South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)

South Wales Central (Welsh: Canol De Cymru) is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in 1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.

South Wales Central
Canol De Cymru (Welsh)
Multi-member electoral region for the Senedd
Map of South Wales Central, with constituencies numbered alphabetically and coloured in 2021 party colours. Inset within Wales shown to the top-right with the four regional seats.
Interactive map Interactive map of the constituency.
Preserved counties	Mid Glamorgan (part) South Glamorgan (part)
Current Multi-member electoral region
Created	1999
Number of members	12 8 constituency 4 regional
MSs	Labour (8)    Conservative (2)    Plaid Cymru (2)
Constituencies	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Cynon Valley Pontypridd Rhondda Vale of Glamorgan

Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd (MSs) by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up MSs, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results reckoned as pre elected list members.

County boundaries

Map of current boundaries

The region covers much of the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan and much of the preserved county of South Glamorgan. The rest of Mid Glamorgan is partly within the South Wales East electoral region and partly within South Wales West. The rest of South Glamorgan is within the South Wales West electoral region.

Electoral region profile

The region is predominantly urban, taking in Wales' capital and largest city, Cardiff, as well as the working-class former mining town of Pontypridd, the seaside resort of Barry, and parts of the formerly industrial and still heavily populated South Wales Valleys. However, the region also includes rural areas in the western part of the Vale of Glamorgan.

Constituencies

The eight constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster):

Constituency	2021 result		Preserved counties
Cardiff Central		Jenny Rathbone Labour	Entirely within South Glamorgan
Cardiff North		Julie Morgan Labour	Entirely within South Glamorgan
Cardiff South and Penarth		Vaughan Gething Labour	Entirely within South Glamorgan
Cardiff West		Mark Drakeford Labour	Entirely within South Glamorgan
Cynon Valley		Vikki Howells Labour & Co-operative	Entirely within Mid Glamorgan
Pontypridd		Mick Antoniw Labour	Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan
Rhondda		Elizabeth Williams Labour	Entirely within Mid Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan		Jane Hutt Labour	Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

Constituency MSs

Term	Election	Cardiff Central		Cardiff North		Cardiff South and Penarth		Cardiff West		Cynon Valley		Pontypridd		Rhondda		Vale of Glamorgan
1st	1999		Jenny Randerson (LD)		Sue Essex (Lab)		Lorraine Barrett (Lab)		Rhodri Morgan (Lab)		Christine Chapman (Lab)		Jane Davidson (Lab)		Geraint Davies (PC)		Jane Hutt (Lab)
2nd	2003														Leighton Andrews (Lab)
3rd	2007				Jonathan Morgan (Con)
4th	2011		Jenny Rathbone (Lab)		Julie Morgan (Lab)		Vaughan Gething (Lab)		Mark Drakeford (Lab)				Mick Antoniw (Lab)
5th	2016										Vikki Howells (Lab)				Leanne Wood (PC)
6th	2021														Buffy Williams (Lab)

Regional list AMs and MSs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term	Election	AM / MS		AM / MS		AM / MS		AM / MS
1st	1999		Jonathan Morgan (Con)		David Melding (Con)		Owen John Thomas (PC)		Pauline Jarman (PC)
2nd	2003								Leanne Wood (PC)
3rd	2007		Andrew RT Davies (Con)				Chris Franks (PC)
4th	2011						Eluned Parrott (LD)
5th	2016						Gareth Bennett (UKIP) later Independent then Abolish		Neil McEvoy (PC) later Independent then Propel
	2018
	2020
6th	2021				Joel James (Con)		Rhys ab Owen (PC later Independent)		Heledd Fychan (PC)
	2022

2021 Senedd election^[1]

Main article: 2021 Senedd election

2021 Senedd election: South Wales Central
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Labour	Ruba Sivagnanam, Dan De'Ath, Maliika Kaaba, Owain Williams	102,611	40.1	6.2
	Conservative	Andrew RT Davies, Joel James, Calum Davies, Adrian Robson, Mia Rhiannon Rees, Leighton Rowlands, Sean Driscoll, Sian-Elin Melbourne	56,662	22.1	3.8
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys ab Owen, Heledd Fychan, Fflur Elin, Sahar al-Faifi, Boyd Clack, Nasir Adam, Julie Williams, Ioan Bellin, Mohammed Tariq Awan, Richard Rhys Grigg	46,478	18.2	2.7
	Green	Anthony Slaughter, Helen Westhead, David Griffin, Debra Cooper	14,478	5.7	2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Berman, Rhys Taylor, Sally Stephenson, Steven Rajam, Alex Wilson	11,821	4.6	1.7
	Abolish	Lee Canning, Martyn Ford, Munawar Mughal, Lisa Peregrine, Stuart Fields, Ian McLean, Lawrence Gwynn, Michael Hughes	8,396	3.3	0.7
	Propel	Neil McEvoy, Steve Robinson, Lisa Ford, Keith Parry	5,552	2.2	2.2
	UKIP	Paul Campbell, Benjamin Dale, Clive Easton, Paul Williams	3,127	1.2	9.2
	Reform UK	Jamie Jenkins, Peter Hopkins, Steve Bayliss, Michael Hancock, Alan Pick	2,244	0.9	0.9
	No More Lockdowns	Justin Lilley, Rita Darby	1,298	0.5	0.5
	Gwlad	Karl-James Langford, Clem Thomas, Angus Hawkins, Rosamund Ellis-Evans	1,098	0.4	0.4
	Communist	Anita Wright, Malachi Kwame, Walusimbi-Kakembo	602	0.2	0.0
	Independent	Alan Coulthard	580	0.2	0.2
	TUSC	Ross Saunders, Beth Webster, Mia Hollsing, Andrew Wilkes, Kevin Gillen	519	0.2	0.1
	Workers Party	Tess Delaney, Steve Everett, Frank Hinley	411	0.2	0.2

