This is a list of members who have ever been elected to the Senedd, since its first election in 1999 as the National Assembly for Wales.

The number assigned to each MS is arbitrary and does not indicate any kind of rank or seniority. It is only for use in this table. To date 161 individuals have served as MSs (formerly AMs before 2020).

Members of the Senedd and former National Assembly for Wales (1999–present)
Name Portrait Party From To Notes
001 Leighton Andrews Rhondda Labour 2003 2016
002 Mick Antoniw Pontypridd Labour 2011 Present
003 Mabon ap Gwynfor
Dwyfor Meirionnydd Plaid Cymru 2021 Present
004 Rhun ap Iorwerth Ynys Môn Plaid Cymru 2013 Present
005 Rhys ab Owen South Wales Central Plaid Cymru 2021 Present
006 Mohammad Asghar South Wales East Plaid Cymru 2007 2020 Defected from Plaid Cymru to Conservatives on 8 December 2009.[1] Died while in office on 16 June 2020.[2]
Conservative
007 Natasha Asghar South Wales East Conservative 2021 Present
008 Lorraine Barrett Cardiff South and Penarth Labour 1999 2011
009 Gareth Bennett South Wales Central UKIP 2016 2021 Sat as an independent from 7 November 2019 until 24 June 2020, when they joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party.[3][4]
Independent
Abolish the Welsh Assembly
010 Mick Bates
Montgomeryshire Liberal Democrats 1999 2011 Sat as an independent[5] from 16 April 2010[6]
Independent
011 Peter Black South Wales West Liberal Democrats 1999 2016
012 Hannah Blythyn Delyn Labour 2016 Present
013 Dawn Bowden Merthyr Tidfil and Rhymney Labour 2016 Present
014 Nick Bourne
Mid and West Wales Conservative 1999 2011
015 Michelle Brown North Wales UKIP 2016 2021 Sat as an independent from 26 March 2019 [7]
Independent
016 Jayne Bryant Newport West Labour 2016 Present
017 Eleanor Burnham
North Wales Liberal Democrats 2001 2011
018 Angela Burns Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Conservative 2007 2021
019 Rosemary Butler Newport West Labour 1999 2016
020 Alun Cairns
South Wales West Conservative 1999 2011
021 Cefin Campbell Mid and West Wales Plaid Cymru 2021 Present
022 Christine Chapman Cynon Valley Labour 1999 2016
023 Jeff Cuthbert Caerphilly Labour 2003 2011
024 Cynog Dafis
Mid and West Wales Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
025 Hefin David Caerphilly Labour 2016 Present
026 Jane Davidson
Pontypridd Labour 1999 2011
027 Alun Davies Mid and West Wales Labour 2007 2011
Blaenau Gwent 2011 Present
028 Andrew Davies Swansea West Labour 1999 2011
029 Andrew RT Davies South Wales Central Conservative 2007 Present
030 Byron Davies South Wales West Conservative 2011 2015
031 David TC Davies
Monmouth Conservative 1999 2007
032 Gareth Davies Vale of Clwyd Conservative 2021 Present
033 Geraint Davies
Rhondda Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
034 Glyn Davies
Mid and West Wales Conservative 1999 2007
035 Janet Davies
South Wales West Plaid Cymru 1999 2007
036 Jocelyn Davies South Wales East Plaid Cymru 1999 2011
037 Keith Davies Llanelli Labour 2011 2016
038 Paul Davies Preseli Pembrokeshire Conservative 2007 Present
039 Ron Davies
Caerphilly Labour 1999 2003
040 Suzy Davies South Wales West Conservative 2011 2021
041 Jane Dodds
Mid and West Wales Liberal Democrats 2021 Present
042 Mark Drakeford Cardiff West Labour 2011 Present
043 Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey
Preseli Pembrokeshire Labour 2003 2007
044 Richard Edwards
Preseli Pembrokeshire Labour 1999 2003
045 Dafydd Elis-Thomas Meirionnydd Nant Conwy then Dwyfor Meirionnydd Plaid Cymru 1999 2021 Left Plaid Cymru to sit as an independent [8] on 14 October 2016
Independent
046 Sue Essex
Cardiff North Labour 1999 2007
047 James Evans Brecon and Radnorshire Conservative 2021 Present
048 Delyth Evans
Mid and West Wales Labour 2000 2003
049 Nerys Evans
Mid and West Wales Plaid Cymru 2007 2011
050 Rebecca Evans Mid and West Wales Labour 2011 2016
Gower 2016 Present
051 Val Feld
Swansea East Labour 1999 2001
052 Janet Finch-Saunders Aberconwy Conservative 2011 Present
