2016 National Assembly for Wales election
The National Assembly for Wales election 2016 was held on Thursday 5 May 2016, to elect members of the
National Assembly for Wales, now known as Senedd Cymru. It was the fifth election for the National Assembly, the third election taken under the rules of the Government of Wales Act 2006 and the first since the Wales Act 2014.
The governing Labour Party's share of the vote fell by over 7% and 29 Labour AMs were elected, one fewer than in 2011 and two short of an overall majority. Plaid Cymru became the Assembly's second largest party and the official opposition to the Welsh Government with 12 seats, one more than before. The 11 Conservative Party AMs were elected, three fewer than in 2011. Although they did not win a single constituency, the UK Independence Party had 7 members elected through the regional lists vote. The Liberal Democrats had only one AM returned, down from five.
The election was held on the same day as elections for the Scottish Parliament, for the Northern Ireland Assembly, for the Mayor and Assembly of London and in numerous local authorities in England. The by-election for the Westminster seat of Ogmore was also held on the same day. This election and elections to the other devolved chambers were delayed by a year from 2015 to 2016 as a result of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. Elections to the Welsh Assembly have now also been permanently moved to a five-year cycle under the Wales Act 2014.
Electoral method
In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes in a mixed member system. The first vote is for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote is for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation. The overall result is approximately proportional.Previously it was not allowed to stand in both a constituency and a regional list, but this rule was abolished by the Wales Act 2014. The Act also introduced a ban on dual mandates with the House of Commons: an Assembly Member is no longer allowed also to be an MP.
British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens living in Wales aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote.
Retiring AMs
The following, previously incumbent AMs, did not run for re-election:Constituency nominations
NB: AMs in office before the election are bolded. Winners are highlighted with party colours.| Constituency | Conservative | Labour | Lib Dem | Plaid Cymru | Green | UKIP | Others |
| Aberavon | David Jenkins | David Rees | Helen Ceri Clarke | Bethan Jenkins | Jonathan Tier | Glenda Davies | |
| Aberconwy | Janet Finch-Saunders | Mike Priestley | Sarah Lesiter-Burgess | Trystan Lewis | Petra Haig | ||
| Alyn and Deeside | Mike Gibbs | Carl Sargeant | Pete Williams | Jacqueline Hurst | Martin Bennewith | Michelle Brown | |
| Arfon | Martin Peet | Sion Jones | Sarah Lloyd Williams | Siân Gwenllian | |||
| Blaenau Gwent | Tracey West | Alun Davies | Brendan D'Cruz | Nigel Copner | Kevin Boucher | ||
| Brecon and Radnorshire | Gary Price | Alex Thomas | Kirsty Williams | Freddy Greaves | Grenville Ham | Thomas Turton | |
| Bridgend | George Jabbour | Carwyn Jones | Jonathan Pratt | James Radcliffe | Charlotte Barlow | Caroline Jones | |
| Caerphilly | Jane Pratt | Hefin David | Aladdin Ayesh | Lindsay Whittle | Andrew Creak | Sam Gould | |
| Cardiff Central | Joel Williams | Jenny Rathbone | Eluned Parrott | Glyn Wise | Amelia Womack | Mohammed-Sarul Islam | Jane Croad |
| Cardiff North | Jayne Cowan | Julie Morgan | John Dixon | Elin Walker Jones | Chris von Ruhland | Haydn Rushworth | Fiona Burt |
