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

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...

. It was the third general election

General election

In a parliamentary political system, a general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.The term...

. On the same day local elections in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

and Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, and the Scottish Parliament election

Scottish Parliament election, 2007

The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999...

took place. This election was preceded by the previous Assembly election in 2003.

The election saw 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...

make gains at the expense of Labour, although Labour remain the largest party in the Assembly, as they have since it began. Plaid stated they would make a referendum on devolving further powers to the National Assembly a condition for a coalition. Wales reported that senior civil servants before the election were preparing for three possible coalition administrations: Labour/Liberal Democrat, Labour/Plaid Cymru or Plaid Cymru/Liberal Democrat/Conservative.

Discussions between Plaid Cymru, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to form a "Rainbow" Coalition broke down, and a coalition was eventually agreed between Labour and Plaid Cymru.

Major parties

The Welsh Labour Party before the election had 29 seats, 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...

had 12, the Welsh 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...

11, the Welsh 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, Forward Wales 1, with 1 independent (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:...

). Mrs Law won her seat at a 2006 by-election

Blaenau Gwent by-elections, 2006

Two by-elections were held for the constituency of Blaenau Gwent in Wales following the death of Member of Parliament and Assembly Member Peter Law on 25 April 2006. As Law was the MP and Assembly Member , his death required by-elections in both the parliamentary seat and the equivalent Welsh...

, the seat having been won by Labour in the 2003 election. The one Forward Wales Assembly Member was elected as an independent before forming the party. Otherwise, the standings represent the 2003 results.

Electoral method

In general election

General election

s for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes in a mixed member system

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...

. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list

Closed list

Closed list describes the variant of party-list proportional representation where voters can only vote for political parties as a whole and thus have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected...

of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method

D'Hondt method

The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...

, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation. The overall result is approximately proportional

Proportional representation

Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...

Pre-election forecasts

Predictions for the seat distribution were made by a number of polls before the election:

Forecast by	Dates	Lab	Plaid 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...	Con Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	LD Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...	other
Institute of Welsh Affairs	2007-01-13	25	13	13	7	2
NOP GfK NOP GfK NOP is a leading market research agency based in London, providing business insight through quantitative and qualitative research.- History :... /ITV ITV ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...	2007-04-06	25	12	14	7	2
Western Mail	2007-04-27	25	15	10	8	2

