Next Senedd election

Upcoming general election to be held in Wales

Next Senedd election

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Leader  | Eluned Morgan | Darren Millar | Rhun ap Iorwerth
Party  | Labour | Conservative | Plaid Cymru
Leader since  | 24 July 2024 | 5 December 2024 | 16 June 2023
Last election  | 30 seats (of 60), 36.2%  | 16 seats (of 60), 25.1%  | 13 (of 60), 20.7%
Leader's seat before  | Mid and West Wales | Clwyd West | Ynys Môn
Running in  | Ceredigion Penfro | Clwyd | Bangor Conwy Môn

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Green

Leader  | Jane Dodds | Anthony Slaughter | Nigel Farage
Party  | Liberal Democrats | Green | Reform UK
Leader since  | 3 November 2017 | December 2018  | 3 June 2024
Last election  | 1 seat (of 60), 4.3%  | 0 seats (of 60), 4.4%  | 0 seats (of 60), 1.1%
Leader's seat before  | Mid and West Wales | None | None
Running in  | Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd | Caerdydd Penarth | None

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| Incumbent First Minister

Eluned Morgan
Labour

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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. If held in 2026 it will also be the first election following current reforms to the voting system, which would increase the size of the Senedd from 60 members to 96, adopting a party-list voting system, reducing the number of constituencies to sixteen, and shortening its term from five years to four.[2][3] It will also be the second election since the Senedd changed its name in May 2020.

## Electoral system

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See also: Senedd constituencies and electoral regions and 2026 review of Senedd constituencies

In all prior elections since its establishment as the Welsh Assembly in 1999, the Senedd has been elected through the additional member system, under which 40 out of 60 seats were elected by the first past the post system from single-member constituencies (the same as those used for Westminster), while the remaining 20 were attributed regionally (in 5 regions of 4 seats) on the basis of a second vote for a closed party list of candidates. The additional member seats in each region were allocated from the lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Following the approval of the Senedd Reform Act, the size of the Senedd will be increased from 60 to 96 MSs, all elected through closed party list proportional representation (using the D'Hondt method). The elections will be organised in 16 six-member constituencies created by pairing up the 32 redrawn Westminster constituencies.[4][5]

Although the new system would only be ready and used for elections held after 6 April 2026, to allow time for the new constituencies to be drawn up.[6] The next election is due to be held on 7 May 2026.[7]

Another proposed reform bill would have provided for mandatory "zipping" of male and female candidates in the list to ensure that for every party, half of the Members will be women. However, this bill was scrapped in September 2024.[8]

### Constituencies

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Map of the 16 constituencies to be used for the election[a]

* Afan Ogwr Rhondda
* Bangor Conwy Môn
* Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni
* Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd
* Caerdydd Penarth
* Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf
* Casnewydd Islwyn
* Ceredigion Penfro
* Clwyd
* Fflint Wrecsam
* Gwynedd Maldwyn
* Gŵyr Abertawe
* Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg
* Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr
* Sir Fynwy Torfaen
* Sir Gaerfyrddin

## Incumbent Senedd members

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MSs who have announced their retirement are in italics.

Members currently in office  | 2026 Senedd election

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Old constituency  | Member  | Old region  | Members  | New constituency  | Incumbents seeking re-election  | Elected members
Aberconwy |

Janet Finch-Saunders (Con)

| North Wales |

Carolyn Thomas (Lab)

Mark Isherwood (Con)

Sam Rowlands (Con)

Llyr Gruffydd (Plaid)

| Bangor Conwy Môn |

Janet Finch-Saunders (Con, #1)

Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid, #1)

| TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Ynys Môn |

Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid)

Clwyd West |

Darren Millar (Con)

| Clwyd |

Hannah Blythyn (Lab, #1)

Carolyn Thomas (Lab, #2)

Llyr Gruffydd (Plaid, #1)

| TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Delyn |

Hannah Blythyn (Lab)

Vale of Clwyd |

Gareth Davies (Con)

Alyn and Deeside |

Jack Sargeant (Lab)

| Fflint Wrecsam |

Ken Skates (Lab, #1)

Jack Sargeant (Lab, #2)

Sam Rowlands (Con, #1)

| TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Wrexham |

Lesley Griffiths (Lab)

Arfon |

Siân Gwenllian (Plaid)

| Gwynedd Maldwyn |

Siân Gwenllian (Plaid, #1)

Mabon ap Gwynfor (Plaid, #2)

| TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Clwyd South |

Ken Skates (Lab)

Dwyfor Meirionnydd |

Mabon ap Gwynfor (Plaid)

| Mid and West Wales |

Cefin Campbell (Plaid)

