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' parliament ' or ' senate '), officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and Senedd Cymru ([ˈsɛnɛð ˈkəmrɨ]) in Welsh, [3] is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales. A democratically elected body, it makes laws for Wales, agrees to certain taxes, and scrutinises the Welsh Government . [ 4 ]
The Welsh word senedd means 'senate' or 'parliament'. [31] The Roman Senate ( Latin : Senatus Romanus ) used the word Senatus in its name, which is derived from the Latin word senex , meaning 'old man', 'old age', 'elder' or 'council of elders'.
It was also the first election for the legislature under its new name – 'Senedd Cymru' or 'the Welsh Parliament' – and thus this election may be called the 2021 Welsh Parliament election, [3] [4] or 2021 Senedd Cymru election, [5] [6] in preference over the shorter name.
Welsh Assembly general election, 2016: Mid and West Wales; Constituency Elected member Result Brecon and Radnorshire: Kirsty Williams: Liberal Democrats hold: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr: Adam Price: Plaid Cymru hold: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire: Angela Burns: Conservative hold: Ceredigion: Elin Jones: Plaid Cymru hold: Dwyfor ...
Sat as an independent from 7 November 2019 until 24 June 2020, when they joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party. [3] [4] Independent: Abolish the Welsh Assembly: 010 Mick Bates: Montgomeryshire: Liberal Democrats: 1999: 2011 Sat as an independent [5] from 16 April 2010 [6] Independent: 011 Peter Black: South Wales West: Liberal Democrats ...
The next Senedd election is due to be held by 7 May 2026 [1] to elect 96 members to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru).It will be the seventh devolved general election since the Senedd (formerly the National Assembly for Wales) was established in 1999.
The Senedd constituencies and electoral regions (Welsh: Etholaethau a Rhanbarthau etholiadol Senedd Cymru) [i] are the electoral districts used to elect members of the Senedd (MS; Welsh: Aelodau'r Senedd or AS) to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru), and have been used in some form since the first election of the then National Assembly for Wales in 1999.
There are a number of political parties registered to the Electoral Commission in Wales. Some of these parties have elected representation in the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru) and/or in Westminster (UK Parliament) and some have elected representation in one or more of the 22 Welsh local authorities, while others have entirely no elected representation.