Regional Member changes to the National Assembly for Wales

This is a list of Regional Member co-options to the National Assembly for Wales. Under the provisions of the Government of Wales Act, 1998, regional members of the Assembly who resign, die or are otherwise disqualified are replaced by the next available and willing person of their original party's list, and no by-election occurs. [1]

These are the co-options that have occurred since the first elections in 1999.

Assembly term RegionDateIncumbentPartyReplacementPartyCause
1999-2003 Mid and West Wales 1 March 2000 Alun Michael Labour Delyth Evans Labour Resignation
North Wales 22 March 2001 Christine Humphreys Liberal Democrat Eleanor Burnham Liberal Democrat Resignation
North Wales 10 Sept 2002 Rod Richards Conservative David Jones Conservative Resignation
2007-2011 South Wales East 30 June 2010 Mike German Liberal Democrat Veronica German Liberal Democrat Resignation
2011-2016 North Wales 8 May 2015 Antoinette Sandbach Conservative Janet Haworth Conservative Resignation
South Wales West 8 May 2015 Byron Davies Conservative Altaf Hussain Conservative Resignation
2016-2021 North Wales 27 Dec 2017 Nathan Gill[2] UKIP Mandy Jones UKIP Resignation
Mid and West Wales 25 July 2018 Simon Thomas[3] Plaid Cymru Helen Mary Jones Plaid Cymru Resignation

No co-options occurred during the Second Assembly (2003-2007).

See also

List of Assembly by-elections

References

  1. ↑ https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/192692/NAW-Part-2b-Standing-at-the-regional-election.pdf
  2. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-42493743
  3. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-44952101
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