053 Luke Fletcher South Wales West Plaid Cymru 2021 Present
054 Peter Fox
Monmouth Conservative 2021 Present
055 Lisa Francis
Mid and West Wales Conservative 2003 2007
056 Chris Franks South Wales Central Plaid Cymru 2007 2011
057 Heledd Fychan South Wales Central Plaid Cymru 2021 Present
058 Tom Giffard South Wales West Conservative 2021 Present
059 Russell George Montgomeryshire Conservative 2011 Present
060 Mike German
South Wales East Liberal Democrats 1999 2010
061 Veronica German
South Wales East Liberal Democrats 2010 2011
062 Vaughan Gething Cardiff South and Penarth Labour 2011 Present
063 Brian Gibbons Aberavon Labour 1999 2011
064 Nathan Gill North Wales UKIP 2016 2017 Left UKIP group to sit as an independent [9] from 29 July 2016. Resigned as an AM on 27 December 2017 [10]
Independent
065 William Graham South Wales East Conservative 1999 2016
066 Janice Gregory Ogmore Labour 1999 2016
067 John Griffiths Newport East Labour 1999 Present
068 Lesley Griffiths Wrexham Labour 2007 Present
069 Peredur Owen Griffiths South Wales East Plaid Cymru 2021 Present
070 Llyr Gruffydd North Wales Plaid Cymru 2011 Present
071 Siân Gwenllian Arfon Plaid Cymru 2016 Present
072 Christine Gwyther Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Labour 1999 2007
073 Alison Halford Delyn Labour 1999 2003
074 Brian Hancock Islwyn Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
075 Neil Hamilton Mid and West Wales UKIP 2016 2021
076 Edwina Hart Gower Labour 1999 2016
077 Janet Haworth
North Wales Conservative 2015 2016
078 Mike Hedges Swansea East Labour 2011 Present
079 Vikki Howells Cynon Valley Labour 2016 Present
080 Christine Humphreys
North Wales Liberal Democrats 1999 2001
081 Altaf Hussain South Wales West Conservative 2015 2016
2021 Present
082 Jane Hutt Vale of Glamorgan Labour 1999 Present
083 Denise Idris Jones Conwy Labour 2003 2007
084 Huw Irranca-Davies Ogmore Labour 2016 Present
085 Mark Isherwood North Wales Conservative 2003 Present
086 Irene James Islwyn Labour 2003 2011
087 Joel James South Wales Central Conservative 2021 Present
088 Julie James Swansea West Labour 2011 Present
089 Pauline Jarman South Wales Central Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
090 Delyth Jewell South Wales East Plaid Cymru 2019 Present
091 Alun Ffred Jones Arfon Plaid Cymru 2003 2016
092 Ann Jones Vale of Clwyd Labour 1999 2021
093 Caroline Jones South Wales West UKIP 2016 2021 Left UKIP in September 2018 and joined the Brexit Party in May 2019.[11] Sat again as an independent from August 2020.[12]
Independent
Brexit Party
Independent
094 Carwyn Jones Bridgend Labour 1999 2021
095 David Jones North Wales Conservative 2002 2003
096 Elin Jones Ceredigion Plaid Cymru 1999 Present
097 Mandy Jones
North Wales UKIP 2017 2021 Returned as a UKIP member on 28 Dec 2017, but refused entry to the UKIP group on 9 Jan 2018.[13][10] Sat as an independent until joining Brexit Party in May 2019,[14][11] but returned to being an independent on 16 October 2020.[15]
Independent
Brexit Party
Independent
098 Gareth Jones Conwy Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
Aberconwy 2007 2011
099 Helen Mary Jones Llanelli Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
Mid and West Wales 2003 2007
Llanelli 2007 2011
Mid and West Wales 2018 2021
100 Ieuan Wyn Jones Ynys Môn Plaid Cymru 1999 2013
101 Laura Anne Jones
South Wales East Conservative 2003 2007 As the next name on the Conservative Party list for South Wales East, on 16 June 2020 Jones succeeded Mohammad Asghar upon his death while in office.[2]
2020 Present
102 Samuel Kurtz Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Conservative 2021 Present
103 Peter Law
Blaenau Gwent Labour 1999 2006 Sat as an independent from April 2005, died 25 April 2006 [16]
Independent
104 Trish Law Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent People's Voice 2006 2011
105 Huw Lewis Merthyr Tidfil and Rhymney Labour 1999 2016
106 Steffan Lewis South Wales East Plaid Cymru 2016 2018
