South Wales Central
Canol De Cymru
Senedd electoral region
South Wales Central shown within Wales
Created
1999
Current representation
Labour8 MSs
Conservative2 MSs
Plaid Cymru2 MSs
Constituencies
1. Cardiff Central
2. Cardiff North
3. Cardiff South and Penarth
4. Cardiff West
5. Cynon Valley
6. Pontypridd
7. Rhondda
8. Vale of Glamorgan
Preserved counties
Mid Glamorgan (part)
South Glamorgan (part)

South Wales Central (Welsh: Canol De Cymru) 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

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):

Constituency 2021 result Preserved counties
Cardiff Central Jenny Rathbone
Labour
Entirely within South Glamorgan
Cardiff North Julie Morgan
Labour
Entirely within South Glamorgan
Cardiff South and Penarth Vaughan Gething
Labour
Entirely within South Glamorgan
Cardiff West Mark Drakeford
Labour
Entirely within South Glamorgan
Cynon Valley Vikki Howells
Labour & Co-operative
Entirely within Mid Glamorgan
Pontypridd Mick Antoniw
Labour
Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan
Rhondda Elizabeth Williams
Labour
Entirely within Mid Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan Jane Hutt
Labour
Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

Constituency MSs

Term Election Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South
and Penarth
Cardiff West Cynon Valley Pontypridd Rhondda Vale of
Glamorgan
1st 1999 Jenny Randerson
(LD)
Sue Essex
(Lab)
Lorraine Barrett
(Lab)
Rhodri Morgan
(Lab)
Christine Chapman
(Lab)
Jane Davidson
(Lab)
Geraint Davies
(PC)
Jane Hutt
(Lab)
2nd 2003 Leighton Andrews
(Lab)
3rd 2007 Jonathan Morgan
(Con)
4th 2011 Jenny Rathbone
(Lab)
Julie Morgan
(Lab)
Vaughan Gething
(Lab)
Mark Drakeford
(Lab)
Mick Antoniw
(Lab)
5th 2016 Vikki Howells
(Lab)
Leanne Wood
(PC)
6th 2021 Buffy Williams
(Lab)

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 Jonathan Morgan
(Con)
David Melding
(Con)
Owen John Thomas
(PC)
Pauline Jarman
(PC)
2nd 2003 Leanne Wood
(PC)
3rd 2007 Andrew RT Davies
(Con)
Chris Franks
(PC)
4th 2011 Eluned Parrott
(LD)
5th 2016 Gareth Bennett
(UKIP)
later Independent
then Abolish
Neil McEvoy
(PC)
later Independent
then Propel
2018
2020
6th 2021 Joel James
(Con)
Rhys ab Owen
(PC)
Heledd Fychan
(PC)

2021 Senedd election[1]

2021 Senedd election: South Wales Central
List Candidates Votes % ±
Labour Ruba Sivagnanam, Dan De'Ath, Malilka Kaaba, Owain Williams 102,611 40.1 Increase6.2
Conservative Andrew RT Davies, Joel James, Calum Davies, Adrian Robson, Mia Rhiannon Rees, Leighton Rowlands, Sean Driscoll, Sian-Elin Melbourne 56,662 22.1 Increase3.8
Plaid Cymru 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 Decrease2.7
Green Anthony Slaughter, Helen Westhead, David Griffin, Debra Cooper 14,478 5.7 Increase2.3
Liberal Democrats Rodney Berman, Rhys Taylor, Sally Stephenson, Steven Rajam, Alex Wilson 11,821 4.6 Decrease1.7
Abolish Lee Canning, Martyn Ford, Munawar Mughal, Lisa Peregrine, Stuart Fields, Ian McLean, Lawrence Gwynn, Michael Hughes 8,396 3.3 Decrease0.7
Propel Neil McEvoy, Steve Robinson, Lisa Ford, Keith Parry 5,552 2.2 Increase2.2
UKIP Paul Campbell, Benjamin Dale, Clive Easton, Paul Williams 3,127 1.2 Decrease9.2
Reform UK Jamie Jenkins, Peter Hopkins, Steve Bayliss, Michael Hancock, Alan Pick 2,244 0.9 Increase0.9
No More Lockdowns Justin Lilley, Rita Darby 1,298 0.5 Increase0.5
Gwlad Karl-James Langford, Clem Thomas, Angus Hawkins, Rosamund Ellis-Evans 1,098 0.4 Increase0.4
Communist Anita Wright, Malachi Kwame, Walusimbi-Kakembo 602 0.2 Steady0.0
Independent Alan Coulthard 580 0.2 Increase0.2
TUSC Ross Saunders, Beth Webster, Mia Hollsing, Andrew Wilkes, Kevin Gillen 519 0.2 Decrease0.1
Workers Party Tess Delaney, Steve Everett, Frank Hinley 411 0.2 Increase0.2

