Members of the 5th National Assembly for Wales

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Overview
Legislative bodyNational Assembly for Wales (Senedd from 2020)
JurisdictionWales, United Kingdom
Meeting placeSenedd building, Cardiff
Term5 May 2016 (2016-05-05) – 6 May 2021 (2021-05-06)
Election2016 National Assembly for Wales election
GovernmentThird Jones government (2016–18)
First Drakeford government (2018–21)
OppositionShadow Cabinet of Leanne Wood (2016)
Vacant (2016–17)
Second Shadow Cabinet of Andrew R. T. Davies (2017–18)
Shadow Cabinet of Paul Davies (2018–21)
Third Shadow Cabinet of Andrew RT Davies (2021)
Members60
Llywydd (presiding officer)Rosemary Butler (2016)
Elin Jones (2016–21)
First MinisterCarwyn Jones (2016–18)
Mark Drakeford (2018–21)

This is a list of Assembly Members (AMs; Welsh: Aelodau'r Cynulliad, ACau) elected to the fifth National Assembly for Wales at the 2016 election. In May 2020, the representatives were renamed to Members of the Senedd (MSs; Welsh: Aelodau o'r Senedd; ASau) in the fifth Senedd, they would be known as the fifth Senedd for the remainder of their term. From the 2021 election members would be elected under this new title of Senedd. There are a total of 60 members elected, 40 were elected from first past the post constituencies with a further 20 members being returned from five regions, each electing four AMs through mixed member proportional representation. In between elections, members of the legislature may not necessarily be of the same party or the same candidate elected in 2016.

Composition of the Assembly (Senedd from May 2020)

Party 2016 election Prior to 2021 election
• Labour 29 29
Plaid Cymru 12 10
Conservative 11 10
Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party N/A 2
• Liberal Democrats 1 1
UKIP 7 1
Propel N/A 1
Independent 0 3
Independent Group for Reform N/A 3
Total 60 60

Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

Assembly members by party following 2016 election (5th Assembly)

Siambr diagram following the 2016 election.
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Members by Party
Party Assembly leader Name Constituency or region
Labour (29)

Carwyn Jones

Mick Antoniw Pontypridd
Hannah Blythyn Delyn
Dawn Bowden Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Jayne Bryant Newport West
Hefin David Caerphilly
Alun Davies Blaenau Gwent
Mark Drakeford Cardiff West
Rebecca Evans Gower
Vaughan Gething Cardiff South and Penarth
John Griffiths Newport East
Lesley Griffiths Wrexham
Mike Hedges Swansea East
Vikki Howells Cynon Valley
Jane Hutt Vale of Glamorgan
Huw Irranca-Davies Ogmore
Julie James Swansea West
Ann Jones Vale of Clwyd
Carwyn Jones Bridgend
Jeremy Miles Neath
Baroness Eluned Morgan Mid and West Wales
Julie Morgan Cardiff North
Lynne Neagle Torfaen
Rhianon Passmore Islwyn
Jenny Rathbone Cardiff Central
David Rees Aberavon
Carl Sargeant Alyn and Deeside
Ken Skates Clwyd South
Lee Waters Llanelli
Joyce Watson Mid and West Wales
Plaid Cymru (12)

Leanne Wood

Rhun ap Iorwerth Ynys Môn
Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Siân Gwenllian Arfon
Llyr Huws Gruffydd North Wales
Bethan Jenkins South Wales West
Elin Jones Ceredigion
Steffan Lewis South Wales East
Dai Lloyd South Wales West
Neil McEvoy South Wales Central
Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Simon Thomas Mid and es
Leanne Wood Rhondda
Conservative Party (11)

Andrew R. T. Davies

Mohammad Asghar South Wales East
Angela Burns Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Andrew R. T. Davies South Wales Central
Paul Davies Preseli Pembrokeshire
Suzy Davies South Wales West
Janet Finch-Saunders Aberconwy
Russell George Montgomeryshire
Mark Isherwood North Wales
David Melding South Wales Central
Darren Millar Clwyd West
Nick Ramsay Monmouth
UKIP (7)

