Members of the 3rd National Assembly for Wales
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| 1st Assembly | (1999) |
| 2nd Assembly | (2003) |
| 3rd Assembly | (2007 National Assembly for Wales election, 2007 The 2007 National Assembly election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. It was the third general election. On the same day local elections in England and Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament election took place... ) |
| 4th Assembly | (2011 National Assembly for Wales election, 2011 The National Assembly for Wales election 2011 was the most recent election for the National Assembly. The poll was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 and decided the incumbency for all the assembly's seats... ) |
This is a list of Assembly Members (AMs) or, in Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
, Aelodau'r Cynulliad (ACau) elected to the third National Assembly for Wales
National Assembly for Wales
The National Assembly for Wales is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Members, or AMs...
at the 2007 election
National Assembly for Wales election, 2007
The 2007 National Assembly election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. It was the third general election. On the same day local elections in England and Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament election took place...
. Of the 60 members 40 where elected from first past the post constituencies with a further 20 members being returned from five regions, each electing four AMs a from of mixed member proportional representation
Mixed member proportional representation
Mixed-member proportional representation, also termed mixed-member proportional voting and commonly abbreviated to MMP, is a voting system originally used to elect representatives to the German Bundestag, and nowadays adopted by numerous legislatures around the world...
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Composition of the Assembly
| Party | May 2007 | Present | |
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| • | Labour | 26 | 26 |
| • | Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966... |
15 | 14 |
| Conservative Welsh Conservative Party The Welsh Conservatives & Unionists , informally the Welsh Conservatives or Welsh Tories, are the part of the Conservative Party which operates in Wales... |
12 | 13 | |
| Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats The Welsh Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties of the federal Liberal Democrats and operate within Wales, the others being the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England.... |
6 | 6 | |
| Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
1 | 1 | |
| Total | 60 | ||
Government parties denoted with bullets (•)
AMs by party
This is a list of current AMs, the changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session. See here a list of AMs elected in the 2007 electionNational Assembly for Wales election, 2007
The 2007 National Assembly election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. It was the third general election. On the same day local elections in England and Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament election took place...
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| Party | Name | Constituency or Region | |
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| Labour (26) | Leighton Andrews Leighton Andrews Leighton Andrews is a Welsh Labour politician, currently the National Assembly for Wales member for Rhondda since 2003... |
Rhondda | |
| Lorraine Barrett Lorraine Barrett Lorraine Barrett is a former Welsh Labour & Co-operative Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Cardiff South and Penarth and an Assembly Commissioner since 2007... |
Cardiff South and Penarth | ||
| Rosemary Butler Rosemary Butler (politician) Rosemary Janet Mair Butler is a British politician and Labour Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Newport West since 1999. Serving briefly as Assembly Secretary for Education in the first two years of the Assembly, she was elected Deputy Presiding Officer of the Assembly in May 2007... |
Newport West Newport West (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Newport West is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... |
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| Christine Chapman Christine Chapman Christine Chapman is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Cynon Valley since 1999.... |
Cynon Valley | ||
| Jeffrey Cuthbert Jeffrey Cuthbert Jeffrey Hambley Cuthbert is a Welsh politician who has been a Labour Party member of the National Assembly for Wales for Caerphilly since 2003... |
Caerphilly Caerphilly (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Caerphilly is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... |
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| Jane Davidson Jane Davidson Jane Davidson, AM was the Labour Assembly Member for Pontypridd and the Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing in the Welsh Assembly Government. She lives in Gwaelod-y-Garth with her husband and three children... |
Pontypridd | ||
| Alun Davies | Mid and West Wales | ||
| Andrew Davies Andrew Davies (politician) Andrew Davies, AM is a Welsh Labour politician, who represents the constituency of Swansea West in the National Assembly for Wales. Davies was born in Hereford to Welsh parents; his mother is from Llandeilo and his father from Holywell, Flintshire... |