Electoral results

Overall turnout - 43.7%

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Constituency nominations

NB: candidates in BOLD text are the incumbent assembly members

Constituency	Conservative	Labour	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....	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...	Others
Aberavon	Daisy Meyland-Smith	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...	Claire Waller	Linett Purcell
Aberconwy Aberconwy (Assembly constituency) Aberconwy is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales, created for the 2007 Assembly election. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Dylan Jones-Evans Dylan Jones-Evans Dylan Jones-Evans is Director of Enterprise and Innovation at the University of Wales and Chairman of the Welsh Conservatives' Economic Commission.-Professional career:...	Denise Idris Jones Denise Idris Jones Denise Idris Jones was a Labour member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Conwy Assembly constituency. She is a native of Rhosllanerchrugog, near Wrexham and speaks Welsh, English and French....	Euron Hughes	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....
Alyn and Deeside Alyn and Deeside (Assembly constituency) Alyn and Deeside is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Will Gallagher	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...	Paul Brighton	Dafydd Passe Dafydd Passe Dafydd Passe is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. Dafydd Passe stood for election for Alyn and Deeside in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007Dafydd Passe was born in Bangor, Gwynedd and currently lives in Ruabon...	William Crawford (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... )
Arfon Arfon (Assembly constituency) Arfon is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales, created for the 2007 Assembly election. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Gerry Frobisher	Martin Eaglestone	Mel Ab Owain	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....	Elwyn Williams (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... )
Blaenau Gwent	Bob Hayward	Keren Bender	Gareth Lewis	Natasha Asghar	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:... (Independent)
Brecon and Radnorshire Brecon and Radnorshire (Assembly constituency) Brecon and Radnorshire is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Suzy Davies	Neil Stone	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:...	Arwel Lloyd
Bridgend	Emma Greenow	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...	Paul Warren Paul Warren Paul Warren is an American blues/rock guitar player, and is the touring guitar player for the English rock star Rod Stewart....	Nick Thomas Nick Thomas Nick Thomas is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. Nick Thomas stood for the Bridgend constituency in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007.Nick Thomas was born in Bridgend and now lives in Porthcawl...
Caerphilly	Richard Foley	Jeff Cuthbert	Huw Price	Lindsay Whittle Lindsay Whittle Lindsay Whittle is a Welsh politician, a member of Plaid Cymru and an Assembly Member for the South Wales East electoral region in the National Assembly for Wales.-Political career:...	Ron Davies (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... )
Cardiff Central Cardiff Central (Assembly constituency) Cardiff Central is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Andrew Murphy	Sue Lent	Jenny Randerson	Thomas Whitfield	Frank Hughes (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... )
Cardiff North Cardiff North (Assembly constituency) Cardiff North is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	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...	Sophie Howe	Ed Bridges	Wyn Jones	Dai Llewellyn (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... )
Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff South and Penarth (Assembly constituency) Cardiff South and Penarth is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post electoral system...	Karen Robson	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...	Dominic Hannigan	Jason Toby
Cardiff West Cardiff West (Assembly constituency) Cardiff West is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Alun Craig Williams	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...	Alison Goldworthy	Neil McEvoy
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Assembly constituency) Carmarthen East and Dinefwr is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Henrietta Hensher	Kevin Madge	Ian Walton	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 West and South Pembrokeshire Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency) Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	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:...	Christine Gwyther Christine Gwyther Christine Gwyther is a Welsh Labour politician. She held the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency seat in the National Assembly for Wales from 1999-2007...	John Gossage	John Dixon John Dixon (Welsh Politician) John Dixon is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. He stood in election for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007....
Ceredigion Ceredigion (Assembly constituency) Ceredigion is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Trefor Jones	Linda Grace	John Davies	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:...	Dafydd Morgan (Independent)
Clwyd South	John Bell	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...	Frank Biggs	Nia Davies Nia Davies Nia Davies is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. She stood for Clwyd South in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007Nia Davies was born in Brymbo nr...	David Rowlands (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... )
Clwyd West Clwyd West (Assembly constituency) Clwyd West 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...	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...	Alun Pugh Alun Pugh Alun John Pugh is a former Labour Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport. Pugh was born into a poor coal mining family in the Rhondda Valleys. He moved to North Wales in the mid 1980s. Pugh currently lives in his former constituency near Ruthin, and lived in...	Simon Croft	Phil Edwards Phil Edwards (Welsh Politician) Phil Edwards is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. He stood for Clwyd West in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007.Phil Edwards born in Dolgellau in 1953 and lives in Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay....	Warwick Nicholson (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... )
Cynon Valley Cynon Valley (Assembly constituency) Cynon Valley is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Neil John	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....	Margaret Phelps	Liz Walters
Delyn Delyn (Assembly constituency) Delyn 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...	Antoinette Sandbach Antoinette Sandbach Antoinette Sandbach is a Conservative Party politician and was elected as a North Wales regional Assembly Member in the National Assembly for Wales at the May 2011 election....	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:...	Ian Matthews	Meg Elis Meg Elis Meg Elis is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. Meg Elis stood for the Delyn constituency in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007Meg Elis was born in Aberystwyth and currently lives in Waunfawr, Caernarfon....	Derek Bigg (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... )
Dwyfor Meirionnydd Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Assembly constituency) Dwyfor Meirionnydd is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales, created for the 2007 Assembly election. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Mike Wood	David Phillips	Steve Churchman	Dafydd Elis-Thomas Dafydd Elis-Thomas Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas, PC, AM, is a Welsh politician and was the Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales until 2011...
