Members of the 2nd National Assembly for Wales

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The Welsh Assembly Building (Senedd) under-construction in 2005

Overview
Legislative body| National Assembly for Wales
Jurisdiction| Wales, United Kingdom
Meeting place| Senedd building, Cardiff
Term| 1 May 2003 (2003-05-1) – 3 May 2007 (2007-05-3)
Election| 2003 National Assembly for Wales election
Government| Second Morgan government (2003–07)
Opposition| Shadow Cabinet of Ieuan Wyn Jones (2003–07)
Members| 60
Presiding Officer| Dafydd Elis-Thomas (2003–07)
First Minister| Rhodri Morgan (2003–07)

This is a list of Assembly Members (AMs; Welsh: Aelodau'r Cynulliad, ACau) elected to the second National Assembly for Wales at the 2003 election. There are a total of 60 members elected, 40 were elected from first past the post constituencies with a further 20 members being returned from five regions, each electing four AMs through mixed-member proportional representation.

## Composition of the Assembly

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Party | 2003
election  | Currently

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• | Labour | 30 | 29
| Plaid Cymru | 12 | 12
| Conservative | 11 | 11
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 6
| Independent | 0 | 1
Total | 60 | 60

Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

## AMs by party

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This is a list of AMs elected in 2003.

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Party | Name | Constituency or region

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| Labour (29)  | Leighton Andrews | Rhondda
Lorraine Barrett | Cardiff South and Penarth
Rosemary Butler | Newport West
Christine Chapman | Cynon Valley
Jeffrey Cuthbert | Caerphilly
Jane Davidson | Pontypridd
Andrew Davies | Swansea West
Tamsin Dunwoody | Preseli Pembrokeshire
Sue Essex | Cardiff North
Brian Gibbons | Aberavon
Janice Gregory | Ogmore
John Griffiths | Newport East
Christine Gwyther | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Edwina Hart | Gower
Jane Hutt | Vale of Glamorgan
Irene James | Islwyn
Ann Jones | Vale of Clwyd
Carwyn Jones | Bridgend
Peter Law | Blaenau Gwent
Huw Lewis | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Val Lloyd | Swansea East
Sandy Mewies | Delyn
Rhodri Morgan | Cardiff West
Lynne Neagle | Torfaen
Alun Pugh | Clwyd West
Carl Sargeant | Alyn and Deeside
Karen Sinclair | Clwyd South
Catherine Thomas | Llanelli
Gwenda Thomas | Neath
| Plaid Cymru (12)
Janet Davies | South Wales West
Jocelyn Davies | South Wales East
Alun Ffred Jones | Caernarfon
Denise Idris Jones | Conwy
Elin Jones | Ceredigion
Helen Mary Jones | Mid and West Wales
Ieuan Wyn Jones | Ynys Môn
David Lloyd | South Wales West
Janet Ryder | North Wales
Owen John Thomas | South Wales Central
Rhodri Glyn Thomas | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Leanne Wood | South Wales Central
| Conservative (11)
Nick Bourne | Mid and West Wales
Alun Cairns | South Wales West
David Davies | Monmouth
Glyn Davies | Mid and West Wales
Lisa Francis | Mid and West Wales
William Graham | South Wales East
Mark Isherwood | North Wales
Laura Anne Jones | South Wales East
David Melding | South Wales Central
Jonathan Morgan | South Wales Central
Brynle Williams | North Wales
| Liberal Democrats (6)
Mick Bates | Montgomeryshire
Peter Black | South Wales West
Mike German | South Wales East
Christine Humphreys | North Wales
Jenny Randerson | Cardiff Central
Kirsty Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire
| JMIP (1)  | John Marek | Wrexham
| Presiding Officer (1)  | Dafydd Elis-Thomas | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy

## Members by constituency and region

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### Constituency members

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Assembly Member

Constituency  | Name  | Party
Aberavon |  | Brian Gibbons | Labour
Alyn and Deeside |  | Carl Sargeant | Labour
Blaenau Gwent |  | Peter Law | Labour
Brecon and Radnorshire |  | Kirsty Williams | Liberal Democrats
Bridgend |  | Carwyn Jones | Labour
Caernarfon |  | Alun Ffred Jones | Plaid Cymru
Caerphilly |  | Jeffrey Cuthbert | Labour
Cardiff Central |  | Jenny Randerson | Liberal Democrats
Cardiff North |  | Sue Essex | Labour
Cardiff South and Penarth |  | Lorraine Barrett | Labour Co-op
Cardiff West |  | Rhodri Morgan | Labour
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr |  | Rhodri Glyn Thomas | Plaid Cymru
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |  | Christine Gwyther | Labour
Ceredigion |  | Elin Jones | Plaid Cymru
Clwyd South |  | Karen Sinclair | Labour
Clwyd West |  | Alun Pugh | Labour
Conwy |  | Denise Idris Jones | Labour
Cynon Valley |  | Christine Chapman | Labour Co-op
Delyn |  | Sandy Mewies | Labour
Gower |  | Edwina Hart | Labour
Islwyn |  | Irene James | Labour
Llanelli |  | Catherine Thomas | Labour
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy |  | Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Presiding Officer)  | Plaid Cymru
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney |  | Huw Lewis | Labour Co-op
Monmouth |  | David Davies | Conservative
Montgomeryshire |  | Mick Bates | Liberal Democrats
Neath |  | Gwenda Thomas | Labour
Newport East |  | John Griffiths | Labour Co-op
Newport West |  | Rosemary Butler | Labour
Ogmore |  | Janice Gregory | Labour
Pontypridd |  | Jane Davidson | Labour
Preseli Pembrokeshire |  | Tamsin Dunwoody | Labour
Rhondda |  | Leighton Andrews | Labour
Swansea East |  | Val Lloyd | Labour
Swansea West |  | Andrew Davies | Labour
Torfaen |  | Lynne Neagle | Labour
Vale of Clwyd |  | Ann Jones | Labour
Vale of Glamorgan |  | Jane Hutt | Labour
Wrexham |  | John Marek | JMIP
Ynys Môn |  | Ieuan Wyn Jones | Plaid Cymru

### Regional members

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Assembly Member

Region | Name | Party
North Wales
| Eleanor Burnham | Liberal Democrats
| Mark Isherwood | Conservative
| Janet Ryder | Plaid Cymru
| Brynle Williams | Conservative
Mid and West Wales
| Nick Bourne | Conservative
| Cynog Dafis | Plaid Cymru
| Glyn Davies | Conservative
| Lisa Francis | Conservative
South Wales West
| Peter Black | Liberal Democrats
| Alun Cairns | Conservative
| Janet Davies | Plaid Cymru
| David Lloyd | Plaid Cymru
South Wales Central
| David Melding | Conservative
| Jonathan Morgan | Conservative
| Owen John Thomas | Plaid Cymru
| Leanne Wood | Plaid Cymru
South Wales East
| Jocelyn Davies | Plaid Cymru
| Michael German | Liberal Democrats
| William Graham | Conservative
| Laura Anne Jones | Conservative

## See also

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* Government of the 2nd National Assembly for Wales
* 2003 National Assembly for Wales election

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