Swansea West Swansea West (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Swansea West is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... |
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| Brian Gibbons Brian Gibbons Dr Brian Gibbons, AM, FRCGP was the Labour Party Assembly Member for Aberavon from May 1999 to May 2010, when he stood down... |
Aberavon Aberavon (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Aberavon is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven... |
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| Janice Gregory Janice Gregory Janice Gregory AM is a Welsh Labour politician, who has represented the constituency of Ogmore since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999... |
Ogmore Ogmore (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Ogmore is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven... |
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| John Griffiths John Griffiths John Griffiths AM is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician and the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development... |
Newport East Newport East (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Newport East is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... |
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| Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths AM is a Welsh Labour politician. She worked as a secretary to John Marek and the constituency assistant to Ian Lucas, successive Members of Parliament for Wrexham, and was elected to the National Assembly for Wales from the Wrexham constituency in 2007... |
Wrexham Wrexham (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Wrexham is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to nine constituency... |
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| Edwina Hart Edwina Hart Edwina Hart, MBE, AM is a Welsh Labour politician who has represented the constituency of Gower since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999. Hart was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Government in May 2007.-Background:Hart was born and raised in... |
Gower Gower (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Gower is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency... |
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| Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Jane Hutt AM is a Welsh Labour politician and a Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government. Hutt has represented the Vale of Glamorgan constituency since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999... |
Vale of Glamorgan | ||
| Irene James Irene James Irene James AM is a Welsh Labour politician who has represented the constituency of Islwyn in the National Assembly for Wales since 2003.... |
Islwyn Islwyn (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Islwyn is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight... |
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| Ann Jones Ann Jones (Welsh politician) Margaret Ann Jones AM is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician. Born in Rhyl, Denbighshire, Jones has represented the Vale of Clwyd constituency since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999. Jones is presently Chair of the Equality of Opportunity Committee... |
Vale of Clwyd | ||
| Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Carwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician and the First Minister of Wales. The third official to lead the Welsh Government, Jones has been Assembly Member for Bridgend since 1999. In the coalition government of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru, he was appointed Counsel General for Wales and Leader of... |
Bridgend Bridgend (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Bridgend is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven... |
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| Huw Lewis Huw Lewis Huw Lewis AM is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Lewis has represented the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999.-Early life:... |
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... |
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| Val Lloyd | Swansea East Swansea East (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Swansea East is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... |
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| Sandy Mewies Sandy Mewies Sandra Mewies AM is a Welsh Labour politician. Born in Brymbo, Clwyd, Mewies has represented the constituency of Delyn at the National Assembly for Wales since her election in 2003.-Education:... |
Delyn | ||
| Rhodri Morgan Rhodri Morgan Hywel Rhodri Morgan is a Welsh Labour politician who, as First Secretary for Wales, and subsequently First Minister, was leader of the Welsh Assembly Government from 2000 to 2009. A former leader of Welsh Labour, he was the Assembly Member for Cardiff West from 1999 to 2011... |
Cardiff West | ||
| Lynne Neagle Lynne Neagle Lynne Neagle AM is a Welsh Labour & Co-operative politician. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, Neagle has represented the constituency of Torfaen since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999.-Background:... |
Torfaen Torfaen (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Torfaen is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight... |
