10th Regional Assembly of Murcia

The 10th Assembly of Murcia was the meeting of the Regional Assembly of Murcia, with the membership determined by the results of the 2019 regional election held on 26 May 2019. The parliament met for the first time on 11 June 2019. According to the Statute of Autonomy of Murcia the maximum legislative term of assembly is 4 years from the preceding election.

10th Assembly of Murcia
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Overview
Legislative body	Regional Assembly of Murcia
Term	10 June 2019 (2019-06-10) – 2023 (2023)
Election	26 May 2019
Government	López Miras II
Website	asambleamurcia.es
Deputies
Members	45
President	Alberto Castillo (Independent)
First Vice-President	Miguel Ángel Miralles (PP)
Second Vice-President	Gloria Alarcón (PSOE)
First Secretary	Francisco José Carrera (Vox)
Second Secretary	Emilio Ivars (PSOE, until 21 June 2020) Antonio José Espín (PSOE, since September 2020)

Election

The 10th Murcian regional elections was held on 26 May 2019. At the election the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) became the largest party in the Assembly but fell short of a majority.

Alliance		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	212,600	32.47%	17	4
	People's Party (PP)	211,849	32.35%	16	6
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	78,483	11.99%	6	2
	Vox (Vox)	61,998	9.47%	4	4
	We Can–Equo (Podemos-Equo)	36,486	5.57%	2	4
	Others/blanks	53,380	8.14%	0
Total		654,796	100.00%	45

History

The new parliament met for the first time on 11 June 2019 and Alberto Castillo (Cs) was elected as President of the Assembly of Murcia with the support of PP and Cs.^[1]

President[1]
Candidate			Votes
			Round 1	Round 2
Alberto Castillo		Cs	22	22
Alfonso Martínez		PSOE	17	19
María Giménez		Podemos	2	Eliminated
Blank			4	4
Total			45	45

Deaths, resignations and suspensions

The 10th Assembly of Murcia has seen the following deaths, resignations and suspensions:

• 28 September 2019 - Óscar Urralburu and María Giménez (Podemos) resigned in order to join Más País, a split from Podemos led by Iñigo Errejón.^[2] María Marín and Rafael Esteban (Podemos) replaced them on 18 and 23 October 2019, respectively.^[3]
• 25 October 2019 - Javier Celdrán, María Cristina Sánchez and Antonio Luengo (PP) resigned after being appointed ministers in the new regional government.^[4] Francisco José Espejo (PP) decided not to take his seat.^[4] Isabel María Sánchez, María Inmaculada Lardín and Juan Antonio Mata (PP) replaced them on 13 November 2019.^[5]
• 21 June 2020 - Emilio Ivars (PSOE) resigned.^[6] Later that year his party accused him of leaking information to the media without consent.^[7] María Hernández (PSOE) replaced him on 16 September 2020.^[8]
• 13 December 2021 - Diego Conesa (PSOE), leader of the socialist group, resigned.^[9] Early that year he had announced that he will not run for reelection as Secretary General of the PSRM.^[10] José Antonio Campos (PSOE) replaced him on 17 December 2021.^[11]
• 14 December 2022 - Rafael Esteban (Podemos) resigned to go back to his job.^[12] Helena Vidal (Greens Equo) replaced him on 15 February 2023.^[13]

Changes in political affiliation

Once elected, members are organized in parliamentary groups (Spanish: grupos parlamentarios). The formation of such groups is up to the members, but it is common for members elected within the same list to form part of the same group. Members that do not belong to any group are place in the Mixed Group. Members may leave their group if they wish so. They can also be expelled from it. Their political affiliation is unlinked to the group they belong, meaning that changing or leaving a political party does not mean necessarily leaving or changing group.

The following list records members that changed party and/or group during this session.

