6th Senedd

6th Senedd
6th Senedd
	The Senedd building in 2022
Overview
Legislative body	Senedd
Jurisdiction	Wales, United Kingdom
Meeting place	Senedd building, Cardiff
Term	6 May 2021 – 7 May 2026
Election	2021 Senedd election
Government	Second Drakeford government (2021–2024); Gething government (March 2024 – August 2024); Eluned Morgan government (August 2024 – May 2026)
Opposition	Fourth Shadow Cabinet of Andrew RT Davies (2021–2024); Shadow Cabinet of Darren Millar (2024–2026); Vacant (2026–)
Members	60
Llywydd (presiding officer)	Elin Jones (2021–2026)
First Minister	Mark Drakeford (2021–2024); Vaughan Gething (March 2024 – August 2024); Eluned Morgan (August 2024 – 2026)

This is a list of members of the Senedd elected to the sixth Senedd at the 2021 election. There were 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 members 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 2021.

Composition of the Senedd

Party		2021 election	Prior to 2026 election
•	Labour	30	29
	Conservative	16	13
	Plaid Cymru	13	13
	Liberal Democrats	1	1
	Reform UK	0	2
	Independent	0	2
Total		60	60

Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

Senedd members by party following 2021 election

Siambr diagram following the 2021 election (left) and prior to the 2026 election (right)

Senedd members by constituency and region following 2021 election

Constituency members
Seat	Member		First elected
Aberavon	David Rees	Labour	2011
Aberconwy	Janet Finch-Saunders	Conservative	2011
Alyn and Deeside	Jack Sargeant	Labour	2018
Arfon	Siân Gwenllian	Plaid Cymru	2016
Blaenau Gwent	Alun Davies	Labour Co-op	2007
Brecon and Radnorshire	James Evans	Reform UK (originally elected with the Conservative Party)	2021
Bridgend	Sarah Murphy	Labour Co-op	2021
Caerphilly	Lindsay Whittle	Plaid Cymru	2025
Cardiff Central	Jenny Rathbone	Labour	2011
Cardiff North	Julie Morgan	Labour	2011
Cardiff South and Penarth	Vaughan Gething	Labour Co-op	2011
Cardiff West	Mark Drakeford	Labour	2011
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Adam Price	Plaid Cymru	2016
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Samuel Kurtz	Conservative	2021
Ceredigion	Elin Jones	Plaid Cymru	1999
Clwyd South	Ken Skates	Labour	2011
Clwyd West	Darren Millar	Conservative	2007
Cynon Valley	Vikki Howells	Labour Co-op	2016
Delyn	Hannah Blythyn	Labour Co-op	2016
Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Mabon ap Gwynfor	Plaid Cymru	2021
Gower	Rebecca Evans	Labour Co-op	2011
Islwyn	Rhianon Passmore	Labour Co-op	2016
Llanelli	Lee Waters	Labour Co-op	2016
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Dawn Bowden	Labour	2016
Monmouth	Peter Fox	Conservative	2021
Montgomeryshire	Russell George	Independent (originally elected with the Conservative Party)	2011
Neath	Jeremy Miles	Labour Co-op	2016
Newport East	John Griffiths	Labour Co-op	1999
Newport West	Jayne Bryant	Labour	2016
Ogmore	Huw Irranca-Davies	Labour Co-op	2016
Pontypridd	Mick Antoniw	Labour Co-op	2011
Preseli Pembrokeshire	Paul Davies	Conservative	2007
Rhondda	Buffy Williams	Labour	2021
Swansea East	Mike Hedges	Labour	2011
Swansea West	Julie James	Labour	2011
Torfaen	Lynne Neagle	Labour Co-op	1999
Vale of Clwyd	Gareth Davies	Conservative	2021
Vale of Glamorgan	Jane Hutt	Labour	1999
Wrexham	Lesley Griffiths	Labour	2007
Ynys Môn	Rhun ap Iorwerth	Plaid Cymru	2013

Regional members
Region	Member		First elected
Mid and West Wales	Eluned Morgan	Labour	2016
	Cefin Campbell	Plaid Cymru	2021
	Jane Dodds	Liberal Democrats	2021
	Joyce Watson	Labour	2007
North Wales	Llŷr Gruffydd	Plaid Cymru	2011
	Mark Isherwood	Conservative	2003
	Sam Rowlands	Conservative	2021
	Carolyn Thomas	Labour Co-op	2021
South Wales Central	Andrew R. T. Davies	Conservative	2007
	Heledd Fychan	Plaid Cymru	2021
	Joel James	Conservative	2021
	Rhys ab Owen	Independent (originally elected with Plaid Cymru)	2021
South Wales East	Natasha Asghar	Conservative	2021
	Peredur Owen Griffiths	Plaid Cymru	2021
	Delyth Jewell	Plaid Cymru	2019
	Laura Anne Jones	Reform UK (originally elected with the Conservative Party)	2003
South Wales West	Luke Fletcher	Plaid Cymru	2021
	Tom Giffard	Conservative	2021
	Altaf Hussain	Conservative	2015
	Sioned Williams	Plaid Cymru	2021