Gower	Byron Davies	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...	Nick Tregoning	Darren Price Darren Price Darren Price is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. He stood for the Gower constituency in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007.Darren Price was born in Carmarthen, and lives in Hendy near Pontarddulais...	Alex Lewis (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... )
Islwyn	Paul Williams	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....	Mark Maguire	Alan Pritchard	Kevin Etheridge (Independent)
Llanelli Llanelli (Assembly constituency) Llanelli 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 Mid and West Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight...	Andrew Morgan	Catherine Thomas Catherine Thomas Catherine Thomas born in 1963 is a Welsh politician and former Labour Welsh Assembly Member for the constituency of Llanelli. She narrowly beat Helen Mary Jones of Plaid Cymru at the 2003 Assembly election with a majority of 21. Helen Mary Jones defeated her in the 2007 election...	Jeremy Townsend	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:...
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Giles Howard	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:...	Amy Kitcher Amy Kitcher Amy Kitcher is a Welsh politician for the Liberal Democrats.-Personal life:Kitcher was raised in Merthyr Tydfil, and she still lives in the Pentrebach area of the town with her family.-Political career:...	Glyndwr Cennydd Jones	Clive Tovay (Independent), Jeff Edwards
Monmouth	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:...	Richard Clark	Jacqui Sullivan	Jonathan T Clark	Ed Abrams (English Democrats)
Montgomeryshire Montgomeryshire (Assembly constituency) Montgomeryshire is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Dan Munford	Rachel Maycock Rachel Maycock Rachel Maycock was born in Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire in 1981. She was educated at Ysgol Uwchradd Llanfyllin High School and Warwick University, where she graduated from in 2003 with a degree in Politics....	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:...	David Thomas	Bruce Lawson (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... )
Neath	Andrew Silvertsen	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...	Sheila Waye	Alun Llewelyn
Newport East	Peter Fox	John Griffiths John Griffiths John Griffiths AM is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician and the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development...	Ed Townsend	Trefor Puw Trefor Puw Trefor Puw Is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. He is currently standing for Newport East constituency in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007.Trefor Puw was born in Newport and continues to live in the city of his birth...	Andrew Constantine (English Democrats)
Newport West	Matthew Evans	Rosemary Butler Rosemary Butler Rosemary Butler began her career playing bass and singing in an all-girl band named the Ladybirds. The band appeared on several LA area television shows before opening for the Rolling Stones in 1964. She then joined all-female hard rock band Birtha who released two albums for Dunhill Records...	Nigel Flanagan	Brian Hancock Brian Hancock Brian Hancock is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. He was the Welsh Assembly Member for Islwyn for the Assembly's first term .-Background:...	Mike Blundell (English Democrats) & James Harris (Independent)
Ogmore	Norma Lloyd Nesling	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...	Martin Plant	Sian Caiach
Pontypridd Pontypridd (Assembly constituency) Pontypridd is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Janice Charles	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...	Mike Powell	Richard Rhys Grigg
Preseli Pembrokeshire Preseli Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency) Preseli Pembrokeshire is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Paul Davies	Tamsin Dunwoody	Hywel Davies	John Osmond John Osmond John Osmond is the director of the independent Welsh think-tank, the Institute of Welsh Affairs. He has contributed to numerous books on the subjects of Welsh politics, culture and devolution, and is also a former journalist and television producer....
Rhondda Rhondda (Assembly constituency) Rhondda 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 Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight...	Howard Parsons	Leighton Andrews Leighton Andrews Leighton Andrews is a Welsh Labour politician, currently the National Assembly for Wales member for Rhondda since 2003...	Karen Roberts	Jill Evans
Swansea East	Bob Dowdle	Valerie Lloyd Valerie Lloyd (Welsh politician) Valerie "Val" Lloyd AM is a Welsh Labour politician, who has represented the constituency of Swansea East at the National Assembly for Wales since 2001.-Education:...	Helen Ceri Clarke	Danny Bowles
Swansea West	Harri Lloyd Davies	Andrew Davies	Peter May	Ian Titherington Ian Titherington Ian Titherington is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. He is standing for Swansea West in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007....	Richard Lewis (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... )
Torfaen	Graham Smith	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:...	Patrick Legge	Rhys ab Elis	Ian Williams (People's Voice Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group The Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group was a political party based in the Blaenau Gwent area of Wales.The group was formed in the aftermath of the election to the House of Commons of Peter Law as an independent Member of Parliament, beating the official Labour candidate. Peter Law stood against the... )
Vale of Clwyd Vale of Clwyd (Assembly constituency) The Vale of Clwyd is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Matt Wright	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...	Mark Young	Mark Jones Mark Jones (Welsh politician) Mark Jones is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. He stood unsuccessfully for the Vale of Clwyd constituency in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007....
Vale of Glamorgan Vale of Glamorgan (Assembly constituency) Vale of Glamorgan is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	Gordon Kemp	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...	Mark Hooper Mark Hooper Mark Hooper was a professional footballer who played for Darlington F.C., Sheffield Wednesday F.C. and briefly with Rotherham United in a 16 year career which lasted from 1923 to 1939 although he appeared in 1945 in a few games after World War II . In total he played 500 League games in that time,...	Barry Shaw Barry Shaw Barry Shaw is a member of Plaid Cymru. He is standing for the Vale of Glamorgan constituency in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007....	Kevin Mahoney (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... )
Wrexham	Felicity Elphick	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...	Bruce Roberts	Siôn Aled Owen Siôn Aled Owen Siôn Aled Owen is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. He stood for the Wrexham constituency in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007.Siôn Aled Owen was born in Bangor and now lives in Wrexham...	John Marek (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... ), Peter Lewis (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... )
Ynys Môn Ynys Môn (Assembly constituency) Ynys Môn is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...	James Roach	Jonathan Austin	Mandi Abrahams	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...	Francis Wykes (UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... ), Peter Rogers (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... )

