This is a list of Assembly Members (AMs; Welsh: Aelodau'r Cynulliad, ACau) elected to the fourth National Assembly for Wales at the 2011 election. 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. 20 AMs were elected for the first time.
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The Welsh Assembly Building (Senedd) in 2014 | |||||
Overview | |||||
Legislative body | National Assembly for Wales | ||||
Jurisdiction | Wales, United Kingdom | ||||
Meeting place | Senedd building, Cardiff | ||||
Term | 5 May 2011 | – 5 May 2016||||
Election | 2011 National Assembly for Wales election | ||||
Government | Second Jones government | ||||
Opposition | First Shadow Cabinet of Andrew R. T. Davies (2011–16) | ||||
Members | 60 | ||||
Presiding Officer | Dafydd Elis-Thomas (2011) Rosemary Butler (2011–16) | ||||
First Minister | Carwyn Jones |
Current composition
editParty | 2011 election | Prior to 2016 election | |
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• | Labour | 30 | 30 |
Conservative | 14 | 14 | |
Plaid Cymru | 11 | 11 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 5 | |
Other | 0 | 0 |
Government parties denoted with bullets (•)
Constituency AMs
editRegional AMs
editSeat | Members | Party | First elected | Notes |
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North Wales | ||||
Antoinette Sandbach | Conservative | 2011 | Resigned 8 May 2015 | |
Aled Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 2016 | Suspended 17 May 2011 [1] reinstated 6 July 2011 [2] | |
Llyr Huws Gruffydd | Plaid Cymru | 2011 | ||
Mark Isherwood | Conservative | 2003 |
Seat | Members | Party | First elected |
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Mid and West Wales | |||
William Powell | Liberal Democrats | 2011 | |
Rebecca Evans | Labour | 2011 | |
Simon Thomas | Plaid Cymru | 2011 | |
Joyce Watson | Labour | 2007 |
Seat | Members | Party | First elected | Notes |
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South Wales West | ||||
Suzy Davies | Conservative | 2011 | ||
Bethan Jenkins | Plaid Cymru | 2007 | Suspended and sat as an independent 15 October 2012 until Spring 2013 | |
Byron Davies | Conservative | 2011 | Resigned 8 May 2015 | |
Peter Black | Liberal Democrats | 1999 |
Seat | Members | Party | First elected |
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South Wales Central | |||
Andrew RT Davies | Conservative | 2007 | |
David Melding | Conservative | 1999 | |
Leanne Wood | Plaid Cymru | 2003 | |
Eluned Parrott | Liberal Democrats | 2011 | Replaced John Dixon [3] |
Seat | Members | Party | First elected |
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South Wales East | |||
Mohammad Asghar | Conservative | 2007 | |
William Graham | Conservative | 1999 | |
Jocelyn Davies | Plaid Cymru | 1999 | |
Lindsay Whittle | Plaid Cymru | 2011 |
See also
edit- 1999 National Assembly for Wales election and Members of the 1st National Assembly for Wales
- 2003 National Assembly for Wales election and Members of the 2nd National Assembly for Wales
- 2007 National Assembly for Wales election and Members of the 3rd National Assembly for Wales
- 2011 National Assembly for Wales election and Members of the 4th National Assembly for Wales
- 2016 National Assembly for Wales election and Members of the 5th National Assembly for Wales
- List of Welsh Assembly by-elections
- National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions
References
edit- ^ "Two Welsh AMs temporarily disqualified on technicality - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Barred Lib Dem Aled Roberts returns to Welsh assembly - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "AMs' vote will decide barred Lib Dem Aled Roberts' fate - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2017.