Eluned Morgan (Lab)

Joyce Watson (Lab)

Jane Dodds (Lib Dem)

Montgomeryshire |

Russell George (Con)

Carmarthen West and
South Pembrokeshire |

Samuel Kurtz (Con)

| Ceredigion Penfro |

Elin Jones (Plaid, #1)

| TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Ceredigion |

Elin Jones (Plaid)

Preseli Pembrokeshire |

Paul Davies (Con)

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr |

Adam Price (Plaid)

| Sir Gaerfyrddin |

Cefin Campbell (Plaid, #1)

Adam Price (Plaid, #3)

| TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Llanelli |

Lee Waters (Lab)

Brecon and Radnorshire |

James Evans (Con)

| Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd |

Sioned Williams (Plaid, #1)

James Evans (Con, #1)

Jane Dodds (Lib Dem, #1)

| TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Neath |

Jeremy Miles (Lab)

| South Wales West |

Tom Giffard (Con)

Altaf Hussain (Con)

Sioned Williams (Plaid)

Luke Fletcher (Plaid)

Gower |

Rebecca Evans (Lab)

| Gŵyr Abertawe |

Tom Giffard (Con, #1)

| TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Swansea East |

Mike Hedges (Lab)

Swansea West |

Julie James (Lab)

Aberavon |

David Rees (Lab)

| Afan Ogwr Rhondda |

Huw Irranca-Davies (Lab, #1)

Buffy Williams (Lab, #2)

David Rees (Lab, #3)

| TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Ogmore |

Huw Irranca-Davies (Lab)

Rhondda |

Buffy Williams (Lab)

| (South Wales Central)  |
Bridgend |

Sarah Murphy (Lab)

| (South Wales West)  |  | Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg |

Luke Fletcher (Plaid, #3)

| TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Vale of Glamorgan |

Jane Hutt (Lab)

| South Wales Central |

Andrew RT Davies (Con)

Joel James (Con)

Rhys ab Owen (Plaid)

Heledd Fychan (Plaid)

Cardiff South and Penarth |

Vaughan Gething (Lab)

| Caerdydd Penarth |  | TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Cardiff West |

Mark Drakeford (Lab)

Cardiff Central |

Jenny Rathbone (Lab)

| Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf |  | TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Cardiff North |

Julie Morgan (Lab)

Cynon Valley |

Vikki Howells (Lab)

| Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr |  | TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Pontypridd |

Mick Antoniw (Lab)

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney |

Dawn Bowden (Lab)

| South Wales East |

Laura Anne Jones (Ref)

Natasha Asghar (Con)

Peredur Owen Griffiths (Plaid)

Delyth Jewell (Plaid)

Blaenau Gwent |

Alun Davies (Lab)

| Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni |

Delyth Jewell (Plaid, #1)

| TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Caerphilly |

Hefin David (Lab)

Islwyn |

Rhianon Passmore (Lab)

| Casnewydd Islwyn |

Natasha Asghar (Con, #1)

| TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Newport East |

John Griffiths (Lab)

Newport West |

Jayne Bryant (Lab)

Monmouth |

Peter Fox (Con)

| Sir Fynwy Torfaen |  | TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Torfaen |

Lynne Neagle (Lab)

## Candidates

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NB: MSs in office (i.e. incumbents) before the election who are seeking re-election are bolded.[9]

Constituency  | Order  | Labour | Plaid Cymru | Conservative | Reform UK | Liberal Democrats | Green | Others and independents

