservative 1999 2007
028 Geraint Davies Rhondda Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
029 Glyn Davies Mid and West Wales Conservative 1999 2007
030 Janet Davies South Wales West Plaid Cymru 1999 2007
031 Jocelyn Davies South Wales East Plaid Cymru 1999 2011
032 Keith Davies Llanelli Labour 2011 2016
033 Paul Davies Preseli Pembrokeshire Conservative 2007 Present
034 Ron Davies Caerphilly Labour 1999 2003
035 Suzy Davies South Wales West Conservative 2011 Present
036 Mark Drakeford Cardiff West Labour 2011 Present
037 Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey Preseli Pembrokeshire Labour 2003 2007
038 Richard Edwards Preseli Pembrokeshire Labour 1999 2003
039 Dafydd Elis-Thomas Meirionnydd Nant Conwy then Dwyfor Meirionnydd Plaid Cymru 1999 Present Left Plaid Cymru to sit as an independent [8] on 14 October 2016
Independent
040 Sue Essex Cardiff North Labour 1999 2007
041 Delyth Evans Mid and West Wales Labour 2000 2003
042 Nerys Evans Mid and West Wales Plaid Cymru 2007 2011
043 Rebecca Evans Mid and West Wales Labour 2011 2016
Gower 2016 Present
044 Val Feld Swansea East Labour 1999 2001
045 Janet Finch-Saunders Aberconwy Conservative 2011 Present
046 Lisa Francis Mid and West Wales Conservative 2003 2007
047 Chris Franks South Wales Central Plaid Cymru 2007 2011
048 Russell George Montgomeryshire Conservative 2011 Present
049 Mike German South Wales East Liberal Democrats 1999 2010
050 Veronica German South Wales East Liberal Democrats 2010 2011
051 Vaughan Gething Cardiff South and Penarth Labour 2011 Present
052 Brian Gibbons Aberavon Labour 1999 2011
053 Nathan Gill North Wales UKIP 2016 2017 Left UKIP group to sit as an independent [9] from 29 July 2016. Resigned as an AM on 27 December 2017 [10]
Independent
054 William Graham South Wales East Conservative 1999 2016
055 Janice Gregory Ogmore Labour 1999 2016
056 John Griffiths Newport East Labour 1999 Present
057 Lesley Griffiths Wrexham Labour 2007 Present
058 Llyr Gruffydd North Wales Plaid Cymru 2011 Present
059 Siân Gwenllian Aberconwy Plaid Cymru 2016 Present
060 Christine Gwyther Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Labour 1999 2007
061 Alison Halford Delyn Labour 1999 2003
062 Brian Hancock Islwyn Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
063 Neil Hamilton Mid and West Wales UKIP 2016 Present
064 Edwina Hart Gower Labour 1999 2016
065 Janet Haworth North Wales Conservative 2015 2016
066 Mike Hedges Swansea East Labour 2011 Present
067 Vikki Howells Cynon Valley Labour 2016 Present
068 Christine Humphreys North Wales Liberal Democrats 1999 2001
069 Altaf Hussain South Wales West Conservative 2015 2016
070 Jane Hutt Vale of Glamorgan Labour 1999 Present
071 Denise Idris Jones Conwy Labour 2003 2007
072 Huw Irranca-Davies Ogmore Labour 2016 Present
073 Mark Isherwood North Wales Conservative 2003 Present
074 Irene James Islwyn Labour 2003 2011
075 Julie James Swansea West Labour 2011 Present
076 Pauline Jarman South Wales Central Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
077 Delyth Jewell South Wales East Plaid Cymru 2019 Present
078 Alun Ffred Jones Aberconwy Plaid Cymru 2003 2016
079 Ann Jones Vale of Clwyd Labour 1999 Present
080 Caroline Jones South Wales West UKIP 2016 Present Left UKIP in September 2018 and joined the Brexit Party in May 2019.[11] Sat again as an independent from August 2020.[12]
Independent
Brexit Party
Independent
081 Carwyn Jones Bridgend Labour 1999 Present
082 David Jones North Wales Conservative 2002 2003
083 Elin Jones Ceredigion Plaid Cymru 1999 Present
084 Mandy Jones North Wales UKIP 2017 Present Returned as a UKIP member on 28 Dec 2017, but refused entry to the UKIP group on 9 Jan 2018.[13][10] Sat as an independent until joining Brexit Party in May 2019,[14][11] but returned to being an independent on 16 October 2020.[15]
Independent
Brexit Party
Independent
085 Gareth Jones Conwy Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
Aberconwy 2007 2011
086 Helen Mary Jones Llanelli Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
Mid and West Wales 2003 2007
Llanelli 2007 2011
Mid and West Wales 2018 Present
087 Ieuan Wyn Jones Ynys Môn Plaid Cymru 1999 2013