Trish Law has defended the seat she won in the 2006 by-election. Then and now, she is standing as an independent, but is affiliated with the Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group
Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group
The Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group was a political party based in the Blaenau Gwent area of Wales.The group was formed in the aftermath of the election to the House of Commons of Peter Law as an independent Member of Parliament, beating the official Labour candidate. Peter Law stood against the...

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Ron Davies and John Marek stood as independents, but are members of and continue to play an active role in Forward Wales. Marek is the party's leader, while Davies is their Policy Director. Neither was elected on May 3.

Mid and West Wales

	British National Party British National Party The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...	Christian People's Alliance	Communist Party of Britain Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its...	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...	Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	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...	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...	Labour Party	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....	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...	Socialist Labour Party Socialist Labour Party (UK) The Socialist Labour Party is a far left socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party is led by former trade union leader Arthur Scargill, who established it in 1996 as a breakaway from the Labour Party...	UKIP	Veritas Veritas (political party) Veritas is a political party in the United Kingdom, formed in February 2005 at Hinckley golf club by politician-celebrity Robert Kilroy-Silk following a split from the United Kingdom Independence Party . Kilroy-Silk served as party leader from formation, through the 2005 General Election, until...	Welsh Christian Party
1.	Ian Si'ree	Joseph Antony Biddulph	Rick Newnham	Nick Bourne Nick Bourne Nicholas Henry Bourne is a Welsh Conservative politician. He served as the Leader of the Welsh Conservative Party and as a member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Mid and West Wales electoral region from August 1999 until May 2011...	Leila Kiersch	Caroline Evans	Gwynoro Jones	Alun Davies	Cllr. Bill Powell	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...	Alun Davies	Clive Easton	Iain Sheldon	Adam Bridgman
2.	Chris Edwards-Harrill		Elaine Blake	Glyn Davies Glyn Davies (Welsh politician) Glyn Davies is a Welsh Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire since May 2010, and is a former member of the National Assembly for Wales in the Mid and West Wales region .-Background:Educated at Castle Caereinion...	Timothy John Foster			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:...	Julianna Hughes	David Senior	Luke Hume	Nick Powell		M. Williams
3.	Lloyd Thomas Morgan		Graham Morgan	Lisa Francis Lisa Francis Lisa Francis is a former member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Welsh Conservative Party in the Mid and West Wales region. The region covers the areas of Powys, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Camarthenshire and Gwynedd; Francis represented the region from 2003 to 2007.Francis currently ...	Marilyn Elson			Alun Wyn Richards	Cllr. Ken Harris	Delyth Richards	Patricia Ann Bowen	Dennis Taylor		J. Morgan
4.	Marie Murray		Clive Eliassen	O. J. Williams	John Jennings			Rhiannon Stone	Selwyn Runnett	Liz Saville-Roberts	Maggie Davies	Virginia Whinnyates		M. Davies
5.				Richard Minshull	Chris Simpson			Dr. Parvaiz Ali	Cllr. David Peter					Martin Wiltshire
6.									Emma Hayes
7.									Alexander Viol