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Bangor Conwy Môn | 1  |  | Rhun ap Iorwerth | Janet Finch-Saunders |  |  |  |
2  |  | Mair Rowlands |  |  |  |  |
3  |  | Elfed Williams |  |  |  |  |
4  |  | Dyfed Jones |  |  |  |  |
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Clwyd | 1  | Hannah Blythyn | Llyr Gruffydd | Darren Millar |  |  | Martyn Hogg
2  | Carolyn Thomas | Becca Martin | Gareth Davies |  |  |
3  |  | Oliver Bradley-Hughes |  |  |  |
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Fflint Wrecsam | 1  | Ken Skates | Carrie Harper  | Sam Rowlands |  |  | Lee Lavery  |
2  | Jack Sargeant | Marc Jones  |  |  |  |  |
3  |  | Kayleigh Unitt  |  |  |  |  |
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Gwynedd Maldwyn | 1  |  | Siân Gwenllian |  |  | Glyn Preston |  |
2  |  | Mabon ap Gwynfor |  |  | Leena Farhat |  |
3  |  | Beca Brown |  |  |  |  |
4  |  | Elwyn Vaughan |  |  |  |  |
5  |  | Elin Hywel |  |  |  |  |
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Ceredigion Penfro | 1  | Eluned Morgan[10] | Elin Jones |  |  | Sandra Jervis |  |
2  |  | Kerry Ferguson |  |  | Alistair Cameron |  |
3  |  | Anna Nicholl |  |  |  |  |
4  |  | Cris Tomos |  |  |  |  |
5  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Sir Gaerfyrddin | 1  |  | Cefin Campbell |  |  |  |  |
2  |  | Nerys Evans |  |  |  |  |
3  |  | Adam Price |  |  |  |  |
4  |  | Mari Arthur |  |  |  |  |
5  |  | Iwan Griffiths |  |  |  |  |
6  |  | Abi Thomas |  |  |  |  |
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Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd | 1  |  | Sioned Williams | James Evans |  | Jane Dodds |  |
2  |  | Beca Phillips |  |  | William Powell |  |
3  |  | Andrew Jenkins |  |  | Jackie Charlton |  |
4  |  | Justin Horrell |  |  |  |  |
5  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Gŵyr Abertawe | 1  |  |  | Tom Giffard |  | Sam Bennett |  |
2  |  |  |  |  | Franck Banza |  |
3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Afan Ogwr Rhondda | 1  | Huw Irranca-Davies | Sera Evans |  |  |  |  |
2  | Buffy Williams | Alun Cox |  |  |  |  |
3  | David Rees | Elyn Stephens |  |  |  |  |
4  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg | 1  |  | Mark Hooper |  |  |  |  |
2  |  | Sarah Rees |  |  |  |  |
3  |  | Luke Fletcher |  |  |  |  |
4  |  | Marianne Cowpe |  |  |  |  |
5  |  | Becci Smart |  |  |  |  |
6  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Caerdydd Penarth | 1  |  | Anna Brychan |  |  |  | Anthony Slaughter |
2  |  | Kiera Marshall |  |  |  |  |
3  |  | Leticia Gonzalez |  |  |  |  |
4  |  | Neil Roberts |  |  |  |  |
5  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf | 1  |  | Dafydd Trystan |  |  | Rodney Berman |  |
2  |  | Zaynub Akbar |  |  | Nick Beckett |  |
3  |  | Nick Carter |  |  |  |  |
4  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni | 1  |  | Delyth Jewell |  |  |  |  |
2  |  | Lindsay Whittle |  |  |  |  |
3  |  | Niamh Salkeld |  |  |  |  |
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Casnewydd Islwyn | 1  |  |  | Natasha Asghar |  |  |  |
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Sir Fynwy Torfaen | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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On 2 February 2025, Welsh Labour leader Eluned Morgan said she would be open to a coalition with Plaid Cymru after the election "if needs must". She ruled out a coalition with Reform UK, as she thought there was a "red line on that one". She rejected the suggestion put to her that Welsh Labour was under threat at the election, explaining that there is "an international shift going on at the moment and we've got several months now to make sure people understand what's at stake here". She also called Reform an "English focused party" with "nothing Welsh about" them.[11] A day later, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth similarly ruled out working with Reform, describing the two parties' worldviews as "fundamentally different."[12]

In April 2025 Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said his party "would work with any other Senedd party" and that the new voting system means "it's not going to be easy" to win an overall majority.[13]

## Opinion polling

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Main article: Opinion polling for the next Senedd election

This section is transcluded from Opinion polling for the next Senedd election. (edit | history)

For the election to be held in May 2026, Wales has been divided into 16 multi-member constitencies, each based on a combination of two adjacent Westminster Parliamentary constituences. Each of these 16 constituencies will elect 6 members of the Welsh Parliament using a system of proportional representation.

LOESS curve of polling conducted

Sample size below 1,000.[b]

Dates
conducted  | Pollster  | Client  | Sample
size  | Lab | Con | Plaid Cymru | Green | Lib Dems | Reform | Others  | Lead