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| Carl Sargeant Carl Sargeant Carl Sargeant AM is a Welsh Labour politician and the Minister for Social Justice & Local Government in the Welsh Assembly Government... |
Alyn and Deeside | ||
| Karen Sinclair Karen Sinclair Karen Sinclair AM is a Welsh Labour politician, who has represented the constituency of Clwyd South since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999. Born and brought up in Wrexham, north Wales, Sinclair has lived in Llangollen for over twenty years.-Education and professional... |
Clwyd South Clwyd South (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Clwyd South is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... |
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| Gwenda Thomas Gwenda Thomas Gwenda Thomas AM is the Labour Assembly Member for Neath. Mrs Thomas was first elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 and re-elected in 2003, having almost doubled her majority. She is a fluent Welsh speaker... |
Neath Neath (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Neath is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency... |
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| Joyce Watson Joyce Watson Joyce Watson, born 1955, is a Welsh Labour politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Mid and West Wales since 2007.-Career:... |
Mid and West Wales | ||
| Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966... (13) |
Jocelyn Davies Jocelyn Davies Jocelyn Davies is a Plaid Cymru politician and a member of the National Assembly of Wales, list member for South Wales East since 1999. She was Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration... |
South Wales East | |
| Nerys Evans Nerys Evans Nerys Evans is a Welsh politician. She was a member of the National Assembly for Wales representing Plaid Cymru in the Mid and West Wales region... |
Mid and West Wales | ||
| Chris Franks Chris Franks Christopher Paul Franks is a Welsh engineer and politician. A member of Plaid Cymru, he has led the party's group on the Vale of Glamorgan council. Between 2007 and 2011 he was a member of the National Assembly for Wales losing in 2011.... |
South Wales Central | ||
| Bethan Jenkins Bethan Jenkins Bethan Jenkins AM , is a Welsh politician, born in Aberdare, Wales, who has represented the South Wales West Region for Plaid Cymru as a Member of the National Assembly for Wales since 2007.-Background:... |
South Wales West | ||
| Alun Ffred Jones Alun Ffred Jones Alun Ffred Jones is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. Jones was the National Assembly for Wales Member for Caernarfon 2003–07 and for the newly created Arfon constituency since the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007.... |
Arfon | ||
| Elin Jones Elin Jones Elin Jones AM , is a Welsh politician, born in Lampeter, Wales, who has represented Ceredigion for Plaid Cymru as a Member of the National Assembly for Wales since 1999.-Background:... |
Ceredigion | ||
| Gareth Jones Gareth Jones (Welsh politician) Gareth Jones OBE is a Welsh politician. He was a member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Aberconwy constituency from 1999 to 2011, as well as being a Llandudno town councillor representing the Craig-y-Don ward.... |
Aberconwy | ||
| Helen Mary Jones Helen Mary Jones Helen Mary Jones is a Plaid Cymru politician, who was a member of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2011.-Background:... |
Llanelli | ||
| Ieuan Wyn Jones Ieuan Wyn Jones Ieuan Wyn Jones, AM is a Welsh politician, who was the Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government from 2007 until 2011. Jones is the current leader of Plaid Cymru and Member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Ynys Môn constituency... |
Ynys Môn | ||
| Dai Lloyd | South Wales West | ||
| Janet Ryder Janet Ryder Janet Ryder is a Welsh politician. She was a Plaid Cymru member of the National Assembly for Wales for North Wales from 1999 to 2011. She moved with her family to Wales in 1990 and has since learnt Welsh.... |
North Wales | ||
| Rhodri Glyn Thomas Rhodri Glyn Thomas Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM is a Welsh politician. He has been the Plaid Cymru National Assembly for Wales Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr since 1999.-Education:... |
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | ||
| Leanne Wood Leanne Wood Leanne Wood AM , is a Welsh politician, born in the Rhondda, Wales, who has represented the South Wales Central region for Plaid Cymru as a Member of the National Assembly for Wales since 2003. Wood is known as a republican and socialist.... |
South Wales Central | ||
| Conservative Party Welsh Conservative Party The Welsh Conservatives & Unionists , informally the Welsh Conservatives or Welsh Tories, are the part of the Conservative Party which operates in Wales... (13) |
Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Asghar , known as Oscar, is an Asian politician, who has been a member of the Conservative party, the Labour party, and Plaid Cymru. He came to prominence after being elected to the Welsh Assembly in 2007 as a member of Plaid Cymru on the list for South Wales East... |
South Wales East | |
| Nicholas Bourne | Mid and West Wales | ||
| Angela Burns Angela Burns Angela Burns is a British businesswoman and politician who was elected as Conservative member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire to the National Assembly for Wales in May 2007.-Background:... |
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | ||
