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List of members of the Senedd

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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).

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	Name			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]
006	Mohammad Asghar	South Wales East	Conservative	2007	2020
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]
010	Mick Bates	Montgomeryshire	Independent	1999	2011	Sat as an independent^[5] from 16 April 2010^[6]
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]
015	Michelle Brown	North Wales	Independent	2016	2021	Sat as an independent from 26 March 2019 ^[7]
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
027	Alun Davies	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	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
045	Dafydd Elis-Thomas	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy then Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Independent	1999	2021
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
050	Rebecca Evans	Gower	Labour	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]
064	Nathan Gill	North Wales	Independent	2016	2017
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
081	Altaf Hussain	South Wales West	Conservative	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
098	Gareth Jones	Aberconwy	Plaid Cymru	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]
101	Laura Anne Jones	South Wales East	Conservative	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]
103	Peter Law	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	1999	2006
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
107	Dai Lloyd	South Wales West	Plaid Cymru	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
118	Jonathan Morgan	Cardiff North	Conservative	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
161	Leanne Wood	Rhondda	Plaid Cymru	2016	2021

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