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18 Jun – 3 Jul 2025  | Beaufort Research  | Nation Cymru | 400  | 27% | 13%  | 21%  | 6%  | 5%  | 25%  | 2%  | 2
18 Jun – 3 Jul 2025  | More in Common | Sky News | 883  | 23%  | 10%  | 26%  | 4%  | 7%  | 28% | 2%  | 2
5–16 Jun 2025  | FindOutNow | N/A  | 2,101  | 18%  | 11%  | 27%  | 7%  | 7%  | 29% | 1%  | 2
23–30 Apr 2025  | YouGov | ITV Wales/Cardiff University | 1,265  | 18%  | 13%  | 30% | 5%  | 7%  | 25%  | 2%  | 5
10 Mar – 3 Apr 2025  | Survation | N/A | 809  | 27% | 15%  | 24%  | 5%  | 5%  | 24%  | 1%  | 3
3–23 Mar 2025  | Beaufort Research | Nation.Cymru | 1,000  | 27% | 16%  | 24%  | 5%  | 4%  | 23%  | 1%  | 3
25–29 Nov 2024  | YouGov[15] | Barn Cymru | 1,121  | 23%  | 19%  | 24% | 6%  | 5%  | 23%  | 1%  | 1
4–24 Nov 2024  | Beaufort Research | Nation.Cymru | 500  | 27% | 18%  | 17%  | 6%  | 6%  | 24%  | 2%  | 3
18 Oct – 4 Nov 2024  | Survation[s 1] | Reform UK | 2,006  | 29% | 18%  | 20%  | 7%  | 7%  | 19%  | 1%  | 9
6 Aug 2024  | Eluned Morgan becomes First Minister of Wales[16]
5–18 Jul 2024  | Welsh Election Study | N/A  | 2,565  | 25% | 16%  | 24%  | 6%  | 6%  | 16%  |

AWA on 7%
Other on 1%

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4 Jul 2024  | 2024 United Kingdom general election
27 Jun – 1 Jul 2024  | YouGov | Barn Cymru | 1,072  | 27% | 18%  | 23%  | 5%  | 6%  | 18%  | 3%  | 4
5–7 Jun 2024  | Redfield & Wilton | N/A  | 960  | 36% | 22%  | 18%  | 6%  | 6%  | 11%  |

AWA on 2%
Other on 0%

| 14
30 May – 3 Jun 2024  | YouGov | Barn Cymru | 1,066  | 30% | 19%  | 23%  | 6%  | 6%  | 12%  | 4%  | 7
18–19 May 2024  | Redfield & Wilton | N/A  | 900  | 37% | 20%  | 20%  | 5%  | 3%  | 10%  |

AWA on 5%
Other on 0%

| 17
8 May 2024  | The Senedd Reform Act is approved, implementing a new one-list electoral system by 2026.
6 May 2021  | 2021 Senedd election (regional)[17] | –  | 36.2% | 25.1%  | 20.7%  | 4.4%  | 4.3%  | 1.1%  | 8.2%  | 11.1
6 May 2021  | 2021 Senedd election (constituency)[17] | –  | 39.9% | 26.1%  | 20.3%  | 1.6%  | 4.9%  | 1.6%  | 5.6%  | 13.8

## Retiring members

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The following MSs have announced their intention to not run for re-election:

MS  | Constituency/Region  | First elected  | Party  | Date announced

|
|
|
|

Mark Drakeford | Cardiff West | 2011 |  | Labour | 9 August 2023[18]
Vaughan Gething | Cardiff South and Penarth | 2011 |  | Labour | 7 September 2024[19]
Lee Waters | Llanelli | 2016 |  | Labour | 24 October 2024[20]
Dawn Bowden | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | 2016 |  | Labour | 17 January 2025[21]
Mick Antoniw | Pontypridd | 2011 |  | Labour | 24 January 2025[22]
Joyce Watson | Mid and West Wales | 2007 |  | Labour | 25 January 2025[23]
Rebecca Evans | Gower | 2011 |  | Labour | 8 February 2025
Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | 2011 |  | Labour | 11 February 2025[24]
Lesley Griffiths | Wrexham | 2007 |  | Labour | 14 February 2025[25]
John Griffiths | Newport East | 1999 |  | Labour | 17 February 2025[26]
Jane Hutt | Vale of Glamorgan | 1999 |  | Labour | 21 February 2025[27]
Julie James | Swansea West | 2011 |  | Labour | 21 February 2025[27]
Jenny Rathbone | Cardiff Central | 2011 |  | Labour | 21 February 2025[28]
Russell George | Montgomeryshire | 2011 |  | Conservatives | 22 April 2025[29]

## Notes

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1. ^ Labelled using their sole Welsh names, with Caerdydd being the Welsh name for Cardiff
2. ^ The British Polling Council states that a sample size of at least 1,000 is the "established norm" for any poll in Great Britain. However, there is no "minimum" acceptable sample size.[14]

1. ^ Survation asked voters to give their preferences under the current Additional Member System. The figure shown in this table is the proportional (regional) vote, as that is the closest equivalent to the new party list system.

## See also

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* Next Scottish Parliament election
* Next Northern Ireland Assembly election
* 2024 United Kingdom general election in Wales
* 2024 United Kingdom general election

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