South Wales Central () 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.

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 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 Term ElectionCardiff CentralCardiff NorthCardiff Southand PenarthCardiff WestCynon ValleyPontypriddRhonddaVale ofGlamorgan1st1999Jenny Randerson(LD)Sue Essex(Lab)Lorraine Barrett(Lab)Rhodri Morgan(Lab)Christine Chapman(Lab)Jane Davidson(Lab)Geraint Davies(PC)Jane Hutt(Lab)2nd2003Leighton Andrews(Lab)3rd2007Jonathan Morgan(Con)4th2011Jenny Rathbone(Lab)Julie Morgan(Lab)Vaughan Gething(Lab)Mark Drakeford(Lab)Mick Antoniw(Lab)5th2016Vikki Howells(Lab)Leanne Wood(PC)6th2021Buffy Williams(Lab)

Regional list AMs and MSs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term ElectionAM / MSAM / MSAM / MSAM / MS1st1999Jonathan Morgan(Con)David Melding(Con)Owen John Thomas(PC)Pauline Jarman(PC)2nd2003Leanne Wood(PC) 3rd2007Andrew RT Davies(Con)Chris Franks(PC)4th2011Eluned Parrott(LD)5th2016Gareth Bennett(UKIP) later then AbolishNeil McEvoy(PC) later then Propel20182020 6th2021Joel James(Con)Rhys ab Owen(PC later Independent) Heledd Fychan(PC)2022

2021 Senedd election Source:

2021 Senedd election additional members Party Constituencyseats List votes (vote %) D'Hondtentitlement Additionalmemberselected Total memberselected Deviationfrom D'Hondtentitlement 8 102,611 (40%) 608+2 0 56,662 (22%) 322-1 0 46,478 (18%) 322-1 0 14,478 (6%) 0 0 0 0 0 11,821 (5%) 0 0 0 0 0 8,396 (3%) 0 0 0 0 Propel 0 5,552 (2%) 0000 0 3,127 (1%) 0000 0 2,244 (1%) 0000 No More Lockdowns 0 1.298 (1%) 0 0 0 0 Gwlad 0 1,098 (0%) 0 0 0 0 0 602 (0%) 0 0 0 0 Independent (Alan Coulthard) 0 580 (0%) 0 0 0 0 0 519 (0%) 0 0 0 0 Workers Party 0 411 (0%) 0 0 0 0

Regional MSs elected in 2021 Party Name Andrew RT Davies Rhys ab Owen Joel James Heledd Fychan

2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members Party Constituencyseats List votes (vote %) D'Hondtentitlement Additionalmemberselected Total memberselected Deviationfrom D'Hondtentitlement 7 78,366 (34%) 507+2 1 48,357 (21%) 312-1 0 42,185 (18%) 322-1 0 23,958 (10%) 1110 0 14,875 (6%) 0 0 0 0 0 9,163 (4%) 0 0 0 0 0 7,949 (3%) 0 0 0 0 0 2,807 (1%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,096 (0%) 0 0 0 0 0 736 (0%) 0 0 0 0 0 520 (0%) 0 0 0 0 Freedom to Choose 0 470 (0.2%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected in 2016 Party Name Andrew RT Davies David Melding Neil McEvoy Gareth Bennett

2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members Party Constituencyseats List votes (vote %) D'Hondtentitlement Additionalmemberselected Total memberselected Deviationfrom D'Hondtentitlement 8 85,445 (41.0%) 6 0 8 +2 0 45,751 (22.0%) 3 2 2 −1 0 28,606 (13.7%) 2 1 1 −1 0 16,514 (7.9%) 1 1 1 0 0 10,774 (5.2%) 0 0 0 0 0 8,292 (4.0%) 0 0 0 0 0 4,690 (2.3%) 0 0 0 0 0 3,805 (1.8%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,873 (0.9%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,237 (0.6%) 0 0 0 0 0 830 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0 0 516 (0.2%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected in 2011 Party Name Andrew RT Davies David Melding Eluned Parrott † Leanne Wood † Replaced John Dixon, who was disqualified for being a member of a public body to which AMs cannot belong.

2007 Welsh Assembly election additional members

Party Constituencyseats List votes (vote %) D'Hondtentitlement Additionalmemberselected Total memberselected Deviationfrom D'Hondtentitlement 6 70,799 (34.0%) 5 0 6 +1 1 45,127 (21.7%) 3 2 3 0 0 32,207 (15.5%) 2 2 2 0 1 29,626 (14.0%) 2 0 1 −1 0 7,889 (3.8%) 0 0 0 0 0 7,831 (3.8%) 0 0 0 0 0 7,645 (3.7%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,987 (1.0%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,744 (0.8%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,079 (0.5%) 0 0 0 0 0 838 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0 0 817 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0 0 757 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0 0 292 (0.1%) 0 0 0 0

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members Party Constituencyseats List votes (vote %) D'Hondtentitlement Additionalmemberselected Total memberselected Deviationfrom D'Hondtentitlement 7 74,369 (41.08%) 6 0 7 +1 0 33,404 (18.45%) 2 2 2 0 0 27,956 (15.44%) 2 2 2 0 1 24,926 (13.77%) 2 0 1 -1 0 6,920 (3.82%) 0 0 0 0 0 6,047 (3.34%) 0 0 0 0 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 0 577 (0.32%) 0 0 0 0 0 573 (0.32%) 0 0 0 0

1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members Party Constituencyseats List votes (vote %) D'Hondtentitlement Additionalmemberselected Total memberselected Deviationfrom D'Hondtentitlement 6 79,564 (36.92%) 5 0 6 +1 1 58,080 (26.95%) 3 2 3 0 0 34,944 (16.22%) 2 2 2 0 1 30,911 (14.35%) 2 0 1 −1 0 5,336 (2.48%) 0 0 0 0 0 2,822 (1.31%) 0 0 0 0 Independent- Alun Mathias 0 1,524 (0.71%) 0 0 0 0 0 665 (0.31%) 0 0 0 0 0 652 (0.30%) 0 0 0 0 0 602 (0.28%) 0 0 0 0 Independent- Paul Phillips 0 378 (0.18%) 0 0 0 0

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