RESULT: Labour - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Conservative - 1 seat

North Wales

	British National Party British National Party The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...	Christian People's Alliance	Communist Party of Britain Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its...	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...	Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	Labour Party	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....	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...	Socialist Labour Party Socialist Labour Party (UK) The Socialist Labour Party is a far left socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party is led by former trade union leader Arthur Scargill, who established it in 1996 as a breakaway from the Labour Party...	UKIP	Welsh Christian Party]
1.	Ennys Hughes	Brian Churchill	Glyn Davies	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...	Jim Killock	Kenneth Skates	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:...	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....	Bob English	John Bufton John Bufton John Bufton , is a UKIP Member of the European Parliament for Wales.-Early life:He was educated at Elan Village Primary School and Llandrindod Wells High School, and joined the family haulage business before embarking on a career managing a residential care home for the elderly with the local...	Lindsay Griffiths
2.	Dallus Weaver		Rhian Cartwright	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...	Joe Blakesley	Donna Hutton	Cllr. Tudor Jones	Dafydd Wigley Dafydd Wigley Dafydd Wigley, Baron Wigley is a Welsh politician. He served as Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Caernarfon from 1974 until 2001 and as an Assembly Member for Caernarfon from 1999 until 2003. He was leader of the Plaid Cymru party from 1991 to 2000...	Dave Roberts	Nathan Gill	Rev. Heather Butler
3.	Simon Darby Simon Darby Simon Darby is a British politician and former Deputy Chairman of the British National Party.-Background:By occupation a computer communications consultant, Darby began his political career in the National Democrats, most of whose activity was centred around his West Midlands base...		Trevor Jones	Cllr. Janet Finch-Saunders	Maredudd ap Rheinallt	Cllr. Ronnie Hughes	Bobby Feeley	Dyfed Edwards	Judith Sambrook	Elaine Gill	Mark MacLeod
4.	Mike Howard		Mike Green	Paul Rogers	Cllr. Wilf Hastings	Wenna Williams	Cllr. Douglas Madge	Cllr. Abdul Khan	Paul Liversuch	Ken Khambatta	Justin Davies
5.				James Davies		Cllr. Chris Hughes	Cllr. Michael Edwards
6.				John Broughton			Anne Williams