107 Dai Lloyd South Wales West Plaid Cymru 1999 2011
2016 2021
108 Val Lloyd Swansea East Labour 2001 2011
109 John Marek
Wrexham Labour 1999 2007 Elected as Labour in 1999. Re-elected in 2003 under the label John Marek Independent Party, then sat as Forward Wales from Nov 2003
John Marek Independent Party
Forward Wales
110 Neil McEvoy South Wales Central Plaid Cymru 2016 2021 Expelled from Plaid Cymru group 17 January 2018.[17] Set up the Welsh National Party in 2020.
Independent
Welsh National Party
111 David Melding South Wales Central Conservative 1999 2021
112 Sandy Mewies Delyn Labour 2003 2011
113 Alun Michael
Mid and West Wales Labour 1999 2000
114 Tom Middlehurst
Alyn and Deeside Labour 1999 2003
115 Jeremy Miles Neath Labour 2016 Present
116 Darren Millar Clwyd West Conservative 2007 Present
117 Eluned Morgan Mid and West Wales Labour 2016 Present
118 Jonathan Morgan
South Wales Central Conservative 1999 2007
Cardiff North 2007 2011
119 Julie Morgan Cardiff North Labour 2011 Present
120 Rhodri Morgan
Cardiff West Labour 1999 2011
121 Sarah Murphy Bridgend Labour 2021 Present
122 Lynne Neagle Torfaen Labour 1999 Present
123 Eluned Parrott South Wales Central Liberal Democrats 2011 2016
124 Rhianon Passmore Islwyn Labour 2016 Present
125 William Powell Mid and West Wales Liberal Democrats 2011 2016
126 Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Plaid Cymru 2016 Present
127 Gwyn R Price Islwyn Labour 2011 2016
128 Alun Pugh
Clwyd West Labour 1999 2007
129 Nick Ramsay Monmouth Conservative 2007 2021
130 Jenny Randerson
Cardiff Central Liberal Democrats 1999 2011
131 Jenny Rathbone Cardiff Central Labour 2011 Present
132 Mark Reckless South Wales East UKIP 2016 2021 Defected from UKIP to the Conservatives on 6 April 2017.[18] Sat as an independent from 14 April 2019 until joining the Brexit Party in May 2019.[11] Defected to the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party on 19 October 2020.[19]
Conservative
Independent
Brexit Party
Abolish the Welsh Assembly
133 David Rees Aberavon Labour 2011 Present
134 Rod Richards
North Wales Conservative 1999 2002
135 Aled Roberts North Wales Liberal Democrats 2011 2016
136 Peter Rogers
North Wales Conservative 1999 2003
137 Sam Rowlands North Wales Conservative 2021 Present
138 David Rowlands South Wales East UKIP 2016 2021 Left UKIP in September 2018 and joined the Brexit Party in May 2019.[11] Sat as an independent from 16 October 2020.[15]
Brexit Party
Independent
139 Janet Ryder North Wales Plaid Cymru 1999 2011
140 Antoinette Sandbach North Wales Conservative 2011 2015
141 Carl Sargeant Alyn and Deeside Labour 2003 2017
142 Jack Sargent Alyn and Deeside Labour 2018 Present Elected at a by-election following the death of Carl Sargeant.
143 Bethan Sayed South Wales West Plaid Cymru 2007 2021
144 Karen Sinclair Clwyd South Labour 1999 2011
145 Ken Skates Clwyd South Labour 2011 Present
146 Carolyn Thomas North Wales Labour 2021 Present
147 Catherine Thomas
Llanelli Labour 2003 2007
148 Gwenda Thomas Neath Labour 1999 2016
149 Owen John Thomas
South Wales Central Plaid Cymru 1999 2007
150 Rhodri Glyn Thomas Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Plaid Cymru 1999 2016
151 Simon Thomas Mid and West Wales Plaid Cymru 2011 2018 Resigned 25 July 2018 [20]
152 Lee Waters Llanelli Labour 2016 Present
153 Joyce Watson Mid and West Wales Labour 2007 Present
154 Lindsay Whittle South Wales East Plaid Cymru 2011 2016
155 Dafydd Wigley
Aberconwy Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
156 Brynle Williams
North Wales Conservative 2003 2011
157 Buffy Williams
Rhondda Labour 2021 Present
158 Kirsty Williams Brecon and Radnorshire Liberal Democrats 1999 2021
159 Phil Williams
South Wales East Plaid Cymru 1999 2003
160 Sioned Williams
South Wales West Plaid Cymru 2021 Present
161 Leanne Wood South Wales Central Plaid Cymru 2003 2016
Rhondda 2016 2021

See also

References

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