Members of the 3rd National Assembly for Wales
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![]() The Welsh Assembly Building (Senedd) in 2008 | |||||
Overview | |||||
Legislative body | National Assembly for Wales | ||||
Jurisdiction | Wales, United Kingdom | ||||
Meeting place | Senedd building, Cardiff | ||||
Term | 3 May 2007 (2007-05-03) – 5 May 2011 (2011-05-05) | ||||
Election | 2007 National Assembly for Wales election | ||||
Government | Third Morgan government (2007) Fourth Morgan government (2007–09) First Jones government (2009–11) | ||||
Members | 60 | ||||
Presiding Officer | Dafydd Elis-Thomas (2007–11) | ||||
First Minister | Rhodri Morgan (2007–09) Carwyn Jones (2009–11) | ||||
Deputy First Minister | Ieuan Wyn Jones (2007–11) |
This is a list of Assembly Members (AMs; Welsh: Aelodau'r Cynulliad, ACau) elected to the third National Assembly for Wales at the 2007 election. There are 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 AMs through mixed member proportional representation.
Composition of the Assembly
Party | May 2007 | May 2011 | |
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• | Labour | 26 | 26 |
• | Plaid Cymru | 15 | 14 |
Conservative | 12 | 13 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 6 | |
Independents | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 60 |
Government parties denoted with bullets (•)
AMs by party
This is a list of AMs elected in 2011, the changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session. See here a list of AMs elected in the 2007 election.
Party | Name | Constituency or Region | |
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Labour (26) | Leighton Andrews | Rhondda | |
Lorraine Barrett | Cardiff South and Penarth | ||
Rosemary Butler | Newport West | ||
Christine Chapman | Cynon Valley | ||
Jeffrey Cuthbert | Caerphilly | ||
Jane Davidson | Pontypridd | ||
Alun Davies | Mid and West Wales | ||
Andrew Davies | Swansea West | ||
Brian Gibbons | Aberavon | ||
Janice Gregory | Ogmore | ||
John Griffiths | Newport East | ||
Lesley Griffiths | Wrexham | ||
Edwina Hart | Gower | ||
Jane Hutt | Vale of Glamorgan | ||
Irene James | Islwyn | ||
Ann Jones | Vale of Clwyd | ||
Carwyn Jones | Bridgend | ||
Huw Lewis | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | ||
Val Lloyd | Swansea East | ||
Sandy Mewies | Delyn | ||
Rhodri Morgan | Cardiff West | ||
Lynne Neagle | Torfaen | ||
Carl Sargeant | Alyn and Deeside | ||
Karen Sinclair | Clwyd South | ||
Gwenda Thomas | Neath | ||
Joyce Watson | Mid and West Wales | ||
Plaid Cymru (13) | Jocelyn Davies | South Wales East | |
Nerys Evans | Mid and West Wales | ||
Chris Franks | South Wales Central | ||
Bethan Jenkins | South Wales West | ||
Alun Ffred Jones | Arfon | ||
Elin Jones | Ceredigion | ||
Gareth Jones | Aberconwy | ||
Helen Mary Jones | Llanelli | ||
Ieuan Wyn Jones | Ynys Môn | ||
Dai Lloyd | South Wales West | ||
Janet Ryder | North Wales | ||
Rhodri Glyn Thomas | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | ||
Leanne Wood | South Wales Central | ||
Conservative Party (13) | Mohammad Asghar | South Wales East | |
Nicholas Bourne | Mid and West Wales | ||
Angela Burns | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | ||
Alun Cairns | South Wales West | ||
Andrew R. T. Davies | South Wales Central | ||
Paul Davies | Preseli Pembrokeshire | ||
William Graham | South Wales East | ||
Mark Isherwood | North Wales | ||
David Melding | South Wales Central | ||
Darren Millar | Clwyd West | ||
Jonathan Morgan | Cardiff North | ||
