List of female members of the Senedd explained

This is a list of women who are or have been members of the Senedd.

The Senedd (Welsh Parliament;) has sixty seats. At each election the Senedd has returned some of the highest rates of female representation in the world. At the 2003 election 30 women and 30 men were elected. Following a by-election in 2006 there were 31 women and 29 men who all served until the 2007 election.^[1]

Following the May 2021 election there are 26 women and 34 men.

Date	data-sort- type="number" width:100px;"	Female ♀	data-sort- type="number" width:100px;"	Male ♂
1999 election	24	36
2000^[2]	25	35
2003 election	30	30
2006^[3]	31	29
2007 election	28	32
2010^[4]	29	31
2011 election	25	35
2016 election	25	35
2017^[5]	26	34
2018^[6]	27	33
2019^[7]	28	32
2020^[8]	29	31
2021 election	26	34

List of female members of the Senedd

Party		Name	Senedd constituency	Year elected	Year left	Reason
			Cardiff South and Penarth	1999	2011	Retired
			Newport West	1999	2016	Retired
			Cynon Valley	1999	2016	Retired
			Pontypridd	1999	2011	Retired
			South Wales West	1999	2007	Retired
			South Wales East	1999	2016	Retired
			Cardiff North	1999	2007	Retired
			Swansea East	1999	2001	Died
			Ogmore	1999	2016	Retired
			Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	1999	2007	Defeated
			Delyn	1999	2003	Retired
		MBE	Gower	1999	2016	Retired
			North Wales	1999	2001	Resigned
			Vale of Glamorgan	1999		Serving
			South Wales Central	1999	2003	Retired
			Vale of Clwyd	1999	2021	Retired
			South Wales Central	1999		Serving
			Llanelli and Mid and West Wales		2011	Defeated
Mid and West Wales			2018^[9]	2021	Defeated
			Torfaen	1999		Serving
			Cardiff Central	1999	2011	Retired
			North Wales	1999	2011	Retired
			Clwyd South	1999	2011	Retired
			Neath	1999	2016	Retired
			Brecon and Radnorshire	1999	2021	Retired
			Mid and West Wales	2000	2003	Retired
			North Wales	2001	2011	Defeated
			Swansea East	2001	2011	Retired
			Preseli Pembrokeshire	2003	2007	Defeated
			Mid and West Wales	2003	2007	Defeated
			Islwyn	2003	2011	Retired
			South Wales East	2003	2007	Defeated
2020^[10]					Serving
			Delyn	2003	2016	Retired
			Llanelli	2003	2007	Defeated
			South Wales Central then Rhondda	2003	2021	Defeated
			Blaenau Gwent	2006	2011	Retired
			Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	2007	2021	Defeated
			Mid and West Wales	2007	2011	Defeated
			Wrexham	2007		Serving
			South Wales West	2007	2021	Retired
			Mid and West Wales	2007		Serving
			South Wales East	2010	2011	Defeated
			South Wales West	2011	2021	Retired
			Gower	2011		Serving
			Aberconwy	2011		Serving
			Swansea West	2011		Serving
			Cardiff North	2011		Serving
			South Wales Central	2011	2016	Defeated
			Cardiff Central	2011		Serving
			North Wales	2011	2015	Resigned
		^[11]	North Wales	2015	2016	Defeated
			Delyn	2016		Serving
			Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	2016		Serving
			North Wales	2016	2021	Defeated
	Independent
			Newport West	2016		Serving
			Arfon	2016		Serving
			Cynon Valley	2016		Serving
			South Wales West	2016	2021	Defeated
	Independent
	Brexit Party
	Independent
			Mid and West Wales	2016		Serving
			Islwyn	2016		Serving
			North Wales	2016	2021	Defeated
	Independent
	Brexit Party
	Independent
			South Wales East	2019		Serving
			South Wales East	2021		Serving
			Mid and West Wales	2021		Serving
			South Wales Central	2021		Serving
			Bridgend	2021		Serving
			North Wales	2021		Serving
			Rhondda	2021		Serving
			South Wales West	2021		Serving

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jac Larner . Gender and Representation in National Assembly for Wales Elections . Thinking Wales – Meddwl Cymru . Cardiff University . 12 October 2016 . 11 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170405220332/http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wales/2016/10/12/gender-and-representation-in-national-assembly-for-wales-elections/ . 5 April 2017 .
2. Following the resignation of Alun Michael and the return of Delyth Evans on 1 May 2000
3. Following the Blaenau Gwent by-election on 29 June 2006
4. Following the resignation of Mike German and the return of Veronica German on 1 July 2010
5. Following the resignation of Nathan Gill and the return of Mandy Jones on 27 December 2017
6. Following the resignation of Simon Thomas on 26 July 2018 and return of Helen Mary Jones
7. Following the death of Steffan Lewis on 11 January 2019 and return of Delyth Jewell
8. Following the death of Mohammad Asghar on 16 June 2020 and return of Laura Ann Jones
9. Replaced Simon Thomas in 2018
10. Replaced Mohammad Asghar in 2020
11. Replaced Antoinette Sandbach in 2015