Next Senedd election

← 2021

due on or before 7 May 2026

All 60 seats to the Senedd
31 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Mark Drakeford	Andrew RT Davies
Party	Labour	Conservative
Leader since	6 December 2018	24 January 2021
Leader's seat	Cardiff West	South Wales Central
Last election	30 seats	16 seats

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Adam Price	Jane Dodds
Party	Plaid Cymru	Liberal Democrats
Leader since	28 September 2018	3 November 2017
Leader's seat	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Mid and West Wales
Last election	13 seats	1 seat

First Minister before election

Mark Drakeford
Labour

First Minister after election

TBD

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The next Senedd election is due to be held in or before May 2026^[1] to elect 60 members to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru). It will be the seventh devolved general election since the Senedd (formerly the National Assembly for Wales) was established in 1999. It will also be the second election since the Senedd changed its name in May 2020.

Opinion polling

Constituency vote

Pollster	Client	Dates conducted	Sample size	Lab	Con	Plaid Cymru	Lib Dem	AWA	Green	Reform	Other	Lead
Pollster	Client	Dates conducted	Sample size								Other	Lead
YouGov	Barn Cymru	25 Feb – 1 Mar 2022	1,086	38%	24%	21%	6%	–	3%	5%	4%	14%
YouGov	ITV Wales	13–16 Dec 2021	1,009	40%	23%	17%	4%	–	5%	7%	4%	17%
YouGov	ITV Wales	13–16 Sep 2021	1,057	37%	27%	19%	5%	–	4%	5%	5%	10%
2021 Senedd election^[2]		6 May 2021	–	39.9%	26.1%	20.3%	4.9%	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%	4.0%	13.8%

Regional vote

Pollster	Client	Dates conducted	Sample size	Lab	Con	Plaid Cymru	Green	Lib Dem	AWA	UKIP	Reform	Others	Lead
Pollster	Client	Dates conducted	Sample size									Others	Lead
YouGov	Barn Cymru	25 Feb – 1 Mar 2022	1,086	34%	23%	20%	4%	6%	6%	1%	3%	2% Gwlad on 1% Propel on 0% Other on 1%	11%
YouGov	ITV Wales	13–16 Dec 2021	1,009	35%	22%	19%	7%	3%	6%	2%	5%	1% Gwlad on 0% Propel on 0% Other on 1%	13%
YouGov	ITV Wales	13–16 Sep 2021	1,057	33%	26%	19%	5%	4%	6%	4%	2%	1% Gwlad on 0% Propel on 0% Other on 1%	7%
2021 Senedd election^[2]		6 May 2021	–	36.2%	25.1%	20.7%	4.4%	4.3%	3.7%	1.6%	1.1%	2.9%	11.1%

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Elections and referendums in Wales

Elections and referendums in Wales
Senedd elections	1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 Next
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Local elections	1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012 2017 2022
Referendums	1979 1997 2011

Opinion polling

Constituency vote

Regional vote

See also

References

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