Nick Ramsay | Monmouth | ||
Brynle Williams | North Wales | ||
Liberal Democrats (6) | Mick Bates | Montgomeryshire | |
Peter Black | South Wales West | ||
Eleanor Burnham | North Wales | ||
Veronica German | South Wales East | ||
Jenny Randerson | Cardiff Central | ||
Kirsty Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | ||
Independent (1) | Trish Law | Blaenau Gwent | |
Presiding Officer (1) | Dafydd Elis-Thomas | Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Members by constituency and region
Constituency members
Assembly Member | |||
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Constituency | Name | Party | |
Aberavon | Brian Gibbons | Labour | |
Aberconwy | Gareth Jones | Plaid Cymru | |
Alyn and Deeside | Carl Sargeant | Labour | |
Arfon | Alun Ffred Jones | Plaid Cymru | |
Blaenau Gwent | Trish Law | Independent | |
Brecon and Radnorshire | Kirsty Williams | Liberal Democrats | |
Bridgend | Carwyn Jones | Labour | |
Caerphilly | Jeffrey Cuthbert | Labour | |
Cardiff Central | Jenny Randerson | Liberal Democrats | |
Cardiff North | Jonathan Morgan | Conservative | |
Cardiff South and Penarth | Lorraine Barrett | Labour Co-op | |
Cardiff West | Rhodri Morgan | Labour | |
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Rhodri Glyn Thomas | Plaid Cymru | |
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Angela Burns | Conservative | |
Ceredigion | Elin Jones | Plaid Cymru | |
Clwyd South | Karen Sinclair | Labour | |
Clwyd West | Darren Millar | Conservative | |
Cynon Valley | Christine Chapman | Labour Co-op | |
Delyn | Sandy Mewies | Labour | |
Dwyfor Meirionnydd | Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Presiding Officer) | Plaid Cymru | |
Gower | Edwina Hart | Labour | |
Islwyn | Irene James | Labour | |
Llanelli | Helen Mary Jones | Plaid Cymru | |
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Huw Lewis | Labour Co-op | |
Monmouth | Nick Ramsay | Conservative | |
Montgomeryshire | Mick Bates | Liberal Democrats | |
Neath | Gwenda Thomas | Labour | |
Newport East | John Griffiths | Labour Co-op | |
Newport West | Rosemary Butler | Labour | |
Ogmore | Janice Gregory | Labour | |
Pontypridd | Jane Davidson | Labour | |
Preseli Pembrokeshire | Paul Davies | Conservative | |
Rhondda | Leighton Andrews | Labour | |
Swansea East | Val Lloyd | Labour | |
Swansea West | Andrew Davies | Labour | |
Torfaen | Lynne Neagle | Labour | |
Vale of Clwyd | Ann Jones | Labour | |
Vale of Glamorgan | Jane Hutt | Labour | |
Wrexham | Lesley Griffiths | Labour | |
Ynys Môn | Ieuan Wyn Jones | Plaid Cymru |
Regional members
Assembly Member | |||
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Region | Name | Party | |
Mid and West Wales | Nick Bourne | Conservative | |
Alun Davies | Labour | ||
Nerys Evans | Plaid Cymru | ||
Joyce Watson | Labour | ||
North Wales | Eleanor Burnham | Liberal Democrats | |
Mark Isherwood | Conservative | ||
Janet Ryder | Plaid Cymru | ||
Brynle Williams | Conservative | ||
South Wales Central | Andrew R. T. Davies | Conservative | |
Chris Franks | Plaid Cymru | ||
David Melding | Conservative | ||
Leanne Wood | Plaid Cymru | ||
South Wales East | Mohammad Asghar | Conservative | |
Jocelyn Davies | Plaid Cymru | ||
Michael German | Liberal Democrats | ||
William Graham | Conservative | ||
South Wales West | Peter Black | Liberal Democrats | |
Alun Cairns | Conservative | ||
Bethan Jenkins | Plaid Cymru | ||
Dai Lloyd | Plaid Cymru |
Changes
- 8 December 2009: Mohammad Asghar defected from Plaid Cymru to the Conservative Party.[1]