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.

Datedata-sort- type="number" style="background:pink; color:white; width:100px;"Female ♀data-sort- type="number" style="background:blue; color:white; width:100px;"Male ♂
1999 election2436
2000[2] 2535
2003 election3030
2006[3] 3129
2007 election2832
2010[4] 2931
2011 election2535
2016 election2535
2017[5] 2634
2018[6] 2733
2019[7] 2832
2020[8] 2931
2021 election2634

List of female members of the Senedd

PartyNameSenedd constituencyYear electedYear left Reason
Cardiff South and Penarth19992011Retired
DBENewport West19992016Retired
Cynon Valley19992016Retired
Pontypridd19992011Retired
South Wales West19992007Retired
South Wales East19992016Retired
Cardiff North19992007Retired
Swansea East19992001Died
Ogmore19992016Retired
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire19992007Defeated
Delyn19992003Retired
MBEGower19992016Retired
North Wales19992001Resigned
Vale of Glamorgan1999Serving
South Wales Central19992003Retired
Vale of Clwyd19992021Retired
South Wales Central1999Serving
Llanelli and Mid and West Wales2011Defeated
Mid and West Wales2018[9] 2021Defeated
Torfaen1999Serving
Cardiff Central19992011Retired
North Wales19992011Retired
Clwyd South19992011Retired
Neath19992016Retired
CBEBrecon and Radnorshire19992021Retired
Mid and West Wales20002003Retired
North Wales20012011Defeated
Swansea East20012011Retired
Preseli Pembrokeshire20032007Defeated
Mid and West Wales20032007Defeated
Islwyn20032011Retired
South Wales East20032007Defeated
2020[10] Serving
Delyn20032016Retired
Llanelli20032007Defeated
South Wales Central then Rhondda20032021Defeated
Blaenau Gwent20062011Retired
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire20072021Defeated
Mid and West Wales20072011Defeated
Wrexham2007Serving
South Wales West20072021Retired
Mid and West Wales2007Serving
South Wales East20102011Defeated
South Wales West20112021Retired
Gower2011Serving
Aberconwy2011Serving
Swansea West2011Serving
Cardiff North2011Serving
South Wales Central20112016Defeated
Cardiff Central2011Serving
North Wales20112015Resigned
[11] North Wales20152016Defeated
Delyn2016Serving
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney2016Serving
North Wales20162021Defeated
Independent
Newport West2016Serving
Arfon2016Serving
Cynon Valley2016Serving
South Wales West20162021Defeated
Independent
Brexit Party
Independent
Mid and West Wales2016Serving
Islwyn2016Serving
North Wales20162021Defeated
Independent
Brexit Party
Independent
South Wales East2019Serving
South Wales East2021Serving
Mid and West Wales2021Serving
South Wales Central2021Serving
Bridgend2021Serving
North Wales2021Serving
Rhondda2021Serving
South Wales West2021Serving

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