| Cardiff South and Penarth | Ben Grey | Vaughan Gething | Nigel Howells | Dr Dafydd Trystan Davies | Anthony Slaughter | Hugh Moelwyn-Hughes | |
| Cardiff West | Sean Driscoll | Mark Drakeford | Cadan ap Tomos | Neil McEvoy | Hannah Pudner | Gareth Bennett | Elliot Freedman Lee Woolls |
| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Matthew Paul | Steve Jeacock | William Powell | Adam Price | Freya Amsbury | Neil Hamilton | |
| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Angela Burns | Marc Tierney | Alistair Cameron | Simon Thomas | Val Bradley | Allan Brookes | Chris Overton |
| Ceredigion | Dr Felix Aubel | Iwan Wyn Jones | Elizabeth Evans | Elin Jones | Brian Williams | Gethin James | |
| Clwyd South | Simon Baynes | Ken Skates | Aled Roberts | Mabon ap Gwynfor | Duncan Rees | Mandy Jones | |
| Clwyd West | Darren Millar | Jo Thomas | Victor Babu | Llyr Huws Gruffydd | Julian Mahy | David Edwards | |
| Cynon Valley | Lyn Hudson | Vikki Howells | Michael Wallace | Cerith Griffiths | John Matthews | Liz Wilks | |
| Delyn | Huw Williams | Hannah Blythyn | Tom Rippeth | Paul Rowlinson | Nigel Williams | ||
| Dwyfor Meirionnydd | Neil Fairlamb | Ian MacIntyre | Stephen Churchman | Lord Elis-Thomas | Alice Hooker-Stroud | Frank Wykes | Louise Hughes |
| Gower | Lyndon Jones | Rebecca Evans | Sheila Kingston-Jones | Harri Roberts | Abi Cherry-Hamer | Colin Beckett | |
| Islwyn | Paul Williams | Rhianon Passmore | Matthew Kidner | Lyn Ackerman | Katy Beddoe | Joe Smyth | |
| Llanelli | Stefan Ryszewski | Lee Waters | Gemma-Jane Bowker | Helen Mary Jones | Guy Martin Smith | Kenneth Denver-Rees | Siân Caiach |
| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Elizabeth Simon | Dawn Bowden | Bob Griffin | Brian Thomas | Julie Colbran | David Rowlands | |
| Monmouth | Nick Ramsay | Catherine Fookes | Veronica German | Jonathan Clark | Chris Were | Tim Price | Debby Blakebrough, Stephen Morris |
| Montgomeryshire | Russell George | Martyn Singleton | Jane Dodds | Aled Morgan Hughes | Richard Chaloner | Des Parkinson | |
| Neath | Peter Crocker-Jaques | Jeremy Miles | Frank Little | Alun Llewelyn | Lisa Rapado | Richard Pritchard | Stephen Hunt |
| Newport East | Munawar Mughal | John Griffiths | Paul Halliday | Tony Salkeld | Peter Varley | James Peterson | |
| Newport West | Matthew Evans | Jayne Bryant | Liz Newton | Simon Coopey | Pippa Bartolotti | Michael Ford | Gruff Meredith Bill Fearnley-Whittingstall |
| Ogmore | Jamie Wallis | Huw Irranca-Davies | Anita Davies | Tim Thomas | Laurence Brophy | Hazel Kendall | |
| Pontypridd | Joel James | Mick Antoniw | Mike Powell | Chad Rickard | Ken Barker | Edwin Allen | |
| Preseli Pembrokeshire | Paul Davies | Dan Lodge | Bob Kilmister | John Osmond | Frances Bryant | Howard Lillyman | |
| Rhondda | Maria Hill | Leighton Andrews | Rhys Taylor | Leanne Wood | Pat Matthews | Stephen Clee | |
| Swansea East | Sadie Vidal | Michael Hedges | Charlene Webster | Dic Jones | Tony Young | Clifford Johnson | |
| Swansea West | Craig Lawton | Julie James | Chris Holley | David Lloyd | Gareth Tucker | Rosie Irwin | Brian Johnson |
| Torfaen | Cllr Graham Smith | Lynne Neagle | Alison Willott | Matthew Woolfall-Jones | Steven Jenkins | Susan Boucher | |
| Vale of Clwyd | Sam Rowlands | Ann Jones | Gwyn Williams | Mair Rowlands | Paul Davies-Cooke | ||
| Vale of Glamorgan | Ross England | Jane Hutt | Denis Campbell | Ian Johnson | Alison Haden | Lawrence Andrews | |
| Wrexham | Andrew Atkinson | Lesley Griffiths | Beryl Blackmore | Carrie Harper | Alan Butterworth | Jeanette Bassford-Barton | |
| Ynys Môn | Clay Theakston | Julia Dobson | Mark Rosenthal | Rhun ap Iorwerth | Gerry Wolff | Simon Wall | Daniel Meredith Ap Eifion Jones |
Regional lists
Mid and West Wales">Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">Mid and West Wales
| Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party | Communist Party of Britain | Welsh Conservative Party | Wales Green Party | Monster Raving Loony Party | Welsh Local Independents | Welsh Labour | Welsh Liberal Democrats | People First | Plaid Cymru | UK Independence Party | Welsh Christian Party | |
| 1. | Jeremy David Pugh | Catrin Ashton | Aled Wyn Davies | Alice Hooker-Stroud | Lady Lily the Pink | Huw Meredydd George | Elizabeth Joyce Watson | William Denston Powell | Siân Mair Caiach | Simon Thomas | Neil Hamilton | Jeffrey Green |
| 2. | Philip Bridger | Rick Newnham | Ian Harrison | Grenville Morgan Ham | Tristian Shout | Darren James Mayor | Mair Eluned Morgan | Jane Dodds | Alford Clement Thomas | Helen Mary Jones | Gethin James | Susan Green |
| 3. | Richard Davies | Clive Griffiths | Harry Legge-Bourke | Pippa Pemberton | Lord & Lady Dunquan | John Bayliss | Gemma-Jane Bowker | Marion Binney | Vicky Moller | Des Parkinson | Louise Wynne Jones | |
| 4. | Ben Edwards | David Llewelyn Brown | Denise Howard | Frances Bryant | Knigel Knapp | Tonia Antoniazzi | Robert Philip Kilminster | Stephen Royston Bowen | Freddy John Dylan Greaves | Howard Lillyman | Barbara Irene Hill | |
| 5. | Edward Rayner Peett | Brian Dafydd Williams | Helen Swindon | Alistair Ronald Cameron | David Wayne Erasmus | Mandy Williams-Davies | ||||||
| 6. | Stephen Davies | Lieutenant Jâger Schnitzel | Stephen William Churchman | Aled Morgan Hughes | ||||||||
| 7. | Mary Davies | R U Seerius | Elin Tracey Jones | |||||||||
| 8. | Steffan Huw Gwent | |||||||||||
| 9. | Elin Jones | |||||||||||
| 10. | John David Osmond | |||||||||||
| 11. | Adam Price |
North Wales">North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">North Wales
South Wales Central">South Wales Central (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">South Wales Central
South Wales East">South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">South Wales East
South Wales West">South Wales West (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">South Wales West
Opinion polls
Constituency Vote (FPTP">First-past-the-post voting">FPTP)
Regional Vote (AMS">Mixed member proportional representation">AMS)
Results
Votes summary
New members
23 of the members elected to the Assembly in the election were not members of the previous Assembly.;Constituency
- Hannah Blythyn, Labour, Delyn
- Dawn Bowden, Labour, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
- Rhianon Passmore, Labour, Islwyn
- Jayne Bryant, Labour, Newport West
- Vikki Howells, Labour, Cynon Valley
- Jeremy Miles, Labour, Neath
- Hefin David, Labour, Caerphilly
- Lee Waters, Labour, Llanelli
- Huw Irranca-Davies, Labour, Ogmore
- Adam Price, Plaid Cymru, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
- Siân Gwenllian, Plaid Cymru, Arfon
- Rebecca Evans, Labour, Gower
- Nathan Gill, UKIP, North Wales electoral region
- Michelle Brown, UKIP, North Wales electoral region
- Mark Reckless, UKIP, South Wales East electoral region
- David Rowlands, UKIP, South Wales East electoral region
- Steffan Lewis, Plaid Cymru, South Wales East electoral region
- Caroline Jones, UKIP, South Wales West electoral region
- Dai Lloyd, Plaid Cymru, South Wales West electoral region
- Neil Hamilton, UKIP, Mid and West Wales electoral region
- Eluned Morgan, Labour, Mid and West Wales electoral region
- Gareth Bennett, UKIP, South Wales Central electoral region
- Neil McEvoy, Plaid Cymru, South Wales Central electoral region
Constituency and regional summary