Until 1974,Montgomeryshire was an administrative county in mid Wales,later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales. It was named after its county town,Montgomery,which in turn was named after one of William the Conqueror's main counsellors,Roger de Montgomerie,who was the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury.
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.
Machynlleth is a market town,community and electoral ward in Powys,Wales and within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It is in the Dyfi Valley at the intersection of the A487 and the A489 roads. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 2,147,rising to 2,235 in 2011. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as Mach.
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. Since 2017,Jones also served as a county councillor for the Wyesham ward in Monmouthshire County Council.
Montgomeryshire is a constituency in Wales represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Carwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2009 to 2018. He served as Counsel General for Wales from 2007 to 2009. Jones served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Bridgend from 1999 to 2021.
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.
Brecon and Radnorshire is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also,however,it is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region,which elects four additional members,in addition to eight constituency members,to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole. It is currently represented by James Evans MS,of the Conservatives who has been the MS since May 2021.
Nick Ramsay is a British politician who served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Monmouth from 2007 to 2021. Originally a member of the Welsh Conservatives,he served as Shadow Minister of Finance under Conservative Leader in the Senedd,Paul Davies,but lost the position in January 2021 under the new leadership of Andrew RT Davies. Ramsay sat as an Independent member before unsuccessfully seeking reelection as an Independent in the 2021 Senedd election.
Darren David Millar is a Welsh Conservative politician who has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Clwyd West since 2007.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats are a branch of the United Kingdom Liberal Democrats that operates in Wales. The party is led by Jane Dodds,who served as MP for Brecon and Radnorshire from August to December 2019,and MS for Mid and West Wales since May 2021. The party currently has 1 elected member in the Senedd and no Welsh seats in the UK House of Commons,but does have several members of the House of Lords. The party had 69 local councilors serving in principal authorities as of the 2022 local authority elections,up 10 from 2017.
Andrew RT Davies CBE is a Welsh politician serving as Leader of the Welsh Conservative Group in the Senedd since 2021,previously holding the position from 2011 to 2018. He has been a Member of the Senedd (MS) since 2007.
Paul Windsor Davies is a British politician who currently serves as Member of the Senedd (MS) for Preseli Pembrokeshire,a position he has held since 2007 election. He gained the seat from Labour and was re-elected in May 2011,May 2016 and again in May 2021.
David Rees "Dai" Lloyd is a retired Welsh politician and GP. He was the Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for South Wales West from 1999 to 2011 and again between 2016 and 2021.
Suzy Davies is a Welsh Conservative Party politician,who served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales West from 2011 to 2021. She was elected first on the Welsh Conservatives party list for the region in the 2011 election.
Janet Elizabeth Finch-Saunders is a Welsh Conservative Party politician. She is the Member of the Senedd for the Aberconwy constituency.
Kenneth Christian Skates is a Welsh Labour politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport since 2024. Skates has represented the constituency of Clwyd South in the Senedd since the election of 2011. He is an alumnus of the University of Cambridge,and worked as a journalist prior to becoming a politician. In September 2014 he became the deputy minister for Culture,Tourism and Sport. From May 2016 to December 2018 he was the Cabinet Secretary for Economy,Infrastructure and Skills,and was the Minister for Economy,Transport and North Wales until he stood down on 13 May 2021.
Peter Alan Fox OBE is a British Conservative politician who is the Shadow Minister for Finance in the Senedd. Fox was Leader of Monmouthshire County Council from 2008 until May 2021,when he was elected as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for the Monmouth constituency.
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.
Sam Rowlands is a Welsh politician serving as Member of the Senedd (MS) for the North Wales electoral region since 2021. A member of the Welsh Conservative Party,he is currently the Shadow Minister for Local Government.