2021 Senedd election additional members

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)[1]	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Labour	8	102,611 (40%)	6	0	8	+2
	Conservative	0	56,662 (22%)	3	2	2	-1
	Plaid Cymru	0	46,478 (18%)	3	2	2	-1
	Green	0	14,478 (6%)	0	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	0	11,821 (5%)	0	0	0	0
	Abolish	0	8,396 (3%)	0	0	0	0
	Propel	0	5,552 (2%)	0	0	0	0
	UKIP	0	3,127 (1%)	0	0	0	0
	Reform UK	0	2,244 (1%)	0	0	0	0
	No More Lockdowns	0	1.298 (1%)	0	0	0	0
	Gwlad	0	1,098 (0%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	602 (0%)	0	0	0	0
	Independent (Alan Coulthard)	0	580 (0%)	0	0	0	0
	TUSC	0	519 (0%)	0	0	0	0
	Workers Party	0	411 (0%)	0	0	0	0

Regional MSs elected in 2021

Party		Name
	Conservative	Andrew RT Davies
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys ab Owen
	Conservative	Joel James
	Plaid Cymru	Heledd Fychan

2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)[2]	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Labour	7	78,366 (34%)	5	0	7	+2
	Plaid Cymru	1	48,357 (21%)	3	1	2	-1
	Conservative	0	42,185 (18%)	3	2	2	-1
	UKIP	0	23,958 (10%)	1	1	1	0
	Liberal Democrats	0	14,875 (6%)	0	0	0	0
	Abolish	0	9,163 (4%)	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	7,949 (3%)	0	0	0	0
	Women's Equality	0	2,807 (1%)	0	0	0	0
	Monster Raving Loony	0	1,096 (0%)	0	0	0	0
	TUSC	0	736 (0%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	520 (0%)	0	0	0	0
	Freedom to Choose	0	470 (0.2%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected in 2016

Party		Name
	Conservative	Andrew RT Davies
	Conservative	David Melding
	Plaid Cymru	Neil McEvoy
	UKIP	Gareth Bennett

2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)[2]	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Labour	8	85,445 (41.0%)	6	0	8	+2
	Conservative	0	45,751 (22.0%)	3	2	2	−1
	Plaid Cymru	0	28,606 (13.7%)	2	1	1	−1
	Liberal Democrats	0	16,514 (7.9%)	1	1	1	0
	Green	0	10,774 (5.2%)	0	0	0	0
	UKIP	0	8,292 (4.0%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Labour	0	4,690 (2.3%)	0	0	0	0
	BNP	0	3,805 (1.8%)	0	0	0	0
	Welsh Christian	0	1,873 (0.9%)	0	0	0	0
	Monster Raving Loony	0	1,237 (0.6%)	0	0	0	0
	TUSC	0	830 (0.4%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	516 (0.2%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected in 2011

Party		Name
	Conservative	Andrew RT Davies
	Conservative	David Melding
	Liberal Democrats	Eluned Parrott †
	Plaid Cymru	Leanne Wood

† Replaced John Dixon, who was disqualified for being a member of a public body to which AMs cannot belong.^[3]

2007 Welsh Assembly election additional members[4]

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)[2]	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Labour	6	70,799 (34.0%)	5	0	6	+1
	Conservative	1	45,127 (21.7%)	3	2	3	0
	Plaid Cymru	0	32,207 (15.5%)	2	2	2	0
	Liberal Democrats	1	29,626 (14.0%)	2	0	1	−1
	BNP	0	7,889 (3.8%)	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	7,831 (3.8%)	0	0	0	0
	UKIP	0	7,645 (3.7%)	0	0	0	0
	Welsh Christian	0	1,987 (1.0%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Labour	0	1,744 (0.8%)	0	0	0	0
	Respect	0	1,079 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Alternative	0	838 (0.4%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	817 (0.4%)	0	0	0	0
	CPA	0	757 (0.4%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Equality	0	292 (0.1%)	0	0	0	0

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members[5]

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)[2]	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Labour	7	74,369 (41.08%)	6	0	7	+1
	Conservative	0	33,404 (18.45%)	2	2	2	0
	Plaid Cymru	0	27,956 (15.44%)	2	2	2	0
	Liberal Democrats	1	24,926 (13.77%)	2	0	1	-1
	UKIP	0	6,920 (3.82%)	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	6,047 (3.34%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Labour	0	3,217 (1.78%)	0	0	0	0
	New Millennium Bean Party	0	1,027 (0.57%)	0	0	0	0
	Cymru Annibynnol	0	1,018 (0.56%)	0	0	0	0
	Vote 2 Stop the War	0	1,013 (0.56%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	577 (0.32%)	0	0	0	0
	ProLife Alliance	0	573 (0.32%)	0	0	0	0

1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members[6]

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)[2]	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Labour	6	79,564 (36.92%)	5	0	6	+1
	Plaid Cymru	1	58,080 (26.95%)	3	2	3	0
	Conservative	0	34,944 (16.22%)	2	2	2	0
	Liberal Democrats	1	30,911 (14.35%)	2	0	1	−1
	Green	0	5,336 (2.48%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Labour	0	2,822 (1.31%)	0	0	0	0
	Independent- Alun Mathias	0	1,524 (0.71%)	0	0	0	0
	Natural Law	0	665 (0.31%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	652 (0.30%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Alliance	0	602 (0.28%)	0	0	0	0
	Independent- Paul Phillips	0	378 (0.18%)	0	0	0	0