RESULT: Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; LibDem - 1 seat

South Wales Central

	British National Party British National Party The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...	Christian People's Alliance	Communist Party of Britain Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its...	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...	Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	Labour Party	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....	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...	RESPECT The Unity Coalition RESPECT The Unity Coalition Respect is a socialist political party in England and Wales founded in 2004. Its name is a contrived acronym standing for Respect, Equality, Socialism, Peace, Environmentalism, Community and Trade Unionism.-Policies:...	Socialist Alternative	Socialist Equality Party Socialist Equality Party (UK) The Socialist Equality Party is a Trotskyist group in Britain. It is part of the International Committee of the Fourth International, which publishes the World Socialist Web Site. The party's origins lie in the Workers Revolutionary Party until the majority of that party split from the ICFI in...	Socialist Labour Party Socialist Labour Party (UK) The Socialist Labour Party is a far left socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party is led by former trade union leader Arthur Scargill, who established it in 1996 as a breakaway from the Labour Party...	UKIP	Welsh Christian Party
1.	John Walker	Anthony Jeremy	Robert Griffiths Robert Griffiths (politician) Robert Griffiths is the general-secretary of the Communist Party of Britain . He was elected by the CPB's Executive Committee in January 1998, in place of Mike Hicks, who, along with others, subsequently left the party he had a major role in founding....	David Melding	John Matthews	Iftakhar Khan	Cllr. John Dixon	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....	Karen Tyre	Dave Reid	Chris Talbot	Liz Screen	John Pratt	W. Johannsen
2.	Laurence Reid		Gwen Griffiths	Andrew R. T. Davies	Richard Payne	Cerys Furlong	Cllr. Gavin Cox	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....		Rowena Mason	David O'Sullivan	Harry Parfitt	David Bevan	D. Thomson
3.	Tim Windsor		Fran Rawlings	Victoria Green	Nigel Baker	Anthony Hunt	Alexandra Macmillan	Gwenllian Lansdown Gwenllian Lansdown Gwenllian Lansdown-Davies is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician, a former County Councillor for Riverside, and Chief Executive of Plaid Cymru between 2007 and 2011.-Background:...		Andrew Price	Stuart Nolan	Ina Marsden	Dr K. T. Rajan	D. Williams
4.	Mark Deacon		Clive Griffiths	Richard John	Richard Clarke	Jayne Brencher	Cllr. Asghar Ali	Mohammed Sarul Islam		Jane Jackson	Poopalasingham Thillaivarothayan	Rob Hawkins	William Potter	J. Storey
5.				Mike Jones-Pritchard	Anthony Matthews	Matt Greenough	Cllr. Margaret Jones			Alex Gounelas
6.				Jon Burns	Elizabeth Ale		Andrew Sherwood			Joe Fathallah

RESULT: Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 2 seats

South Wales East

	British National Party British National Party The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...	Christian People's Alliance	Communist Party of Britain Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its...	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...	English Democrats	Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	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...	Labour Party	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....	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...	Socialist Labour Party Socialist Labour Party (UK) The Socialist Labour Party is a far left socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party is led by former trade union leader Arthur Scargill, who established it in 1996 as a breakaway from the Labour Party...	UKIP	Welsh Christian Party
1.	Robert James Trueman	Madeleine Jeremy	Roy Evans	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:...	Steve Gash	Ann Were	Colin Hobbs	Cllr. Mark Whitcutt	Michael German	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...	John Cox	David J. Rowlands	Jeff Green
2.	Peter Greenhalgh	Sara Jeremy	Angharad Halpin	Laura Anne Jones Laura Anne Jones Laura Anne Jones , was a Conservative member of the National Assembly for Wales. She was also the Conservative spokeswoman for Sport in the Assembly 2003-07.-Background:...	Alan England	Alasdair McGowen		Tunji Fahm	Cllr. Veronica Watkins 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:...	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...	Sue Deare	Keith Morgan	Geoff Waggett
3.	Marlene Jordan		Dan Cole	David Chipp	Fred Bishop	Gerry Layton		Julie Helen Robinson	Cllr. Phylip Hobson	Colin Mann	Glenn Eynon	Roger Thomas	Peter Watkins
4.	Christopher Robinson		Dave Rawlings	Andrew Roberts	David Lane	Owen Clarke		John Wright Turner	Alison Willott	Glyn Erasmus	Cerian Screen	Hugh Moelwyn Hughes	Richard Patching
5.					Steven Uncles			Rhiannon Passmore	Cllr. David Hando		Joyce Giblin
6.					Michael Russell				Jean Gray

RESULT: Plaid Cymru - 2 seats; Conservative - 1 seat; LibDem - 1 seat
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...

was the first ethnic minority member of the Assembly for Plaid Cymru but on 8th December 2009, he switched to the Conservatives
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:...

succeeded Mike German
Mike German
Michael James German, Baron German, OBE , usually known as Mike German, is a member of the House of Lords and former member of the National Assembly for Wales for the South Wales East Region. He was leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from 2007–08...

as the Liberal Democrat AM following his appointment to the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