Notes

↑ dissolved on 8 April 2026 (2026-04-08)
↑ Includes 16 MSs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.
↑ Includes 16 MSs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.

References

↑ "When does the Senedd end? Everything you need to know about dissolution". senedd.wales. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
1 2 "The full list of all of Wales' 60 Members of the Senedd". Wales Online. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
↑ "Former Conservative MS James Evans defects to Reform". Nation.Cymru. 5 February 2026.
↑ "Welsh Tory Laura Anne Jones defects to Reform". BBC News. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.

[2] ssolved on 8 April 2026 (2026-04-08)

[3] Includes 16 MSs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.

[4] Includes 16 MSs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.

[1] "When does the Senedd end? Everything you need to know about dissolution". senedd.wales. Retrieved 3 May 2026.

[list-5] 1 2 "The full list of all of Wales' 60 Members of the Senedd". Wales Online. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[6] "Former Conservative MS James Evans defects to Reform". Nation.Cymru. 5 February 2026.

[7] "Welsh Tory Laura Anne Jones defects to Reform". BBC News. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.

v t e Current members of the Senedd
7th Senedd 2026 Senedd election
Plaid Cymru (44)	Lyn Ackerman Zaynub Akbar Mabon ap Gwynfor Rhun ap lorwerth (leader) Beca Brown Anna Brychan Cefin Campbell Nick Carter Sarah Cooper-Lesadd Alun Cox Sara Crowley Donna Cushing Dafydd Trystan Davies John Davies Safa Elhassan Nerys Evans Sera Evans Kerry Ferguson Heledd Fychan Leticia Gonzalez Peredur Owen Griffiths Llyr Gruffydd Siân Gwenllian Carrie Harper Mark Hooper Delyth Jewell Elin Jones Marc Jones Matthew Jones Kiera Marshall Becca Martin Lis McLean Anna Nicholl Rebeca Phillips Adam Price Sarah Rees Mair Rowlands Niamh Salkeld Elyn Stephens Elwyn Vaughan Lindsay Whittle Elfed Williams Gwyn Williams Sioned Williams
Reform UK Wales (33)	Claire Archibald Steve Bayliss Gareth Beer John Clark Carmelo Colasanto Catherine Cullen Sarah Edwards Louise Emery Cristiana Emsley James Evans Andrew Griffin David Hughes Helen Jenner (leader) Claire Johnson-Wood Laura Anne Jones Joshua Kim Paul Marr Joe Martin Adrian Mason Iain McIntosh Benjamin McKenna David Mills Thomas Montgomery Francesca O'Brien Jason O'Connell Cai Parry-Jones Llŷr Powell Steven Rodaway Stephen Senior Dan Thomas Gareth Thomas Nigel Williams Art Wright
Welsh Labour (9)	Jayne Bryant Mike Hedges Vikki Howells Huw Irranca-Davies Sarah Murphy Lynne Neagle Ken Skates (leader) Shav Taj Huw Thomas
Welsh Conservatives (7)	Natasha Asghar Paul Davies Andrew RT Davies Janet Finch-Saunders Peter Fox Darren Millar (leader) Sam Rowlands
Wales Green Party (2)	Paul Rock Anthony Slaughter (leader)
Welsh Liberal Democrats (1)	Jane Dodds (leader)
Llywydd (presiding officer): Huw Irranca-Davies

v t e 2021 Senedd election
Incumbent First Minister: Mark Drakeford (Labour) Subsequent First Minister: Mark Drakeford (Labour)
Mark Drakeford (Labour) Andrew RT Davies (Conservative) Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) Jane Dodds (Liberal Democrats)
Opinion polling Results Members elected

v t e Members of the Senedd by session
1st Assembly (1999–2003) 2nd Assembly (2003–2007) 3rd Assembly (2007–2011) 4th Assembly (2011–2016) 5th Assembly/Senedd (2016–2021) 6th Senedd (2021–2026) 7th Senedd (2021–present)
Politics Wales