Nathan Gill

Gareth Bennett South Wales Central
Michelle Brown North Wales
Nathan Gill North Wales
Neil Hamilton Mid and West Wales
Caroline Jones South Wales West
Mark Reckless South Wales East
David Rowlands South Wales East
Liberal Democrats (1)

Kirsty Williams

Kirsty Williams Brecon and Radnorshire

Assembly members by constituency and region following 2016 election (5th Assembly)

Constituency Members
Seat Member Portrait Party First Elected
Aberavon David Rees Labour 2011
Aberconwy Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative 2011
Alyn and Deeside Carl Sargeant Labour 2003
Arfon Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru 2016
Blaenau Gwent Alun Davies Labour 2007
Brecon and Radnorshire Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrats 1999
Bridgend Carwyn Jones Labour 1999
Caerphilly Hefin David Labour 2016
Cardiff Central Jenny Rathbone Labour 2011
Cardiff North Julie Morgan Labour 2011
Cardiff South and Penarth Vaughan Gething Labour 2011
Cardiff West Mark Drakeford Labour 2011
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Adam Price Plaid Cymru 2016
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Angela Burns Conservative 2007
Ceredigion Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 1999
Clwyd South Ken Skates Labour 2011
Clwyd West Darren Millar Conservative 2007
Cynon Valley Vikki Howells Labour 2016
Delyn Hannah Blythyn Labour 2016
Dwyfor Meirionnydd Dafydd Elis-Thomas Plaid Cymru 1999
Gower Rebecca Evans Labour 2011
Islwyn Rhianon Passmore Labour 2016
Llanelli Lee Waters Labour 2016
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Dawn Bowden Labour 2016
Monmouth Nick Ramsay Conservative 2007
Montgomeryshire Russell George Conservative 2011
Neath Jeremy Miles Labour 2016
Newport East John Griffiths Labour 1999
Newport West Jayne Bryant Labour 2016
Ogmore Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 2016
Pontypridd Mick Antoniw Labour 2011
Preseli Pembrokeshire Paul Davies Conservative 2007
Rhondda Leanne Wood Plaid Cymru 2003
Swansea East Mike Hedges Labour 2011
Swansea West Julie James Labour 2011
Torfaen Lynne Neagle Labour 1999
Vale of Clwyd Ann Jones Labour 1999
Vale of Glamorgan Jane Hutt Labour 1999
Wrexham Lesley Griffiths Labour 2007
Ynys Môn Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 2013
Regional Members
Region Member Portrait Party First Elected
Mid and West Wales Neil Hamilton UKIP 2016
Eluned Morgan Labour 2016
Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 2011
Joyce Watson Labour 2007
North Wales Michelle Brown UKIP 2016
Nathan Gill UKIP 2016
Llŷr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 2011
Mark Isherwood Conservative 2003
South Wales Central Gareth Bennett UKIP 2016
Andrew R. T. Davies Conservative 2007
Neil McEvoy Plaid Cymru 2016
David Melding Conservative 1999
South Wales East Mohammad Asghar Conservative 2007
Steffan Lewis Plaid Cymru 2016
Mark Reckless UKIP 2016
David Rowlands UKIP 2016
South Wales West Suzy Davies Conservative 2011
Bethan Jenkins Plaid Cymru 2007
Caroline Jones UKIP 2016
Dai Lloyd Plaid Cymru 2016

Changes between elections

Government formation

The May 2016 election saw the biggest ever change in the Assembly's composition. Labour dropped from 30 to 29 seats, and Plaid Cymru moved from 11 to 12 seats. The Conservatives lost 3 seats, moving from 14 seats to 11, while the Liberal Democrats dropped from 5 to 1 seat. UKIP, who had not previously had representation, gained seven AMs.

