This is a list of Assembly Members (AMs) or, in Welsh, Aelodau'r Cynulliad (ACau) elected to the third National Assembly for Wales at the 2007 election. Of the 60 members 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 | |
---|---|---|---|
• | 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.
Members by constituency and region
Constituency members
Regional members
Assembly Member | |||
---|---|---|---|
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]
See also
- Government of the 3rd National Assembly for Wales
- 2007 National Assembly for Wales election
References
- ^ "Plaid AM defects to Conservatives", BBC News, 8 December 2009