List of members of the Senedd

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

Not to be confused with Members of the 6th Senedd.

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 161 individuals have served as MSs (formerly AMs before 2020).

Members of the Senedd and former National Assembly for Wales (1999–present)

	Name	Portrait		Party		From	To	Notes
001	Leighton Andrews		Rhondda		Labour	2003	2016
002	Mick Antoniw		Pontypridd		Labour	2011	Present
003	Mabon ap Gwynfor		Dwyfor Meirionnydd		Plaid Cymru	2021	Present
004	Rhun ap Iorwerth		Ynys Môn		Plaid Cymru	2013	Present
005	Rhys ab Owen		South Wales Central		Plaid Cymru	2021	Present
006	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
007	Natasha Asghar		South Wales East		Conservative	2021	Present
008	Lorraine Barrett		Cardiff South and Penarth		Labour	1999	2011
009	Gareth Bennett		South Wales Central		UKIP	2016	2021	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
010	Mick Bates		Montgomeryshire		Liberal Democrats	1999	2011	Sat as an independent[5] from 16 April 2010[6]
					Independent
011	Peter Black		South Wales West		Liberal Democrats	1999	2016
012	Hannah Blythyn		Delyn		Labour	2016	Present
013	Dawn Bowden		Merthyr Tidfil and Rhymney		Labour	2016	Present
014	Nick Bourne		Mid and West Wales		Conservative	1999	2011
015	Michelle Brown		North Wales		UKIP	2016	2021	Sat as an independent from 26 March 2019 [7]
					Independent
016	Jayne Bryant		Newport West		Labour	2016	Present
017	Eleanor Burnham		North Wales		Liberal Democrats	2001	2011
018	Angela Burns		Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire		Conservative	2007	2021
019	Rosemary Butler		Newport West		Labour	1999	2016
020	Alun Cairns		South Wales West		Conservative	1999	2011
021	Cefin Campbell		Mid and West Wales		Plaid Cymru	2021	Present
022	Christine Chapman		Cynon Valley		Labour	1999	2016
023	Jeff Cuthbert		Caerphilly		Labour	2003	2011
024	Cynog Dafis		Mid and West Wales		Plaid Cymru	1999	2003
025	Hefin David		Caerphilly		Labour	2016	Present
026	Jane Davidson		Pontypridd		Labour	1999	2011
027	Alun Davies		Mid and West Wales		Labour	2007	2011
			Blaenau Gwent			2011	Present
028	Andrew Davies		Swansea West		Labour	1999	2011
029	Andrew RT Davies		South Wales Central		Conservative	2007	Present
030	Byron Davies		South Wales West		Conservative	2011	2015
031	David TC Davies		Monmouth		Conservative	1999	2007
032	Gareth Davies		Vale of Clwyd		Conservative	2021	Present
033	Geraint Davies		Rhondda		Plaid Cymru	1999	2003
034	Glyn Davies		Mid and West Wales		Conservative	1999	2007
035	Janet Davies		South Wales West		Plaid Cymru	1999	2007
036	Jocelyn Davies		South Wales East		Plaid Cymru	1999	2011
037	Keith Davies		Llanelli		Labour	2011	2016
038	Paul Davies		Preseli Pembrokeshire		Conservative	2007	Present
039	Ron Davies		Caerphilly		Labour	1999	2003
040	Suzy Davies		South Wales West		Conservative	2011	2021
041	Jane Dodds		Mid and West Wales		Liberal Democrats	2021	Present
042	Mark Drakeford		Cardiff West		Labour	2011	Present
043	Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey		Preseli Pembrokeshire		Labour	2003	2007
044	Richard Edwards		Preseli Pembrokeshire		Labour	1999	2003
045	Dafydd Elis-Thomas		Meirionnydd Nant Conwy then Dwyfor Meirionnydd		Plaid Cymru	1999	2021	Left Plaid Cymru to sit as an independent [8] on 14 October 2016
					Independent
046	Sue Essex		Cardiff North		Labour	1999	2007
047	James Evans		Brecon and Radnorshire		Conservative	2021	Present
048	Delyth Evans		Mid and West Wales		Labour	2000	2003
049	Nerys Evans		Mid and West Wales		Plaid Cymru	2007	2011
050	Rebecca Evans		Mid and West Wales		Labour	2011	2016
			Gower			2016	Present
051	Val Feld		Swansea East		Labour	1999	2001
