South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)
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South Wales Central (Template:Langx) is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in 1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd (MSs) by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up MSs, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results reckoned as pre elected list members.
County boundaries
Template:Maplink The region covers much of the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan and much of the preserved county of South Glamorgan. The rest of Mid Glamorgan is partly within the South Wales East electoral region and partly within South Wales West. The rest of South Glamorgan is within the South Wales West electoral region.
Electoral region profile
The region is predominantly urban, taking in Wales' capital and largest city, Cardiff, as well as the working-class former mining town of Pontypridd, the seaside resort of Barry, and parts of the formerly industrial and still heavily populated South Wales Valleys. However, the region also includes rural areas in the western part of the Vale of Glamorgan.
Constituencies
The eight constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster):
Assembly members and Members of the Senedd
Constituency MSs
Regional list AMs and MSs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| Term | Election | AM / MS | AM / MS | AM / MS | AM / MS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1999 | rowspan="10" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Jonathan Morgan (Con) |
rowspan="8" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | David Melding (Con) |
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan="3"| | Owen John Thomas (PC) |
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan="5"| | Pauline Jarman (PC) |
| 2nd | 2003 | Leanne Wood (PC) | |||||||
| 3rd | 2007 | Andrew RT Davies (Con) |
Chris Franks (PC) | ||||||
| 4th | 2011 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Eluned Parrott (LD) | ||||||
| 5th | 2016 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Gareth Bennett (UKIP) later [[Independent (politician)|Template:Party shortname]] then Abolish |
Neil McEvoy (PC) later [[Independent (politician)|Template:Party shortname]] then Propel | |||||
| 2018 | |||||||||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | ||||||||
| 2020 | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | |||||||
| 6th | 2021 | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | | Joel James (Con) |
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan="1"| | Rhys ab Owen (PC later Independent) |
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan="2"| | Heledd Fychan (PC) | ||
| 2022 | |||||||||
2021 Senedd election[1]
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| 2021 Senedd election: South Wales Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />± from prev.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Ruba Sivagnanam, Dan De'Ath, Maliika Kaaba, Owain Williams | 102,611 | 40.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Andrew RT Davies, Joel James, Calum Davies, Adrian Robson, Mia Rhiannon Rees, Leighton Rowlands, Sean Driscoll, Sian-Elin Melbourne | 56,662 | 22.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Rhys ab Owen, Heledd Fychan, Fflur Elin, Sahar al-Faifi, Boyd Clack, Nasir Adam, Julie Williams, Ioan Bellin, Mohammed Tariq Awan, Richard Rhys Grigg | 46,478 | 18.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Anthony Slaughter, Helen Westhead, David Griffin, Debra Cooper | 14,478 | 5.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Rodney Berman, Rhys Taylor, Sally Stephenson, Steven Rajam, Alex Wilson | 11,821 | 4.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Lee Canning, Martyn Ford, Munawar Mughal, Lisa Peregrine, Stuart Fields, Ian McLean, Lawrence Gwynn, Michael Hughes | 8,396 | 3.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Neil McEvoy, Steve Robinson, Lisa Ford, Keith Parry | 5,552 | 2.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Paul Campbell, Benjamin Dale, Clive Easton, Paul Williams | 3,127 | 1.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jamie Jenkins, Peter Hopkins, Steve Bayliss, Michael Hancock, Alan Pick | 2,244 | 0.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| No More Lockdowns | Justin Lilley, Rita Darby | 1,298 | 0.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Karl-James Langford, Clem Thomas, Angus Hawkins, Rosamund Ellis-Evans | 1,098 | 0.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Anita Wright, Malachi Kwame, Walusimbi-Kakembo | 602 | 0.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Alan Coulthard | 580 | 0.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Ross Saunders, Beth Webster, Mia Hollsing, Andrew Wilkes, Kevin Gillen | 519 | 0.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Tess Delaney, Steve Everett, Frank Hinley | 411 | 0.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
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2021 Senedd election additional members
| Party | Constituency seats |
List votes (vote %)[1] | D'Hondt entitlement |
Additional members elected |
Total members elected |
Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Welsh Labour|Template:Party shortname]] | 8 | 102,611 (40%) | 6 | 0 | 8 | +2 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 56,662 (22%) | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 46,478 (18%) | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Wales Green Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 14,478 (6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 11,821 (5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 8,396 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Propel | 0 | 5,552 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[UK Independence Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 3,127 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Reform UK|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 2,244 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No More Lockdowns | 0 | 1.298 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Gwlad | 0 | 1,098 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Communist Party of Britain|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 602 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent (Alan Coulthard) | 0 | 580 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 519 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Workers Party | 0 | 411 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Regional MSs elected in 2021
| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Party shortname]] | Andrew RT Davies |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Party shortname]] | Rhys ab Owen |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Party shortname]] | Joel James |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Party shortname]] | Heledd Fychan |
2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members
| Party | Constituency seats |
List votes (vote %)[2] | D'Hondt entitlement |
Additional members elected |
Total members elected |
Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Welsh Labour|Template:Party shortname]] | 7 | 78,366 (34%) | 5 | 0 | 7 | +2 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Party shortname]] | 1 | 48,357 (21%) | 3 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 42,185 (18%) | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[United Kingdom Independence Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 23,958 (10%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 14,875 (6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 9,163 (4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Wales Green Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 7,949 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Women's Equality Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 2,807 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 1,096 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 736 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | [[Communist Party of Britain|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 520 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freedom to Choose | 0 | 470 (0.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Regional AMs elected in 2016
| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Party shortname]] | Andrew RT Davies |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Party shortname]] | David Melding |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Party shortname]] | Neil McEvoy |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[UKIP|Template:Party shortname]] | Gareth Bennett |
2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members
| Party | Constituency seats |
List votes (vote %)[2] | D'Hondt entitlement |
Additional members elected |
Total members elected |
Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Labour|Template:Party shortname]] | 8 | 85,445 (41.0%) | 6 | 0 | 8 | +2 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 45,751 (22.0%) | 3 | 2 | 2 | −1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 28,606 (13.7%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | −1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 16,514 (7.9%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Wales Green Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 10,774 (5.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[United Kingdom Independence Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 8,292 (4.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Socialist Labour Party (UK)|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 4,690 (2.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[British National Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 3,805 (1.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Christian Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 1,873 (0.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 1,237 (0.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 830 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Communist Party of Britain|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 516 (0.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Regional AMs elected in 2011
| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Party shortname]] | Andrew RT Davies |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Party shortname]] | David Melding |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Party shortname]] | Eluned Parrott † |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Party shortname]] | Leanne Wood |
† Replaced John Dixon, who was disqualified for being a member of a public body to which AMs cannot belong.[3]
2007 Welsh Assembly election additional members[4]
| Party | Constituency seats |
List votes (vote %)[2] | D'Hondt entitlement |
Additional members elected |
Total members elected |
Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Labour|Template:Party shortname]] | 6 | 70,799 (34.0%) | 5 | 0 | 6 | +1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Party shortname]] | 1 | 45,127 (21.7%) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color"| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 32,207 (15.5%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Party shortname]] | 1 | 29,626 (14.0%) | 2 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[British National Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 7,889 (3.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Green Party of England and Wales|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 7,831 (3.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[United Kingdom Independence Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 7,645 (3.7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Christian Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 1,987 (1.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Socialist Labour Party (UK)|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 1,744 (0.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Respect - The Unity Coalition|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 1,079 (0.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Socialist Party (England and Wales)|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 838 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Communist Party of Britain|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 817 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Christian Peoples Alliance|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 757 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Socialist Equality Party (UK)|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 292 (0.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members[5]
| Party | Constituency seats |
List votes (vote %)[2] | D'Hondt entitlement |
Additional members elected |
Total members elected |
Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Labour|Template:Party shortname]] | 7 | 74,369 (41.08%) | 6 | 0 | 7 | +1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 33,404 (18.45%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 27,956 (15.44%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Party shortname]] | 1 | 24,926 (13.77%) | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[United Kingdom Independence Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 6,920 (3.82%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Green Party of England and Wales|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 6,047 (3.34%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Socialist Labour Party (UK)|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 3,217 (1.78%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Millennium Bean Party | 0 | 1,027 (0.57%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cymru Annibynnol | 0 | 1,018 (0.56%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vote 2 Stop the War | 0 | 1,013 (0.56%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Communist Party of Britain|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 577 (0.32%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[ProLife Alliance|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 573 (0.32%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members[6]
| Party | Constituency seats |
List votes (vote %)[2] | D'Hondt entitlement |
Additional members elected |
Total members elected |
Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Labour|Template:Party shortname]] | 6 | 79,564 (36.92%) | 5 | 0 | 6 | +1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Party shortname]] | 1 | 58,080 (26.95%) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 34,944 (16.22%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Party shortname]] | 1 | 30,911 (14.35%) | 2 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Green Party of England and Wales|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 5,336 (2.48%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Socialist Labour Party (UK)|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 2,822 (1.31%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent- Alun Mathias | 0 | 1,524 (0.71%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Natural Law Party|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 665 (0.31%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Communist Party of Britain|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 652 (0.30%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | [[Welsh Socialist Alliance|Template:Party shortname]] | 0 | 602 (0.28%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent- Paul Phillips | 0 | 378 (0.18%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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