In the initial ballot for First Minister, Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood and Labour's Carwyn Jones each gained 29 votes; a week of talks were then held. A document was produced after Plaid Cymru–Labour talks entitled "Moving Wales Forward", which detailed policy concessions in exchange for allowing Carwyn Jones to become First Minister. Labour appointed Kirsty Williams as Education Secretary, so that the minority government was a coalition between Welsh Labour and the Welsh Liberal Democrats. Plaid Cymru, the Conservatives and UKIP formed opposition groups.

In 2018, Mark Drakeford was elected to the leadership of the Welsh Labour Party and became first minister, leading a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats and an independent member.

In May 2020, the representatives were renamed to Members of the Senedd in the fifth Senedd, they would be known by this title for the remainder of their term. From the 2021 election members would be elected under this new title.

Changes in composition of the Assembly (now Senedd) between elections

Date Member Reason for
change 		Original
designation 		Constituency/Region New
designation 		Notes
17 August 2016 Nathan Gill CD UKIP North Wales Independent Left the Assembly group.[1] He remained a member of the party and its leader in Wales, until Neil Hamilton was made Wales leader in September 2016.[2]
14 October 2016 Dafydd Elis-Thomas CD Plaid Cymru Dwyfor Meirionnydd Independent Quit the Plaid Cymru group on 14 October 2016. As a result of the defection, Leanne Wood lost the title of leader of the opposition. Two months later, he pledged to back the Welsh Labour-led Government, giving the new government an overall majority in the Welsh Assembly.[3][4]
19 March 2018 Neil McEvoy Suspended Plaid Cymru South Wales Central Independent Was suspended by the Plaid Cymru group after a tribunal found him guilty of bullying in his other role as a councillor for Cardiff. He was later expelled from Plaid Cymru.[5] In February 2020 he announced that he was forming a new political party, the Welsh National Party, and that he had registered the name with the Electoral Commission. The launch of the party was planned for April 2020.[6][7]
6 April 2017 Mark Reckless CD UKIP South Wales East Conservative Upon leaving, he said, "I leave UKIP positively, having achieved our joint aim, a successful referendum to leave the EU".[8][9]
3 November 2017 Carl Sargeant Suspended Labour Alyn and Deeside Independent Sargeant was suspended from Welsh Labour following allegations about his personal conduct.[10]
7 November 2017 - 6 February 2018 Carl Sargeant Death Independent Alyn and Deeside Labour On 7 November 2017, Sargeant was found dead.[11] A by-election was held in his former constituency of Alyn and Deeside on 6 February 2018 to choose a successor; this was won by the Labour candidate, his son, Jack.[12]
27 December 2017 Nathan Gill Resigned Independent North Wales Independent On 27 December 2017 it was announced that he had resigned as an AM.[13] As 3rd on UKIP's list for the North Wales region, Mandy Jones was sworn in as a Member on 29 December 2017.[14] On 9 January UKIP Wales[clarification needed] announced that she would not be joining the UKIP group in the Assembly, due to employing members of other parties in her office.[15]
25 July 2018 Simon Thomas Resigned Plaid Cymru Mid and West Wales Plaid Cymru Thomas resigned following his arrest for possession of indecent images.[16] Helen Mary Jones replaced Thomas as a Member in August 2018.[17]
12 September 2018 Caroline Jones CD UKIP South Wales West Brexit Party Resigned as a member of UKIP and from UKIP's group on 12 September 2018.[18]
20 November 2018 Jenny Rathbone Suspended Labour Cardiff Central Independent Suspended over remarks about Jewish people.[19] She was later re-admitted.[20]
9 January 2019 Re-admitted Independent Cardiff Central Labour
11 January 2019 Steffan Lewis Death Plaid Cymru South Wales East Plaid Cymru Died of bowel cancer on 11 January 2019 and was replaced by Delyth Jewell.[21]
26 March 2019 Michelle Brown CD UKIP North Wales Independent Left the UKIP group in March 2019, to sit as an independent.[22]
14 April 2019 Mark Reckless CD Conservative South Wales East Independent On 14 April 2019, Reckless left the Conservative Party Group over the party's failure to deliver Brexit. He then sat as an independent member.[23]
15 May 2019 Mark Reckless CD Independent South Wales East Brexit Party Reckless joined the new Brexit Party group in May 2019.[24]
10 November 2019 Gareth Bennett CD UKIP South Wales Central Independent Left the UKIP group in November 2019 to sit as an independent, leaving Neil Hamilton as the party's last remaining member on the Assembly.[25]
2 January 2020 Nick Ramsay Suspended Conservative Monmouth Independent Arrested on 1 January 2020 and suspended from the Conservative group the following day.[26] He was later readmitted.
16 June 2020 Mohammad Asghar Death Conservative South Wales East Conservative Died on 16 June 2020 and was replaced by Laura Ann Jones.[27]
24 June 2020 Gareth Bennett CD Independent South Wales Central Abolish Joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party on 24 June 2020.[28]
15 July 2020 Nick Ramsay Re-admitted Independent Monmouth Conservative Readmitted having been arrested on 1 January 2020 and suspended from the Conservative group the following day.[29]
18 August 2020 Caroline Jones CD Brexit Party South Wales West Independent Left Brexit Party and sits as Independent member from 18 August 2020 due to the newly adopted anti-devolution stance the Party had adopted.[30]
16 October 2020 Mandy Jones CD Brexit Party North Wales Independent Jones and Rowlands started a new independent group in the Senedd, Independent Alliance for Reform with Caroline Jones, focusing on reform rather than abolition.[31]
16 October 2020 David Rowlands CD Brexit Party South Wales East Independent
19 October 2020 Mark Reckless CD Brexit Party South Wales East Abolish Joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party on 19 October 2020.[32]
19 January 2021 Alun Davies Suspended Labour Blaenau Gwent Independent Suspended pending investigation after allegedly being involved in alcohol drinking on the Senedd estate, that could have broken COVID restrictions.[33] He was later re-admitted.[34]
23 February 2021 Re-admitted Independent Blaenau Gwent Labour
29 March 2021 Nick Ramsay CD Conservative Monmouth Independent Resigned to stand as independent ahead of forthcoming election.[35]

