Julie Morgan is a Welsh Labour Party politician,who has been a Member of the Senedd for Cardiff North seat in the Senedd since the 2011 election. She was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North from 1997 until 2010.
Bargoed is a town and community in the Rhymney Valley,Wales,one of the South Wales Valleys. It lies on the Rhymney River in the county borough of Caerphilly. It straddles the ancient boundary of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire,with Bargoed lying in Glamorgan and Aberbargoed in Monmouthshire. 'Greater Bargoed',as defined by the local authority Caerphilly County Borough Council,consists of the towns of Bargoed and Aberbargoed and the village of Gilfach. The combined population of these settlements is about 13,000. The town's rugby club Bargoed RFC holds the world record for the most consecutive league wins in a row and was World Rugby magazine's team of the year in 2005. The town’s football team AFC Bargoed also have a rich history and finished second in the TERV Premier League 2022
Mair Eluned Morgan,Baroness Morgan of Ely,is a Welsh Labour politician who has been the Leader of Welsh Labour since 2024,and is set to become the next First Minister of Wales. She also served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2024.
Laura Anne Jones is a Conservative politician who has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the South Wales East electoral region since July 2020,having previously held the same seat as an Assembly Member (AM) in the National Assembly for Wales between 2003 and 2007. Jones also served as a county councillor for the Wyesham ward in Monmouthshire County Council from 2017 to 2022.
Caerphilly is a constituency centred on the town of Caerphilly in South Wales,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Chris Evans of the Labour Party.
Politics in Wales forms a distinctive polity in the wider politics of the United Kingdom,with Wales as one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom (UK).
Mark Allan Isherwood is a Welsh Conservative Party politician,who has served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for the North Wales region since 2003. He is currently Shadow Counsel General and Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning. Isherwood has held a number of Shadow Ministerial positions for the Welsh Conservatives since he was first elected,at various points holding portfolios for Finance,Social Justice,North Wales,Europe,Housing,Communities and Local Government,among others. He is also particularly notable for his advocacy for people with both physical and learning disabilities and impairments. He is himself deaf,and chairs cross party groups on disability,deaf issues and Autism,among others.
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.
Jonathan Morgan,is a Welsh Conservative politician,who served as a Conservative Assembly Member (AM) for South Wales Central from 1999 to 2007 and AM for Cardiff North from 2007 to 2011. In the National Assembly elections in 2011 he was beaten by Labour's candidate Julie Morgan,wife of former First Minister Rhodri Morgan. He is currently chair of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Chairman of the Welsh NHS Confederation.
Darren David Millar is a Welsh Conservative politician who has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Clwyd West since 2007.
Jeffrey Hambley Cuthbert is a Welsh politician. He served as Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner from 2016 to 2024. Cuthbert served as a Labour Party member of the National Assembly for Wales for Caerphilly from 2003 to 2016. He began his career in the mining industry and later worked for the Welsh Joint Education Committee as head of the Asset to Industry Unit.
Humphrey Vaughan ap David Gething is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party politician serving as First Minister of Wales since March 2024,and served as leader of Welsh Labour from March to July 2024,making him the first black leader of any European country. Gething previously served as the Minister for Health and Social Services from 2016 to 2021 and Minister for the Economy from 2021 to 2024. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Cardiff South and Penarth since 2011.
Michael John Hedges is a Welsh Labour politician,who been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the constituency of Swansea East since the 2011 Senedd election.
Mark Drakeford is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2018 to 2024. He previously served in the Welsh Government as Cabinet Secretary for Finance from 2016 to 2018 and Minister for Health and Social Services from 2013 to 2016. Drakeford was first elected as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Cardiff West in 2011 and is considered to be on the soft left of Labour.
David Rees is a Welsh Labour politician who has served as the Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senedd since 2021. He has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Aberavon since 2011.
Heledd Fychan is a Welsh politician and a former director of policy and political education for Plaid Cymru. She was elected to the Senedd for the South Wales Central region in May 2021.
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.
Joel James is a Welsh Conservative politician who has served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for the region of South Wales Central since the 2021 Senedd election.
Rhys ab Owen,also sometimes referred to as Rhys ab Owen Thomas is a Welsh politician representing the South Wales Central constituency since 2021. He was suspended from the Senedd for 42 days - the longest suspension of any Senedd Member,after he was found to have "inappropriately touched" a woman on a night out. A former member of Plaid Cymru,ab Owen was suspended in 2022,and formally expelled from the party in July 2024. His,father Owen John Thomas,represented the same region for the same party.
Peredur Owen Griffiths is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician serving as Member of the Senedd (MS) for the South Wales East region since 2021.
