List of co-options to the Senedd

This is a list of co-options to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru; formerly the National Assembly of Wales before 2020). Until 2026, co-options were used for regional members: per the provisions of the Government of Wales Act, 1998, regional members of the Senedd who resign, die or are otherwise disqualified are replaced by the next available and willing person of their original party's list, and no by-election occurs.[1]

The Senedd electoral regions were abolished prior to the 2026 Senedd election, therefore there are no longer any regional members. From 2026, all Senedd constituencies are multi-member and any member who leaves the Senedd is replaced by co-option rather than by-election.

These are the co-options that have occurred since the first elections in 1999.

Assembly / Senedd term RegionDate
(that new member took the oath)		IncumbentPartyReplacementPartyCause
1999–2003 Mid and West Wales 1 May 2000 Alun Michael[2] Labour Delyth Evans Labour Resignation to concentrate on his post as Member of Parliament
North Wales 22 March 2001 Christine Humphreys[3] Liberal Democrats Eleanor Burnham Liberal Democrats Resignation on health grounds
North Wales 10 Sept 2002 Rod Richards[4] Conservative David Jones Conservative Resignation on health grounds (Alcoholism)[4]
2007–2011 South Wales East 30 June 2010 Mike German[5] Liberal Democrats Veronica German Liberal Democrats Resignation on appointment to House of Lords
2011–2016 South Wales West 19 May 2015 [6] Byron Davies[7] Conservative Altaf Hussain Conservative Resignation on 15 May 2015 due to election as MP for Gower
North Wales 27 May 2015 [8] Antoinette Sandbach[7] Conservative Janet Haworth Conservative Resignation on 8 May 2015 due to election as MP for Eddisbury
2016–2021 North Wales 28 Dec 2017 Nathan Gill[9] UKIP Mandy Jones UKIP Resignation on 27 December 2017 to concentrate on his post as Member of the European Parliament
Mid and West Wales 2 August 2018[10] Simon Thomas[11] Plaid Cymru Helen Mary Jones Plaid Cymru Resignation on 25 July 2018 due to arrest for possession of indecent images[11]
South Wales East 8 February 2019 [12] Steffan Lewis[13] Plaid Cymru Delyth Jewell Plaid Cymru Death from bowel cancer on 11 January 2019
South Wales East 6 July 2020 Mohammad Asghar Conservative Laura Anne Jones Conservative Death on 16 June 2020

No co-options occurred during the Second Assembly (2003–2007) and Sixth Senedd (2021-2026)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Candidate guide - National Assembly for Wales election (part 2b/6)" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Michael to leave Assembly". BBC News. 16 March 2000. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Lib Dem AM to stand down". BBC News. 20 March 2001. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Lawyer accepts Richards' AM job". 12 September 2002. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mike German made working peer in House of Lords". BBC News. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Find a Member - redirect". NAfW.
  7. 1 2 Deans, David (27 May 2015). "New North Wales AM swears oath and becomes second Tory to join the Assembly after General Election". Wales Online. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Find a Member - redirect". National Assembly for Wales. NAfW.
  9. ↑ "Nathan Gill resigns as north Wales AM". BBC News. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Helen Mary Jones returns as Plaid AM, replacing Simon Thomas". BBC News. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Plaid Cymru's Simon Thomas quits after indecent images arrest". BBC News. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Delyth Jewell AM - Assembly Member Profile". National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  13. ↑ "Plaid Cymru assembly member Steffan Lewis dies aged 34". BBC News. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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