Regional member changes to the Senedd

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This is a list of regional member changes (co-options) to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh : Senedd Cymru; formerly the National Assembly of Wales before 2020). 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. [1]

These are the co-options that have occurred since the first elections in 1999.

Assembly / Senedd termRegionDate
(that new member took the oath)		IncumbentPartyReplacementPartyCause
1999–2003 Mid and West Wales 1 May 2000 Alun Michael [2] Labour Delyth Evans Labour Resignation to concentrate on his post as Member of Parliament
North Wales 22 March 2001 Christine Humphreys [3] Liberal Democrats Eleanor Burnham Liberal Democrats Resignation on health grounds
North Wales 10 Sept 2002 Rod Richards [4] Conservative David Jones Conservative Resignation on health grounds (Alcoholism) [4]
2007–2011 South Wales East 30 June 2010 Mike German [5] Liberal Democrats Veronica German Liberal Democrats Resignation on appointment to House of Lords
2011–2016 South Wales West 19 May 2015 [6] Byron Davies [7] Conservative Altaf Hussain Conservative Resignation on 15 May 2015 due to election as MP for Gower
North Wales 27 May 2015 [8] Antoinette Sandbach [7] Conservative Janet Haworth Conservative Resignation on 8 May 2015 due to election as MP for Eddisbury
2016–2021 North Wales 28 Dec 2017 Nathan Gill [9] UKIP Mandy Jones UKIP Resignation on 27 December 2017 to concentrate on his post as Member of the European Parliament
Mid and West Wales 2 August 2018 [10] Simon Thomas [11] Plaid Cymru Helen Mary Jones Plaid Cymru Resignation on 25 July 2018 due to arrest for possession of indecent images [11]
South Wales East 8 February 2019 [12] Steffan Lewis [13] Plaid Cymru Delyth Jewell Plaid Cymru Death from bowel cancer on 11 January 2019
South Wales East 6 July 2020 Mohammad Asghar Conservative Laura Anne Jones Conservative Death on 16 June 2020

No co-options occurred during the Second Assembly (2003–2007).

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