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South Wales West

	British National Party British National Party The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...	Christian People's Alliance	Communist Party of Britain Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its...	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...	Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	Independent Conservative Independent Conservative Independent Conservative is a description allowed in British politics to denote party affiliation. It is used to designate a politician is conservative, yet independent of any political party, particularly of the Conservative Party....	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...	Labour Party	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....	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...	RESPECT The Unity Coalition RESPECT The Unity Coalition Respect is a socialist political party in England and Wales founded in 2004. Its name is a contrived acronym standing for Respect, Equality, Socialism, Peace, Environmentalism, Community and Trade Unionism.-Policies:...	Socialist Alternative	Socialist Labour Party Socialist Labour Party (UK) The Socialist Labour Party is a far left socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party is led by former trade union leader Arthur Scargill, who established it in 1996 as a breakaway from the Labour Party...	UKIP	Welsh Christian Party
1.	Clive Bennett	Anne Savoury	David Brown	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...	Rhodri Griffiths	John Jenkins	Keith James	Howard Davies	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:...	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:...	Paul Lynch	Ross Saunders	Jacob Bowen	Tim Jenkins	David Griffiths
2.	Nick Griffin Nick Griffin Nicholas John "Nick" Griffin is a British politician, chairman of the British National Party and Member of the European Parliament for North West England....		Mick Carty	Chris Smart	Brig Oubridge			Cllr. Alana Davies	Cllr. Jackie Radford	David Lloyd David Lloyd (Welsh politician) Dr David Rees Lloyd is a Welsh politician. He has a wife Catherine, and they have 3 children. He was the Plaid Cymru National Assembly for Wales Member for South Wales West from 1999 to 2011....	Ahmed Al-Jeffery	Alec Thraves	Martha Page-Harries	Mike Squires	Anthony Kelly
3.	John Cooper		Sian O'Brien	Gerald Rowbottom	Jane Richmond			Cllr. Leighton Veale	Frank Little	Lisa Turnbull		Ron Job	Miriam Scale	Denise Robinson	Katherine Bridgman
4.	Jennifer King		Rob Uprichard	Kenneth Watts	Jonathan Spink			Cllr. Erika Kirchner	Cllr. Mike Day	Carolyn Edwards		Lianne Francis	Howard Rees	Josie MacDonald	Tim Price
5.				Bob Smith				David Rees	Cllr. Peter Foley			Bernard Roome			Theresa Jenkins
6.									Cllr. Norah Clarke			Mark Evans
7.									Rachael Hitchinson
8.									Marilyn Harris

In South Wales West, there are also party lists from the Communist Party of Britain

Communist Party of Britain

The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its...

, Christian People's Alliance, RESPECT, Socialist Labour Party

Socialist Labour Party (UK)

The Socialist Labour Party is a far left socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party is led by former trade union leader Arthur Scargill, who established it in 1996 as a breakaway from the Labour Party...

, Welsh Christian Party and two independents (Keith James and John Hudson Jenkins).

New members

Thirteen of the members elected to the Assembly in the election were not members of the previous Assembly; they include Gareth Jones, who sat in the Assembly from 1999 to 2003 but lost his seat in that election.

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...

, 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...

, South Wales East
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:...

, Welsh Conservative, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Alun Davies, Welsh Labour, Mid and West Wales
Andrew R. T. Davies, Welsh Conservative, South Wales Central
Paul Davies, Welsh Conservative, Preseli Pembrokeshire
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...

, 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...

, 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....

, 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...

, South Wales Central
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...

, Welsh Labour, 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...
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:...

, 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...

, South Wales West
Gareth Jones, 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...

, Aberconwy (previously represented Conwy, 1999-2003)
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...

, Welsh Conservative, Clwyd West
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:...

, Welsh Conservative, 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...
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:...

, Welsh Labour, Mid and West Wales

Defeated members

Nine sitting AMs were defeated at the polls.

Glyn Davies
Glyn Davies (Welsh politician)
Glyn Davies is a Welsh Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire since May 2010, and is a former member of the National Assembly for Wales in the Mid and West Wales region .-Background:Educated at Castle Caereinion...

