List of female members of the Senedd

This is a list of women who are or have been members of the Senedd.

The Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru) has sixty seats. At each election the Senedd has returned some of the highest rates of female representation in the world. At the 2003 election 30 women and 30 men were elected. Following a by-election in 2006 there were 31 women and 29 men who all served until the 2007 election.[1]

Following the May 2021 election there are 26 women and 34 men.

Date	Female ♀	Male ♂
1999 election	24	36
2000[note 1]	25	35
2003 election	30	30
2006[note 2]	31	29
2007 election	28	32
2010[note 3]	29	31
2011 election	25	35
2016 election	25	35
2017[note 4]	26	34
2018[note 5]	27	33
2019[note 6]	28	32
2020[note 7]	29	31
2021 election	26	34

List of female members of the Senedd

Party		Name	Senedd constituency	Year elected	Year left	Reason
	Labour	Lorraine Barrett	Cardiff South and Penarth	1999	2011	Retired
	Labour	Dame Rosemary Butler	Newport West	1999	2016	Retired
	Labour	Christine Chapman	Cynon Valley	1999	2016	Retired
	Labour	Jane Davidson	Pontypridd	1999	2011	Retired
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Davies	South Wales West	1999	2007	Retired
	Plaid Cymru	Jocelyn Davies	South Wales East	1999	2016	Retired
	Labour	Sue Essex	Cardiff North	1999	2007	Retired
	Labour	Val Feld	Swansea East	1999	2001	Died
	Labour	Janice Gregory	Ogmore	1999	2016	Retired
	Labour	Christine Gwyther	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	1999	2007	Defeated
	Labour	Alison Halford	Delyn	1999	2003	Retired
	Labour	Edwina Hart MBE	Gower	1999	2016	Retired
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Humphreys	North Wales	1999	2001	Resigned
	Labour	Jane Hutt	Vale of Glamorgan	1999		Serving
	Plaid Cymru	Pauline Jarman	South Wales Central	1999	2003	Retired
	Labour	Ann Jones	Vale of Clwyd	1999	2021	Retired
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Jones	South Wales Central	1999		Serving
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Mary Jones	Llanelli and Mid and West Wales	1999	2011	Defeated
			Mid and West Wales	2018[note 8]	2021	Defeated
	Labour	Lynne Neagle	Torfaen	1999		Serving
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Randerson	Cardiff Central	1999	2011	Retired
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Ryder	North Wales	1999	2011	Retired
	Labour	Karen Sinclair	Clwyd South	1999	2011	Retired
	Labour	Gwenda Thomas	Neath	1999	2016	Retired
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	Brecon and Radnorshire	1999	2021	Retired
	Labour	Delyth Evans	Mid and West Wales	2000	2003	Retired
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Burnham	North Wales	2001	2011	Defeated
	Labour	Val Lloyd	Swansea East	2001	2011	Retired
	Labour	Tamsin Dunwoody	Preseli Pembrokeshire	2003	2007	Defeated
	Conservative	Lisa Francis	Mid and West Wales	2003	2007	Defeated
	Labour	Irene James	Islwyn	2003	2011	Retired
	Conservative	Laura Anne Jones	South Wales East	2003	2007	Defeated
				2020[note 9]		Serving
	Labour	Sandy Mewies	Delyn	2003	2016	Retired
	Labour	Catherine Thomas	Llanelli	2003	2007	Defeated
	Plaid Cymru	Leanne Wood	South Wales Central then Rhondda	2003	2021	Defeated
	Blaenau Gwent PV	Trish Law	Blaenau Gwent	2006	2011	Retired
	Conservative	Angela Burns	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	2007	2021	Defeated
	Plaid Cymru	Nerys Evans	Mid and West Wales	2007	2011	Defeated
	Labour	Lesley Griffiths	Wrexham	2007		Serving
	Plaid Cymru	Bethan Jenkins (later Sayed)	South Wales West	2007	2021	Retired
	Labour	Joyce Watson	Mid and West Wales	2007		Serving
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica German	South Wales East	2010	2011	Defeated
	Conservative	Suzy Davies	South Wales West	2011	2021	Retired
	Labour	Rebecca Evans	Gower	2011		Serving
	Conservative	Janet Finch-Saunders	Aberconwy	2011		Serving
	Labour	Julie James	Swansea West	2011		Serving
	Labour	Julie Morgan	Cardiff North	2011		Serving
	Liberal Democrats	Eluned Parrott	South Wales Central	2011	2016	Defeated
	Labour	Jenny Rathbone	Cardiff Central	2011		Serving
	Conservative	Antoinette Sandbach	North Wales	2011	2015	Resigned
	Conservative	Janet Haworth [note 10]	North Wales	2015	2016	Defeated
	Labour	Hannah Blythyn	Delyn	2016		Serving
	Labour	Dawn Bowden	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	2016		Serving
	UKIP	Michelle Brown	North Wales	2016	2021	Defeated
	Independent
	Labour	Jayne Bryant	Newport West	2016		Serving
	Plaid Cymru	Siân Gwenllian	Arfon	2016		Serving
	Labour	Vikki Howells	Cynon Valley	2016		Serving
	UKIP	Caroline Jones	South Wales West	2016	2021	Defeated
	Independent
	Brexit Party
	Independent
	Labour	Eluned Morgan	Mid and West Wales	2016		Serving
	Labour	Rhianon Passmore	Islwyn	2016		Serving
	UKIP	Mandy Jones	North Wales	2016	2021	Defeated
	Independent
	Brexit Party
	Independent
	Plaid Cymru	Delyth Jewell	South Wales East	2019		Serving
	Conservative	Natasha Asghar	South Wales East	2021		Serving
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Dodds	Mid and West Wales	2021		Serving
	Plaid Cymru	Heledd Fychan	South Wales Central	2021		Serving
	Labour	Sarah Murphy	Bridgend	2021		Serving
	Labour	Carolyn Thomas	North Wales	2021		Serving
	Labour	Elizabeth "Buffy" Williams	Rhondda	2021		Serving
	Plaid Cymru	Sioned Williams	South Wales West	2021		Serving

Notes

1. Following the resignation of Alun Michael and the return of Delyth Evans on 1 May 2000
2. Following the Blaenau Gwent by-election on 29 June 2006
3. Following the resignation of Mike German and the return of Veronica German on 1 July 2010
4. Following the resignation of Nathan Gill and the return of Mandy Jones on 27 December 2017
5. Following the resignation of Simon Thomas on 26 July 2018 and return of Helen Mary Jones
6. Following the death of Steffan Lewis on 11 January 2019 and return of Delyth Jewell
7. Following the death of Mohammad Asghar on 16 June 2020 and return of Laura Ann Jones
8. Replaced Simon Thomas in 2018
9. Replaced Mohammad Asghar in 2020
10. Replaced Antoinette Sandbach in 2015

References

1. Jac Larner (12 October 2016). "Gender and Representation in National Assembly for Wales Elections". Thinking Wales – Meddwl Cymru. Cardiff University. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2020.