CD=Changed designation

Senedd members by party prior to 2021 election (5th Senedd)

Siambr diagram prior to the 2021 election.
Members by Party
Party Senedd Leader Name Constituency or Region
Labour (29)

Mark Drakeford

Mick Antoniw Pontypridd
Hannah Blythyn Delyn
Dawn Bowden Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Jayne Bryant Newport West
Hefin David Caerphilly
Alun Davies Blaenau Gwent
Mark Drakeford Cardiff West
Rebecca Evans Gower
Vaughan Gething Cardiff South and Penarth
John Griffiths Newport East
Lesley Griffiths Wrexham
Mike Hedges Swansea East
Vikki Howells Cynon Valley
Jane Hutt Vale of Glamorgan
Huw Irranca-Davies Ogmore
Julie James Swansea West
Ann Jones Vale of Clwyd
Carwyn Jones Bridgend
Jeremy Miles Neath
Baroness Eluned Morgan Mid and West Wales
Julie Morgan Cardiff North
Lynne Neagle Torfaen
Rhianon Passmore Islwyn
Jenny Rathbone Cardiff Central
David Rees Aberavon
Jack Sargeant Alyn and Deeside
Ken Skates Clwyd South
Lee Waters Llanelli
Joyce Watson Mid and West Wales
Conservative Party (10)

Andrew R. T. Davies

Laura Anne Jones South Wales East
Angela Burns Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Andrew R. T. Davies South Wales Central
Paul Davies Preseli Pembrokeshire
Suzy Davies South Wales West
Janet Finch-Saunders Aberconwy
Russell George Montgomeryshire
Mark Isherwood North Wales
David Melding South Wales Central
Darren Millar Clwyd West
Plaid Cymru (10)

