Members of the 4th National Assembly for Wales
| 4th Assembly | |||||
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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 | ||||
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.
Current composition
[edit]| Party | 2011 election | Prior to 2016 election | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • | Labour | 30 | 30 |
| Conservative | 14 | 14 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 11 | 11 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 5 | |
| Other | 0 | 0 | |
Government parties denoted with bullets (•)
Constituency AMs
[edit]Regional AMs
[edit]| Seat | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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