South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)
Senedd electoral region (1999–2026)
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South Wales Central (Welsh: Canol De Cymru) was an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elected 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.
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- Mid Glamorgan (part)
- South Glamorgan (part)
- 12
- 8 constituency
- 4 regional
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| Former Multi-member electoral region for the Senedd | |||||||
Map of South Wales Central, with constituencies numbered alphabetically. Inset within Wales shown to the top-right with the four regional seats.
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| Created | 1999 | ||||||
| Abolished | 2026 | ||||||
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Each constituency elected one Member of the Senedd (MSs) by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elected four additional or top-up MSs, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats were allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results reckoned as pre elected list members.
They were abolished ahead of the 2026 Senedd election.
County boundaries
The region covered much of the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan and much of the preserved county of South Glamorgan. The rest of Mid Glamorgan was partly within the South Wales East electoral region and partly within South Wales West. The rest of South Glamorgan was within the South Wales West electoral region.
Electoral region profile
The region was 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 included rural areas in the western part of the Vale of Glamorgan.
Constituencies
The eight constituencies had the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster):
| Constituency | 2021 result | Preserved counties | |
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| 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
Regional list AMs and MSs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| Term | Election | AM / MS | AM / MS | AM / MS | AM / MS | ||||
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| 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 later Independent) |
Heledd Fychan (PC) | |||||
| 2022 | |||||||||
2021 Senedd election[1]
| 2021 Senedd election: South Wales Central | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Labour | Ruba Sivagnanam, Dan De'Ath, Maliika Kaaba, Owain Williams | 102,611 | 40.1 |  6.2 | |
| Conservative | Andrew RT Davies, Joel James, Calum Davies, Adrian Robson, Mia Rhiannon Rees, Leighton Rowlands, Sean Driscoll, Sian-Elin Melbourne | 56,662 | 22.1 | 3.8 | |
| 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 |  2.7 | |
| Green | Anthony Slaughter, Helen Westhead, David Griffin, Debra Cooper | 14,478 | 5.7 | 2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rodney Berman, Rhys Taylor, Sally Stephenson, Steven Rajam, Alex Wilson | 11,821 | 4.6 | 1.7 | |
| Abolish | Lee Canning, Martyn Ford, Munawar Mughal, Lisa Peregrine, Stuart Fields, Ian McLean, Lawrence Gwynn, Michael Hughes | 8,396 | 3.3 | 0.7 | |
| Propel | Neil McEvoy, Steve Robinson, Lisa Ford, Keith Parry | 5,552 | 2.2 | 2.2 | |
| UKIP | Paul Campbell, Benjamin Dale, Clive Easton, Paul Williams | 3,127 | 1.2 | 9.2 | |
| Reform | Jamie Jenkins, Peter Hopkins, Steve Bayliss, Michael Hancock, Alan Pick | 2,244 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
| No More Lockdowns | Justin Lilley, Rita Darby | 1,298 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Gwlad | Karl-James Langford, Clem Thomas, Angus Hawkins, Rosamund Ellis-Evans | 1,098 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| Communist | Anita Wright, Malachi Kwame, Walusimbi-Kakembo | 602 | 0.2 |  0.0 | |
| Independent | Alan Coulthard | 580 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| TUSC | Ross Saunders, Beth Webster, Mia Hollsing, Andrew Wilkes, Kevin Gillen | 519 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| Workers Party | Tess Delaney, Steve Everett, Frank Hinley | 411 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
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 | |
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| Labour | 8 | 102,611 (40%) | 6 | 0 | 8 | +2 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 56,662 (22%) | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 46,478 (18%) | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 | |
| Green | 0 | 14,478 (6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 11,821 (5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abolish | 0 | 8,396 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Propel | 0 | 5,552 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 3,127 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reform | 0 | 2,244 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| No More Lockdowns | 0 | 1.298 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gwlad | 0 | 1,098 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 0 | 602 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent (Alan Coulthard) | 0 | 580 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TUSC | 0 | 519 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workers Party | 0 | 411 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Regional MSs elected in 2021
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 | 7 | 78,366 (34%) | 5 | 0 | 7 | +2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | 48,357 (21%) | 3 | 1 | 2 | -1 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 42,185 (18%) | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 23,958 (10%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 14,875 (6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abolish | 0 | 9,163 (4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | 7,949 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Women's Equality | 0 | 2,807 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 1,096 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TUSC | 0 | 736 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 0 | 520 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom to Choose | 0 | 470 (0.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Regional AMs elected in 2016
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 | 8 | 85,445 (41.0%) | 6 | 0 | 8 | +2 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 45,751 (22.0%) | 3 | 2 | 2 | −1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 28,606 (13.7%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | −1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 16,514 (7.9%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | 10,774 (5.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 8,292 (4.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 4,690 (2.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| BNP | 0 | 3,805 (1.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Welsh Christian | 0 | 1,873 (0.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 1,237 (0.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TUSC | 0 | 830 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 0 | 516 (0.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Regional AMs elected in 2011
† 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 | 6 | 70,799 (34.0%) | 5 | 0 | 6 | +1 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 45,127 (21.7%) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 32,207 (15.5%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 29,626 (14.0%) | 2 | 0 | 1 | −1 | |
| BNP | 0 | 7,889 (3.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | 7,831 (3.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 7,645 (3.7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Welsh Christian | 0 | 1,987 (1.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 1,744 (0.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Respect | 0 | 1,079 (0.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist | 0 | 838 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 0 | 817 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CPA | 0 | 757 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Equality | 0 | 292 (0.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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 | 7 | 74,369 (41.08%) | 6 | 0 | 7 | +1 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 33,404 (18.45%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 27,956 (15.44%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 24,926 (13.77%) | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 6,920 (3.82%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | 6,047 (3.34%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 3,217 (1.78%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Millennium Bean Party | 0 | 1,027 (0.57%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cymru Annibynnol | 0 | 1,018 (0.56%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vote 2 Stop the War | 0 | 1,013 (0.56%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 0 | 577 (0.32%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ProLife Alliance | 0 | 573 (0.32%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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 | 6 | 79,564 (36.92%) | 5 | 0 | 6 | +1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | 58,080 (26.95%) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 34,944 (16.22%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 30,911 (14.35%) | 2 | 0 | 1 | −1 | |
| Green | 0 | 5,336 (2.48%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 2,822 (1.31%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent- Alun Mathias | 0 | 1,524 (0.71%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Natural Law | 0 | 665 (0.31%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist | 0 | 652 (0.30%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 602 (0.28%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent- Paul Phillips | 0 | 378 (0.18%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |