4th National Assembly for Wales

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The Welsh Assembly Building (Senedd) in 2014
Overview
Legislative body	National Assembly for Wales
Jurisdiction	Wales, United Kingdom
Meeting place	Senedd building, Cardiff
Term	5 May 2011 (2011-05-05) – 5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)
Election	2011 National Assembly for Wales election
Government	Second Jones government
Opposition	First Shadow Cabinet of Andrew R. T. Davies (2011–16)
Members	60
Presiding Officer	Dafydd Elis-Thomas (2011) Rosemary Butler (2011–16)
First Minister	Carwyn Jones

This is a list of Assembly Members (AMs; Welsh : Aelodau'r Cynulliad, ACau) elected to the fourth National Assembly for Wales at the 2011 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. 20 AMs were elected for the first time.

Current composition

Party		2011 election	Prior to 2016 election
•	Labour	30	30
	Conservative	14	14
	Plaid Cymru	11	11
	Liberal Democrats	5	5
	Other	0	0

Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

Constituency AMs

Seat	Member	First elected	Notes
Aberavon	David Rees	2011
Aberconwy	Janet Finch-Saunders	2011
Alyn and Deeside	Carl Sargeant	2007
Arfon	Alun Ffred Jones	2003
Blaenau Gwent	Alun Davies	2007
Brecon and Radnorshire	Kirsty Williams	1999
Bridgend	Carwyn Jones	1999
Caerphilly	Jeffrey Cuthbert	2003
Cardiff Central	Jenny Rathbone	2011
Cardiff North	Julie Morgan	2011
Cardiff South and Penarth	Vaughan Gething	2011
Cardiff West	Mark Drakeford	2011
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Rhodri Glyn Thomas	1999
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Angela Burns	2007
Ceredigion	Elin Jones	1999
Clwyd South	Ken Skates	2011
Clwyd West	Darren Millar	2007
Cynon Valley	Christine Chapman	1999
Delyn	Sandy Mewies	2003
Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Dafydd Elis-Thomas	1999
Gower	Edwina Hart	1999
Islwyn	Gwyn R Price	2011
Llanelli	Keith Davies	2011
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Huw Lewis	1999
Monmouth	Nick Ramsay	2007
Montgomeryshire	Russell George	2011
Neath	Gwenda Thomas	1999
Newport East	John Griffiths	1999
Newport West	Rosemary Butler	1999	Served as Presiding Officer 2011–2016
Ogmore	Janice Gregory	1999
Pontypridd	Mick Antoniw	2011
Preseli Pembrokeshire	Paul Davies	2007
Rhondda	Leighton Andrews	2003
Swansea East	Mike Hedges	2011
Swansea West	Julie James	2011
Torfaen	Lynne Neagle	1999
Vale of Clwyd	Ann Jones	1999
Vale of Glamorgan	Jane Hutt	1999
Wrexham	Lesley Griffiths	2007
Ynys Môn	Ieuan Wyn Jones	1999	Resigned 20 June 2013

Regional AMs

Seat	Members	Party	First elected	Notes
North Wales
	Antoinette Sandbach	Conservative	2011	Resigned 8 May 2015
	Aled Roberts	Liberal Democrats	2016	Suspended 17 May 2011 [1] reinstated 6 July 2011 [2]
	Llyr Huws Gruffydd	Plaid Cymru	2011
	Mark Isherwood	Conservative	2003

Seat	Members	Party	First elected
Mid and West Wales
	William Powell	Liberal Democrats	2011
	Rebecca Evans	Labour	2011
	Simon Thomas	Plaid Cymru	2011
	Joyce Watson	Labour	2007

Seat	Members	Party	First elected	Notes
South Wales West	Suzy Davies	Conservative	2011
	Bethan Jenkins	Plaid Cymru	2007	Suspended and sat as an independent 15 October 2012 until Spring 2013
	Byron Davies	Conservative	2011	Resigned 8 May 2015
	Peter Black	Liberal Democrats	1999

Seat	Members	Party	First elected	Notes
South Wales Central	Andrew RT Davies	Conservative	2007
	David Melding	Conservative	1999
	Leanne Wood	Plaid Cymru	2003
	Eluned Parrott	Liberal Democrats	2011	Replaced John Dixon [3]

Seat	Members	Party	First elected
South Wales East	Mohammad Asghar	Conservative	2007
	William Graham	Conservative	1999
	Jocelyn Davies	Plaid Cymru	1999
	Lindsay Whittle	Plaid Cymru	2011

See also

• 1999 National Assembly for Wales election and Members of the 1st National Assembly for Wales
• 2003 National Assembly for Wales election and Members of the 2nd National Assembly for Wales
• 2007 National Assembly for Wales election and Members of the 3rd National Assembly for Wales
• 2011 National Assembly for Wales election and Members of the 4th National Assembly for Wales
• 2016 National Assembly for Wales election and Members of the 5th National Assembly for Wales
• List of Welsh Assembly by-elections
• National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions

References

1. "Two Welsh AMs temporarily disqualified on technicality - BBC News". BBC News. bbc.co.uk. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
2. "Barred Lib Dem Aled Roberts returns to Welsh assembly - BBC News". BBC News. bbc.co.uk. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
3. "AMs' vote will decide barred Lib Dem Aled Roberts' fate - BBC News". BBC News. bbc.co.uk. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2017.