052	Janet Finch-Saunders		Aberconwy		Conservative	2011	Present
053	Luke Fletcher		South Wales West		Plaid Cymru	2021	Present
054	Peter Fox		Monmouth		Conservative	2021	Present
055	Lisa Francis		Mid and West Wales		Conservative	2003	2007
056	Chris Franks		South Wales Central		Plaid Cymru	2007	2011
057	Heledd Fychan		South Wales Central		Plaid Cymru	2021	Present
058	Tom Giffard		South Wales West		Conservative	2021	Present
059	Russell George		Montgomeryshire		Conservative	2011	Present
060	Mike German		South Wales East		Liberal Democrats	1999	2010
061	Veronica German		South Wales East		Liberal Democrats	2010	2011
062	Vaughan Gething		Cardiff South and Penarth		Labour	2011	Present
063	Brian Gibbons		Aberavon		Labour	1999	2011
064	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
065	William Graham		South Wales East		Conservative	1999	2016
066	Janice Gregory		Ogmore		Labour	1999	2016
067	John Griffiths		Newport East		Labour	1999	Present
068	Lesley Griffiths		Wrexham		Labour	2007	Present
069	Peredur Owen Griffiths		South Wales East		Plaid Cymru	2021	Present
070	Llyr Gruffydd		North Wales		Plaid Cymru	2011	Present
071	Siân Gwenllian		Arfon		Plaid Cymru	2016	Present
072	Christine Gwyther		Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire		Labour	1999	2007
073	Alison Halford		Delyn		Labour	1999	2003
074	Brian Hancock		Islwyn		Plaid Cymru	1999	2003
075	Neil Hamilton		Mid and West Wales		UKIP	2016	2021
076	Edwina Hart		Gower		Labour	1999	2016
077	Janet Haworth		North Wales		Conservative	2015	2016
078	Mike Hedges		Swansea East		Labour	2011	Present
079	Vikki Howells		Cynon Valley		Labour	2016	Present
080	Christine Humphreys		North Wales		Liberal Democrats	1999	2001
081	Altaf Hussain		South Wales West		Conservative	2015	2016
						2021	Present
082	Jane Hutt		Vale of Glamorgan		Labour	1999	Present
083	Denise Idris Jones		Conwy		Labour	2003	2007
084	Huw Irranca-Davies		Ogmore		Labour	2016	Present
085	Mark Isherwood		North Wales		Conservative	2003	Present
086	Irene James		Islwyn		Labour	2003	2011
087	Joel James		South Wales Central		Conservative	2021	Present
088	Julie James		Swansea West		Labour	2011	Present
089	Pauline Jarman		South Wales Central		Plaid Cymru	1999	2003
090	Delyth Jewell		South Wales East		Plaid Cymru	2019	Present
091	Alun Ffred Jones		Arfon		Plaid Cymru	2003	2016
092	Ann Jones		Vale of Clwyd		Labour	1999	2021
093	Caroline Jones		South Wales West		UKIP	2016	2021	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
094	Carwyn Jones		Bridgend		Labour	1999	2021
095	David Jones		North Wales		Conservative	2002	2003
096	Elin Jones		Ceredigion		Plaid Cymru	1999	Present
097	Mandy Jones		North Wales		UKIP	2017	2021	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
098	Gareth Jones		Conwy		Plaid Cymru	1999	2003
			Aberconwy			2007	2011
099	Helen Mary Jones		Llanelli		Plaid Cymru	1999	2003
			Mid and West Wales			2003	2007
			Llanelli			2007	2011
			Mid and West Wales			2018	2021
100	Ieuan Wyn Jones		Ynys Môn		Plaid Cymru	1999	2013
101	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
102	Samuel Kurtz		Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire		Conservative	2021	Present
103	Peter Law		Blaenau Gwent		Labour	1999	2006	Sat as an independent from April 2005, died 25 April 2006 [16]
					Independent
104	Trish Law		Blaenau Gwent		Blaenau Gwent People's Voice	2006	2011
105	Huw Lewis		Merthyr Tidfil and Rhymney		Labour	1999	2016
106	Steffan Lewis		South Wales East		Plaid Cymru	2016	2018
107	Dai Lloyd		South Wales West		Plaid Cymru	1999	2011
						2016	2021
108	Val Lloyd		Swansea East		Labour	2001	2011
109	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