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
Labour 8102,611 (40%)608+2
Conservative 056,662 (22%)322-1
Plaid Cymru 046,478 (18%)322-1
Green 014,478 (6%)0000
Liberal Democrats 011,821 (5%)0000
Abolish 08,396 (3%)0000
Propel 05,552 (2%)0000
UKIP 03,127 (1%)0000
Reform UK 02,244 (1%)0000
No More Lockdowns 01.298 (1%)0000
Gwlad 01,098 (0%)0000
Communist 0602 (0%)0000
Independent (Alan Coulthard) 0580 (0%)0000
TUSC 0519 (0%)0000
Workers Party 0411 (0%)0000

Regional MSs elected in 2021

PartyName
Conservative Andrew RT Davies
Plaid Cymru Rhys ab Owen
Conservative Joel James
Plaid Cymru 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
Labour 778,366 (34%)507+2
Plaid Cymru 148,357 (21%)312-1
Conservative 042,185 (18%)322-1
UKIP 023,958 (10%)1110
Liberal Democrats 014,875 (6%)0000
Abolish 09,163 (4%)0000
Green 07,949 (3%)0000
Women's Equality 02,807 (1%)0000
Monster Raving Loony 01,096 (0%)0000
TUSC 0736 (0%)0000
Communist 0520 (0%)0000
Freedom to Choose 0470 (0.2%)0000

Regional AMs elected in 2016

PartyName
Conservative Andrew RT Davies
Conservative David Melding
Plaid Cymru Neil McEvoy
UKIP 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
Labour 885,445 (41.0%)608+2
Conservative 045,751 (22.0%)322−1
Plaid Cymru 028,606 (13.7%)211−1
Liberal Democrats 016,514 (7.9%)1110
Green 010,774 (5.2%)0000
UKIP 08,292 (4.0%)0000
Socialist Labour 04,690 (2.3%)0000
BNP 03,805 (1.8%)0000
Welsh Christian 01,873 (0.9%)0000
Monster Raving Loony 01,237 (0.6%)0000
TUSC 0830 (0.4%)0000
Communist 0516 (0.2%)0000

Regional AMs elected in 2011

PartyName
Conservative Andrew RT Davies
Conservative David Melding
Liberal Democrats Eluned Parrott
Plaid Cymru 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
Labour 670,799 (34.0%)506+1
Conservative 145,127 (21.7%)3230
Plaid Cymru 032,207 (15.5%)2220
Liberal Democrats 129,626 (14.0%)201−1
BNP 07,889 (3.8%)0000
Green 07,831 (3.8%)0000
UKIP 07,645 (3.7%)0000
Welsh Christian 01,987 (1.0%)0000
Socialist Labour 01,744 (0.8%)0000
Respect 01,079 (0.5%)0000
Socialist Alternative 0838 (0.4%)0000
Communist 0817 (0.4%)0000
CPA 0757 (0.4%)0000
Socialist Equality 0292 (0.1%)0000

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
Labour 774,369 (41.08%)607+1
Conservative 033,404 (18.45%)2220
Plaid Cymru 027,956 (15.44%)2220
Liberal Democrats 124,926 (13.77%)201-1
UKIP 06,920 (3.82.%)0000
Green 06,047 (3.34%)0000
Socialist Labour 03,217 (1.78%)0000
New Millennium Bean Party 01,027 (0.57%)0000
Cymru Annibynnol 01,018 (0.56%)0000
Vote 2 Stop the War 01,013 (0.56%)0000
Communist 0577 (0.32%)0000
ProLife Alliance 0573 (0.32%)0000

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
Labour 679,564 (36.92%)506+1
Plaid Cymru 158,080 (26.95%)3230
Conservative 034,944 (16.22%)2220
Liberal Democrats 130,911 (14.35%)201−1
Green 05,336 (2.48%)0000
Socialist Labour 02,822 (1.31%)0000
Independent- Alun Mathias 01,524 (0.71%)0000
Natural Law 0665 (0.31%)0000
Communist 0652 (0.30%)0000
Socialist Alliance 0602 (0.28%)0000
Independent- Paul Phillips 0378 (0.18%)0000

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Senedd Cymru Election Result - South Wales Central Region". Vale of Glamorgan. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Election results for South Wales Central, 5 May 2016". cardiff.moderngov.co.uk. 5 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. Davies, Daniel (5 July 2011). "No return for disqualified Dixon". BBC News. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. "2007 results". BBC News. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
  5. "Election results for South Wales Central, 1 May 2003". Business.senedd.wales. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. "Election results for South Wales Central, 6 May 1999". Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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