Plaid Cymru is a centre-left to left-wing,Welsh nationalist political party in Wales,committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom.
Helen Mary Jones is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician,who was a member of the Senedd from 1999 to 2011 and again from August 2018 until 29 April 2021.
Rhodri Glyn Thomas is a Welsh politician. He was the Plaid Cymru National Assembly for Wales Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr from 1999 to 2016,when he did not re-stand for election. Following his retirement from the Assembly he was appointed President of the National Library of Wales.
Elin Jones is a Welsh politician who has served as the Llywydd of the Senedd since 2016. A member of Plaid Cymru,Jones has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ceredigion since 1999.
South Wales East is an electoral region of the Senedd,consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects 12 members,eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in 1999,when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
Rhun ap Iorwerth is a Welsh journalist and politician serving as the Leader of Plaid Cymru. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ynys Môn since 2013.
The 2016 National Assembly for Wales election was held on Thursday 5 May 2016,to elect members (AMs) of the National Assembly for Wales,now known as the Senedd. It was the fifth election for the National Assembly,the third election taken under the rules of the Government of Wales Act 2006 and the first since the Wales Act 2014.
Siân Gwenllian is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has represented the constituency of Arfon in the Senedd since 2016. She currently holds the seat with a majority of 8,642 votes.
Neil John McEvoy is a Welsh politician who is currently the leader of the Welsh nationalist political party Propel. He previously represented the South Wales Central region in the Senedd from 2016 until 2021.
Steffan Lewis was a Welsh politician,who was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in the 2016 election. He represented the electoral region of South Wales East,as a member of Plaid Cymru.
This is a list of Assembly Memberselected to thefifth National Assembly for Wales at the 2016 election. In May 2020,the representatives were renamed to Members of the Seneddin thefifth Senedd, they would be known as the fifth Senedd for the remainder of their term. From the 2021 election members would be elected under this new title of Senedd. 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. In between elections,members of the legislature may not necessarily be of the same party or the same candidate elected in 2016.
This is a list of Regional Member changes (co-options) to the Senedd. Under the provisions of the Government of Wales Act,1998,regional members of the Senedd who resign,die or are otherwise disqualified are replaced by the next available and willing person of their original party's list,and no by-election occurs.
Mandy Jones is a Welsh politician who was a Member of the Senedd (MS) for North Wales from 2017 to 2021. Jones was elected for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) but sat as an independent politician within the Senedd from early January 2018 until May 2019,when she joined the Brexit Party. In October 2020 she joined the Independent Alliance for Reform group.
Heledd Fychan is a Welsh politician and is the current director of policy and political education for Plaid Cymru. She was elected to the Senedd for the South Wales Central region in May 2021.
Luke Fletcher is a Welsh politician who has been a Member of the Senedd (MS) for the South Wales West region since 2021. He is a member of Plaid Cymru.
Sioned Williams is a Welsh politician and a Member of the Senedd (MS) for the South Wales West region since 2021. Williams is a member of Plaid Cymru.
Rhys ab Owen,also sometimes referred to as Rhys ab Owen Thomas is a Plaid Cymru politician. He was elected to the Senedd in the South Wales Central region in the 2021 Senedd election. ab Owen was Plaid Cymru's spokesperson in the Senedd for the constitution and justice. He is a barrister. His,father Owen John Thomas,represented the same region for the same party.
The 2023 Plaid Cymru leadership election was triggered by the resignation of Adam Price as party leader on 16 May,after an internal report found the party to have a "culture of harassment,bullying and misogyny". Rhun ap Iorwerth became leader on 16 June 2023 unopposed.