, Welsh Conservative, Mid and West Wales
Tamsin Dunwoody, Welsh Labour, Preseli Pembrokeshire
Lisa Francis
Lisa Francis
Lisa Francis is a former member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Welsh Conservative Party in the Mid and West Wales region. The region covers the areas of Powys, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Camarthenshire and Gwynedd; Francis represented the region from 2003 to 2007.Francis currently ...

, Welsh Conservative, Mid and West Wales
Christine Gwyther
Christine Gwyther
Christine Gwyther is a Welsh Labour politician. She held the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency seat in the National Assembly for Wales from 1999-2007...

, Welsh Labour, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Denise Idris Jones
Denise Idris Jones
Denise Idris Jones was a Labour member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Conwy Assembly constituency. She is a native of Rhosllanerchrugog, near Wrexham and speaks Welsh, English and French....

, Welsh Labour, Conwy
Conwy (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
Conwy was a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2007. It elected one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election...

(defeated in Aberconwy)
Laura Anne Jones
Laura Anne Jones
Laura Anne Jones , was a Conservative member of the National Assembly for Wales. She was also the Conservative spokeswoman for Sport in the Assembly 2003-07.-Background:...

, Welsh Conservative, South Wales East
John Marek, 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...

, 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...
Alun Pugh
Alun Pugh
Alun John Pugh is a former Labour Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport. Pugh was born into a poor coal mining family in the Rhondda Valleys. He moved to North Wales in the mid 1980s. Pugh currently lives in his former constituency near Ruthin, and lived in...

, Welsh Labour, Clwyd West
Catherine Thomas
Catherine Thomas
Catherine Thomas born in 1963 is a Welsh politician and former Labour Welsh Assembly Member for the constituency of Llanelli. She narrowly beat Helen Mary Jones of Plaid Cymru at the 2003 Assembly election with a majority of 21. Helen Mary Jones defeated her in the 2007 election...

, Welsh Labour, Llanelli

Retiring members

Four sitting AMs did not offer themselves for re-election.

David Davies
David Davies (politician)
David Thomas Charles Davies, MP is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Monmouth in South Wales. Davies is also a special police constable, and volunteers with his local police force....

, Welsh Conservative, 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...
Janet Davies
Janet Davies (Welsh politician)
Janet Davies is a Plaid Cymru Welsh politician. She was the National Assembly for Wales Member for South Wales West from 1999 to 2007, retiring at the 2007 election.-Background:...

, 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...

, South Wales West
Sue Essex
Sue Essex
Sue Essex is the Welsh Labour politician who was a Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Cardiff North from 1999 to 2007...

, Welsh Labour, Cardiff North
Owen John Thomas
Owen John Thomas
Owen John Thomas MA is a former Plaid Cymru politician who represented the South Wales Central region in the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2007.-Background:...

, 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...

, South Wales Central

National election, 2003

Due to boundary changes the composition of the outgoing Assembly will not reflect the Assembly that was elected in May 2003 (see National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions). The main changes are in the North west of Wales where the constituencies of Conwy, Caernarfon, and Meirionydd nant Conwy are replaced by Aberconwy, Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd.

External links

Results page from BBC News Online
BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. The website is the most popular news website in the United Kingdom and forms a major part of BBC Online ....
The Press Association
Press Association
The Press Association is the national news agency of the United Kingdom and Ireland, supplying multimedia news content to almost all national and regional newspapers, television and radio news, as well as many websites with text, pictures, video and data content globally...

's boundary change site
Wales@Westminster newslog - BBC Wales' Parliamentary correspondent David Cornock's diary on political life
BBC Wales Politics page
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/election07/wales/Betsan Powys BBC Wales
BBC Wales
BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. Based at Broadcasting House in the Llandaff area of Cardiff, it directly employs over 1200 people, and produces a broad range of television, radio and online services in both the Welsh and English languages.Outside...

' political editor, blogsite]
Blamerbell Briefs (Welsh Assembly blogger)
Wales Elects blogsite

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