110	Neil McEvoy		South Wales Central		Plaid Cymru	2016	2021	Expelled from Plaid Cymru group 17 January 2018.[17] Set up the Welsh National Party in 2020.
					Independent
					Welsh National Party
111	David Melding		South Wales Central		Conservative	1999	2021
112	Sandy Mewies		Delyn		Labour	2003	2011
113	Alun Michael		Mid and West Wales		Labour	1999	2000
114	Tom Middlehurst		Alyn and Deeside		Labour	1999	2003
115	Jeremy Miles		Neath		Labour	2016	Present
116	Darren Millar		Clwyd West		Conservative	2007	Present
117	Eluned Morgan		Mid and West Wales		Labour	2016	Present
118	Jonathan Morgan		South Wales Central		Conservative	1999	2007
			Cardiff North			2007	2011
119	Julie Morgan		Cardiff North		Labour	2011	Present
120	Rhodri Morgan		Cardiff West		Labour	1999	2011
121	Sarah Murphy		Bridgend		Labour	2021	Present
122	Lynne Neagle		Torfaen		Labour	1999	Present
123	Eluned Parrott		South Wales Central		Liberal Democrats	2011	2016
124	Rhianon Passmore		Islwyn		Labour	2016	Present
125	William Powell		Mid and West Wales		Liberal Democrats	2011	2016
126	Adam Price		Carmarthen East and Dinefwr		Plaid Cymru	2016	Present
127	Gwyn R Price		Islwyn		Labour	2011	2016
128	Alun Pugh		Clwyd West		Labour	1999	2007
129	Nick Ramsay		Monmouth		Conservative	2007	2021
130	Jenny Randerson		Cardiff Central		Liberal Democrats	1999	2011
131	Jenny Rathbone		Cardiff Central		Labour	2011	Present
132	Mark Reckless		South Wales East		UKIP	2016	2021	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
133	David Rees		Aberavon		Labour	2011	Present
134	Rod Richards		North Wales		Conservative	1999	2002
135	Aled Roberts		North Wales		Liberal Democrats	2011	2016
136	Peter Rogers		North Wales		Conservative	1999	2003
137	Sam Rowlands		North Wales		Conservative	2021	Present
138	David Rowlands		South Wales East		UKIP	2016	2021	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
139	Janet Ryder		North Wales		Plaid Cymru	1999	2011
140	Antoinette Sandbach		North Wales		Conservative	2011	2015
141	Carl Sargeant		Alyn and Deeside		Labour	2003	2017
142	Jack Sargent		Alyn and Deeside		Labour	2018	Present	Elected at a by-election following the death of Carl Sargeant.
143	Bethan Sayed		South Wales West		Plaid Cymru	2007	2021
144	Karen Sinclair		Clwyd South		Labour	1999	2011
145	Ken Skates		Clwyd South		Labour	2011	Present
146	Carolyn Thomas		North Wales		Labour	2021	Present
147	Catherine Thomas		Llanelli		Labour	2003	2007
148	Gwenda Thomas		Neath		Labour	1999	2016
149	Owen John Thomas		South Wales Central		Plaid Cymru	1999	2007
150	Rhodri Glyn Thomas		Carmarthen East and Dinefwr		Plaid Cymru	1999	2016
151	Simon Thomas		Mid and West Wales		Plaid Cymru	2011	2018	Resigned 25 July 2018 [20]
152	Lee Waters		Llanelli		Labour	2016	Present
153	Joyce Watson		Mid and West Wales		Labour	2007	Present
154	Lindsay Whittle		South Wales East		Plaid Cymru	2011	2016
155	Dafydd Wigley		Aberconwy		Plaid Cymru	1999	2003
156	Brynle Williams		North Wales		Conservative	2003	2011
157	Buffy Williams		Rhondda		Labour	2021	Present
158	Kirsty Williams		Brecon and Radnorshire		Liberal Democrats	1999	2021
159	Phil Williams		South Wales East		Plaid Cymru	1999	2003
160	Sioned Williams		South Wales West		Plaid Cymru	2021	Present
161	Leanne Wood		South Wales Central		Plaid Cymru	2003	2016
			Rhondda			2016	2021

See also

• Members of the 1st National Assembly for Wales
• Members of the 2nd National Assembly for Wales
• Members of the 3rd National Assembly for Wales
• Members of the 4th National Assembly for Wales
• Members of the 5th National Assembly for Wales
• Members of the 6th Senedd
• List of by-elections to the Senedd
• Regional member changes to the Senedd

References

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