088 Laura Anne Jones South Wales East Conservative 2003 2007 As the next name on the Conservative Party list for South Wales East, on 16 June 2020 Jones succeeded Mohammad Asghar upon his death while in office.[2]
2020 Present
089 Peter Law Blaenau Gwent Labour 1999 2006 Sat as an independent from April 2005, died 25 April 2006 [16]
Independent
090 Trish Law Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent People's Voice 2006 2011
091 Huw Lewis Merthyr Tidfil and Rhymney Labour 1999 2016
092 Steffan Lewis South Wales East Plaid Cymru 2016 2018
093 Dai Lloyd South Wales West Plaid Cymru 1999 2011
2016 Present
094 Val Lloyd Swansea East Labour 2001 2011
095 John Marek Wrexham Labour 1999 2007 Elected as Labour in 1999. Re-elected in 2003 under the label John Marek Independent Party, then sat as Forward Wales from Nov 2003
John Marek Independent Party
Forward Wales
096 Neil McEvoy South Wales Central Plaid Cymru 2016 Present Expelled from Plaid Cymru group 17 January 2018.[17] Set up the Welsh National Party in 2020.
Independent
Welsh National Party
097 David Melding South Wales Central Conservative 1999 Present
098 Sandy Mewies Delyn Labour 2003 2011
099 Alun Michael Mid and West Wales Labour 1999 2000
100 Tom Middlehurst Alyn and Deeside Labour 1999 2003
101 Jeremy Miles Neath Labour 2016 Present
102 Darren Millar Clwyd West Conservative 2007 Present
103 Eluned Morgan Mid and West Wales Labour 2016 Present
104 Jonathan Morgan South Wales Central Conservative 1999 2007
Cardiff North 2007 2011
105 Julie Morgan Cardiff North Labour 2011 Present
106 Rhodri Morgan Cardiff West Labour 1999 2011
107 Lynne Neagle Torfaen Labour 1999 Present
108 Eluned Parrott South Wales Central Liberal Democrats 2011 2016
109 Rhianon Passmore Islwyn Labour 2016 Present
110 William Powell Mid and West Wales Liberal Democrats 2011 2016
111 Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Plaid Cymru 2016 Present
112 Gwyn R Price Islwyn Labour 2011 2016
113 Alun Pugh Clwyd West Labour 1999 2007
114 Nick Ramsay Monmouth Conservative 2007 Present
115 Jenny Randerson Cardiff Central Liberal Democrats 1999 2011
116 Jenny Rathbone Cardiff Central Labour 2011 Present
117 Mark Reckless South Wales East UKIP 2016 Present Defected from UKIP to the Conservatives on 6 April 2017.[18] Sat as an independent from 14 April 2019 until joining the Brexit Party in May 2019.[11] Defected to the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party on 19 October 2020.[19]
Conservative
Independent
Brexit Party
Abolish the Welsh Assembly
118 David Rees Aberavon Labour 2011 Present
119 Rod Richards North Wales Conservative 1999 2002
120 Aled Roberts North Wales Liberal Democrats 2011 2016
121 Peter Rogers North Wales Conservative 1999 2003
122 David Rowlands South Wales East UKIP 2016 Present Left UKIP in September 2018 and joined the Brexit Party in May 2019.[11] Sat as an independent from 16 October 2020.[15]
Brexit Party
Independent
123 Janet Ryder North Wales Plaid Cymru 1999 2011
124 Antoinette Sandbach North Wales Conservative 2011 2015
125 Carl Sargeant Alyn and Deeside Labour 2003 2017
126 Jack Sargent Alyn and Deeside Labour 2018 Present Elected at a by-election following the death of Carl Sargeant.
127 Bethan Sayed South Wales West Plaid Cymru 2007 Present
128 Karen Sinclair Clwyd South Labour 1999 2011
129 Ken Skates Clwyd South Labour 2011 Present
130 Catherine Thomas Llanelli Labour 2003 2007
131 Gwenda Thomas Neath Labour 1999 2016
132 Owen John Thomas South Wales Central Plaid Cymru 1999 2007
133 Rhodri Glyn Thomas Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Plaid Cymru 1999 2016
134 Simon Thomas Mid and West Wales Plaid Cymru 2011 2018 Resigned 25 July 2018 [20]
135 Lee Waters Llanelli Labour 2016 Present
136 Joyce Watson Mid and West Wales Labour 2007 Present
137 Lindsay Whittle South Wales East Plaid Cymru 2011 2016
138 Dafydd Wigley Aberconwy Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
139 Brynle Williams North Wales Conservative 2003 2011
140 Kirsty Williams Brecon and Radnorshire Liberal Democrats 1999 2021
141 Phil Williams South Wales East Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
142 Leanne Wood South Wales Central Plaid Cymru 2003 2016
Rhondda 2016 2021

See also[]

References[]

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