| Alun Cairns Alun Cairns Alun Hugh Cairns is a Welsh Conservative Party politician. A member of the National Assembly for Wales for the in the South Wales West region since 1999, he was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan.-Background:Brought up in Clydach near... |
South Wales West | ||
| Andrew R. T. Davies | South Wales Central | ||
| Paul Davies | Preseli Pembrokeshire | ||
| William Graham William Graham (Welsh politician) William Graham JP is a Conservative politician, currently European Affairs spokesman for the Official Opposition in the National Assembly for Wales and Conservative group chairman and Chief Whip.-Background:... |
South Wales East | ||
| Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood, born 21 January 1959, is a Conservative member of the National Assembly for Wales for the region of North Wales. He is the son of Liberal Democrat politician Rodney Isherwood.-Education:Stockport Grammar School... |
North Wales | ||
| David Melding | South Wales Central | ||
| Darren Millar Darren Millar Darren Millar is a Welsh politician. He is currently a Welsh Conservative member of the National Assembly for Wales for Clwyd West.-Personal:Darren Millar lives in the Kinmel Bay area with his wife and two children... |
Clwyd West | ||
| Jonathan Morgan Jonathan Morgan (Welsh politician) Jonathan Morgan, is a Welsh Conservative politician, who served as a Conservative AM for South Wales Central from 1999–2007 and AM for Cardiff North from 2007-2011... |
Cardiff North | ||
| Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay is a British Conservative politician who has been a Member of the Welsh Assembly since 2007. He currently represents the constituency of Monmouth.-Early life:... |
Monmouth Monmouth (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Monmouth is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight... |
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| Brynle Williams Brynle Williams Brynle Williams was a North Wales Assembly Member for the Welsh Conservative Party in the National Assembly for Wales. Elected from the North Wales Regional list, he was Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs from 2007-2011... |
North Wales | ||
| Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats The Welsh Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties of the federal Liberal Democrats and operate within Wales, the others being the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England.... (6) |
Mick Bates Mick Bates (politician) Mick Bates is an Independent Liberal Democrat politician. He was Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Montgomeryshire between 1999 and 2011.-Background:... |
Montgomeryshire | |
| Peter Black Peter Black (Welsh politician) Peter Black is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for the South Wales West Region.-Background:... |
South Wales West | ||
| Eleanor Burnham Eleanor Burnham Eleanor Burnham is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, and was a Member of the Welsh Assembly for the North Wales Regional Constituency until May 2011.-Background:... |
North Wales | ||
| Veronica German Veronica German Veronica German is a Liberal Democrat politician and a former member of the National Assembly of Wales. She was a list member for South Wales East between 2010 and 2011.-Background:... |
South Wales East | ||
| Jenny Randerson | Cardiff Central | ||
| Kirsty Williams Kirsty Williams Victoria Kirsty Williams is a British politician. She is the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats and the Member of the Welsh Assembly for Brecon and Radnorshire.-Early life:... |
Brecon and Radnorshire | ||
| Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... (1) |
Trish Law Trish Law Patricia Law, née Bolter was the Blaenau Gwent People's Voice AM for Blaenau Gwent in Wales between 2006 and 2011.-Background:... |
Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Blaenau Gwent is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... |
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| Presiding Officer Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales is the Speaker of the National Assembly for Wales, elected by the Members of the National Assembly for Wales to chair their meetings ; to maintain order; and to protect the rights of Members.He or she also heads the Corporate Body of the... (1) |
Dafydd Elis-Thomas | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | |
Constituency members
Regional members
Changes
- 8 December 2009: Mohammad AsgharMohammad AsgharMohammad Asghar , known as Oscar, is an Asian politician, who has been a member of the Conservative party, the Labour party, and Plaid Cymru. He came to prominence after being elected to the Welsh Assembly in 2007 as a member of Plaid Cymru on the list for South Wales East...
defected from Plaid Cymru to the Conservative Party.
See also
- Government of the 3rd National Assembly for WalesGovernment of the 3rd National Assembly for WalesThe 3rd National Assembly for Wales convened after the 2007 election. The Assembly first met on 9 May when Dafydd Elis-Thomas was appointed as the Presiding Officer.- Third Morgan government :...
- National Assembly for Wales election, 2007National Assembly for Wales election, 2007The 2007 National Assembly election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. It was the third general election. On the same day local elections in England and Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament election took place...