Adam Price

Rhun ap Iorwerth Ynys Môn
Siân Gwenllian Arfon
Llyr Huws Gruffydd North Wales
Bethan Sayed South Wales West
Elin Jones Ceredigion
Helen Mary Jones Mid and West Wales
Delyth Jewell South Wales East
Dai Lloyd South Wales West
Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Leanne Wood Rhondda
Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party (2)

Richard Suchorzewski

Gareth Bennett South Wales Central
Mark Reckless South Wales East
Liberal Democrats (1)

Kirsty Williams

Kirsty Williams Brecon and Radnorshire
UKIP (1)

Neil Hamilton

Neil Hamilton Mid and West Wales
Propel (1)

Neil McEvoy

Neil McEvoy South Wales Central
Independent (3) N/A Michelle Brown North Wales
Dafydd Elis-Thomas Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Nick Ramsay Monmouth
Group: Independent Alliance for Reform (3)

Caroline Jones

Caroline Jones South Wales West
David Rowlands South Wales East
Mandy Jones North Wales

Senedd members elected by constituency and region prior to 2021 election (5th Senedd)

Constituency Members
Seat Member Portrait Party First Elected
Aberavon David Rees Labour 2011
Aberconwy Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative 2011
Alyn and Deeside Jack Sargeant Labour 2018
Arfon Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru 2016
Blaenau Gwent Alun Davies Labour 2007
Brecon and Radnorshire Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrats 1999
Bridgend Carwyn Jones Labour 1999
Caerphilly Hefin David Labour 2016
Cardiff Central Jenny Rathbone Labour 2011
Cardiff North Julie Morgan Labour 2011
Cardiff South and Penarth Vaughan Gething Labour 2011
Cardiff West Mark Drakeford Labour 2011
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Adam Price Plaid Cymru 2016
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Angela Burns Conservative 2007
Ceredigion Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 1999
Clwyd South Ken Skates Labour 2011
Clwyd West Darren Millar Conservative 2007
Cynon Valley Vikki Howells Labour 2016
Delyn Hannah Blythyn Labour 2016
Dwyfor Meirionnydd Dafydd Elis-Thomas Independent 1999
Gower Rebecca Evans Labour 2011
Islwyn Rhianon Passmore Labour 2016
Llanelli Lee Waters Labour 2016
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Dawn Bowden Labour 2016
Monmouth Nick Ramsay Independent 2007
Montgomeryshire Russell George Conservative 2011
Neath Jeremy Miles Labour 2016
Newport East John Griffiths Labour 1999
Newport West Jayne Bryant Labour 2016
Ogmore Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 2016
Pontypridd Mick Antoniw Labour 2011
Preseli Pembrokeshire Paul Davies Conservative 2007
Rhondda Leanne Wood Plaid Cymru 2003
Swansea East Mike Hedges Labour 2011
Swansea West Julie James Labour 2011
Torfaen Lynne Neagle Labour 1999
Vale of Clwyd Ann Jones Labour 1999
Vale of Glamorgan Jane Hutt Labour 1999
Wrexham Lesley Griffiths Labour 2007
Ynys Môn Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 2013
Regional Members
Region Member Portrait Party First Elected
Mid and West Wales Neil Hamilton UKIP 2016
Eluned Morgan Labour 2016
Helen Mary Jones Plaid Cymru 2018
Joyce Watson Labour 2007
North Wales Michelle Brown Independent 2016
Mandy Jones Independent Alliance for Reform 2017
Llŷr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 2011
Mark Isherwood Conservative 2003
South Wales Central Gareth Bennett Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party 2016
Andrew R. T. Davies Conservative 2007
Neil McEvoy Propel 2016
David Melding Conservative 1999
South Wales East Laura Anne Jones Conservative 2003
Delyth Jewell Plaid Cymru 2018
Mark Reckless Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party 2016
David Rowlands Independent Alliance for Reform 2016
South Wales West Suzy Davies Conservative 2011
Bethan Jenkins Plaid Cymru 2007
Caroline Jones Independent Alliance for Reform 2016
Dai Lloyd Plaid Cymru 2016

See also

References

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