3rd National Assembly for Wales

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The Welsh Assembly Building (Senedd) in 2008
Overview
Legislative body	National Assembly for Wales
Jurisdiction	Wales, United Kingdom
Meeting place	Senedd building, Cardiff
Term	3 May 2007 (2007-05-03) – 5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
Election	2007 National Assembly for Wales election
Government	Third Morgan government (2007) Fourth Morgan government (2007–09) First Jones government (2009–11)
Members	60
Presiding Officer	Dafydd Elis-Thomas (2007–11)
First Minister	Rhodri Morgan (2007–09) Carwyn Jones (2009–11)
Deputy First Minister	Ieuan Wyn Jones (2007–11)

This is a list of Assembly Members (AMs; Welsh : Aelodau'r Cynulliad, ACau) elected to the third National Assembly for Wales at the 2007 election. There are a total of 60 members elected, 40 were elected from first past the post constituencies with a further 20 members being returned from five regions, each electing four AMs through mixed-member proportional representation.

Composition of the Assembly

Party		May 2007	May 2011
•	Labour	26	26
•	Plaid Cymru	15	14
	Conservative	12	13
	Liberal Democrats	6	6
	Independents	1	1
Total		60

Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

AMs by party

This is a list of AMs elected in 2011. The changes section below records all changes in party affiliation during the session. See here for a list of AMs elected in the 2007 election.

Party		Name	Constituency or region
	Labour (26)	Leighton Andrews	Rhondda
		Lorraine Barrett	Cardiff South and Penarth
		Rosemary Butler	Newport West
		Christine Chapman	Cynon Valley
		Jeffrey Cuthbert	Caerphilly
		Jane Davidson	Pontypridd
		Alun Davies	Mid and West Wales
		Andrew Davies	Swansea West
		Brian Gibbons	Aberavon
		Janice Gregory	Ogmore
		John Griffiths	Newport East
		Lesley Griffiths	Wrexham
		Edwina Hart	Gower
		Jane Hutt	Vale of Glamorgan
		Irene James	Islwyn
		Ann Jones	Vale of Clwyd
		Carwyn Jones	Bridgend
		Huw Lewis	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
		Val Lloyd	Swansea East
		Sandy Mewies	Delyn
		Rhodri Morgan	Cardiff West
		Lynne Neagle	Torfaen
		Carl Sargeant	Alyn and Deeside
		Karen Sinclair	Clwyd South
		Gwenda Thomas	Neath
		Joyce Watson	Mid and West Wales
	Plaid Cymru (13)	Jocelyn Davies	South Wales East
		Nerys Evans	Mid and West Wales
		Chris Franks	South Wales Central
		Bethan Jenkins	South Wales West
		Alun Ffred Jones	Arfon
		Elin Jones	Ceredigion
		Gareth Jones	Aberconwy
		Helen Mary Jones	Llanelli
		Ieuan Wyn Jones	Ynys Môn
		Dai Lloyd	South Wales West
		Janet Ryder	North Wales
		Rhodri Glyn Thomas	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
		Leanne Wood	South Wales Central
	Conservative Party (13)	Mohammad Asghar	South Wales East
		Nicholas Bourne	Mid and West Wales
		Angela Burns	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
		Alun Cairns	South Wales West
		Andrew R. T. Davies	South Wales Central
		Paul Davies	Preseli Pembrokeshire
		William Graham	South Wales East
		Mark Isherwood	North Wales
		David Melding	South Wales Central
		Darren Millar	Clwyd West
		Jonathan Morgan	Cardiff North
		Nick Ramsay	Monmouth
Brynle Williams	North Wales
	Liberal Democrats (6)	Mick Bates	Montgomeryshire
		Peter Black	South Wales West
		Eleanor Burnham	North Wales
		Veronica German	South Wales East
		Jenny Randerson	Cardiff Central
		Kirsty Williams	Brecon and Radnorshire
	Independent (1)	Trish Law	Blaenau Gwent
	Presiding Officer (1)	Dafydd Elis-Thomas	Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Members by constituency and region

Constituency members

Assembly Member
Constituency	Name		Party
Aberavon		Brian Gibbons	Labour
Aberconwy		Gareth Jones	Plaid Cymru
Alyn and Deeside		Carl Sargeant	Labour
Arfon		Alun Ffred Jones	Plaid Cymru
Blaenau Gwent		Trish Law	Independent
Brecon and Radnorshire		Kirsty Williams	Liberal Democrats
Bridgend		Carwyn Jones	Labour
Caerphilly		Jeffrey Cuthbert	Labour
Cardiff Central		Jenny Randerson	Liberal Democrats
Cardiff North		Jonathan Morgan	Conservative
Cardiff South and Penarth		Lorraine Barrett	Labour Co-op
Cardiff West		Rhodri Morgan	Labour
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr		Rhodri Glyn Thomas	Plaid Cymru
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire		Angela Burns	Conservative
Ceredigion		Elin Jones	Plaid Cymru
Clwyd South		Karen Sinclair	Labour
Clwyd West		Darren Millar	Conservative
Cynon Valley		Christine Chapman	Labour Co-op
Delyn		Sandy Mewies	Labour
Dwyfor Meirionnydd		Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Presiding Officer)	Plaid Cymru
Gower		Edwina Hart	Labour
Islwyn		Irene James	Labour
Llanelli		Helen Mary Jones	Plaid Cymru
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney		Huw Lewis	Labour Co-op
Monmouth		Nick Ramsay	Conservative
Montgomeryshire		Mick Bates	Liberal Democrats
Neath		Gwenda Thomas	Labour
Newport East		John Griffiths	Labour Co-op
Newport West		Rosemary Butler	Labour
Ogmore		Janice Gregory	Labour
Pontypridd		Jane Davidson	Labour
Preseli Pembrokeshire		Paul Davies	Conservative
Rhondda		Leighton Andrews	Labour
Swansea East		Val Lloyd	Labour
Swansea West		Andrew Davies	Labour
Torfaen		Lynne Neagle	Labour
Vale of Clwyd		Ann Jones	Labour
Vale of Glamorgan		Jane Hutt	Labour
Wrexham		Lesley Griffiths	Labour
Ynys Môn		Ieuan Wyn Jones	Plaid Cymru

Regional members

Assembly Member
Region	Name		Party
Mid and West Wales		Nick Bourne	Conservative
		Alun Davies	Labour
		Nerys Evans	Plaid Cymru
		Joyce Watson	Labour
North Wales		Eleanor Burnham	Liberal Democrats
		Mark Isherwood	Conservative
		Janet Ryder	Plaid Cymru
		Brynle Williams	Conservative
South Wales Central		Andrew R. T. Davies	Conservative
		Chris Franks	Plaid Cymru
		David Melding	Conservative
		Leanne Wood	Plaid Cymru
South Wales East		Mohammad Asghar	Conservative
		Jocelyn Davies	Plaid Cymru
		Michael German	Liberal Democrats
		William Graham	Conservative
South Wales West		Peter Black	Liberal Democrats
		Alun Cairns	Conservative
		Bethan Jenkins	Plaid Cymru
		Dai Lloyd	Plaid Cymru

Changes

• 8 December 2009: Mohammad Asghar defected from Plaid Cymru to the Conservative Party. ^[1]

See also

• Government of the 3rd National Assembly for Wales
• 2007 National Assembly for Wales election

References

1. "Plaid AM defects to Conservatives", BBC News , 8 December 2009