Members that changed group and/or party

Name	Date	From			To			Reason
		Party		Group	Party		Group
María Isabel Campuzano	23 Jun 2020		Vox	Vox		Ind.	Vox	Expelled from Vox.
	7 Oct 2022		Ind.	Vox		Ind.	Mixed	Left Vox group due to political disagreements, effectively dissolving the group.
Juan José Liarte	23 Jun 2020		Vox	Vox		Ind.	Vox	Expelled from Vox.
	7 Oct 2022		Ind.	Vox		Ind.	Mixed	Vox group dissolved after two of their members left.
Francisco José Carrera	23 Jun 2020		Vox	Vox		Ind.	Vox	Expelled from Vox.
	7 Oct 2022		Ind.	Vox		Ind.	Mixed	Vox group dissolved after two of their members left.
María del Valle Miguelez	12 Mar 2021		Cs	Cs		Ind.	Cs	Expelled from Cs.
Isabel Franco	12 Mar 2021		Cs	Cs		Ind.	Cs	Expelled from Cs.
Francisco Álvarez	12 Mar 2021		Cs	Cs		Ind.	Cs	Expelled from Cs.
Alberto Castillo	1 Jun 2021		Cs	Cs		Ind.	Cs	Expelled from Cs.
Juan José Molina	21 Jun 2021		Cs	Cs		Cs	Mixed	Left Cs group as a majority of members of the group had been expelled from the party.
Ana Martínez	21 Jun 2021		Cs	Cs		Cs	Mixed	Left Cs group as a majority of members of the group had been expelled from the party.
Pascual Salvador	6 Oct 2022		Vox	Vox		Vox	Mixed	Left Vox group ordered by the national leadership of the party.

Members

Name	No.	Party		Alliance		Group	Took office	Left office	Notes
Antonia Abenza	12		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
Gloria Alarcón	2		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
Francisco Álvarez	6		Cs		Cs	Citizens	11 June 2019		Expelled from Citizens in March 2021[14]
	N/A		Independent		Independent
Antonio Calderón	11		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
José Antonio Campos	19		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	17 February 2021
María Isabel Campuzano	3		Vox		Vox	Vox	11 June 2019		Expelled from Vox in June 2020[15] A court forced Vox to readmit her in January 2022[16]
Jesús Cano	14		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
Francisco José Carrera	4		Vox		Vox	Vox	11 June 2019		Expelled from Vox in June 2020[15] A court forced Vox to readmit him in January 2022[16]
Rosalía Casado	10		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
Alberto Castillo	4		Independent		Cs	Citizens	11 June 2019		Expelled from Citizens on 1 June 2021[17]
	N/A				Independent
Javier Celdrán	6		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019	25 October 2019	Replaced by Isabel María Sánchez.
Diego Conesa	1		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019	13 December 2021
Antonio José Espín	5		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
Rafael Esteban	4		Podemos		Podemos–Equo	Mixed	23 October 2019	14 December 2022	Replaces María Giménez. Replaced by Helena Vidal.
María del Carmen Fernández	6		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
María Isabel Franco	1		Cs		Cs	Citizens	11 June 2019		Expelled from Citizens in March 2021[14]
	N/A		Independent		Independent
María Giménez	2		Podemos		Podemos–Equo	Mixed	11 June 2019	28 September 2019	Replaced by Rafael Esteban
Miriam Guardiola	13		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
María Hernández	18		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	16 September 2020		Replaces Emilio Ivars
María Inmaculada Lardín	20		PP		PP	People's	13 November 2019		Replaces María Cristina Sánchez
Emilio Ivars	9		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	13 November 2019	21 June 2020	Replaced by María Hernández
Juan José Liarte	2		Vox		Vox	Vox	11 June 2019		Expelled from Vox in June 2020[15] A court forced Vox to readmit him in January 2022[16]
Pedro López	11		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
Fernando López	1		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
Virginia Lopo	14		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
Antonio Luengo	9		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019	25 October 2019	Replaced by Juan Antonio Mata
Francisco Lucas	3		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
María Marín	3		Podemos		Podemos–Equo	Mixed	18 October 2019		Replaces Óscar Urralburu
Alfonso Martínez	7		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
Consagración Martínez	16		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
María Dolores Martínez	8		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
Ana Martínez	3		Cs		Cs	Mixed	11 June 2019		Earlier member of the Citizens Group, left in 2021.
Victor Martínez-Carrasco	16		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
Juan Antonio Mata	19		PP		PP	People's	13 November 2019		Replaces Antonio Luengo
María del Valle Miguélez	5		Cs		Cs	Citizens	11 June 2019		Expelled from Citizens in March 2021[14]
	N/A		Independent		Independent
Miguel Miralles	9		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
Juan José Molina	2		Cs		Cs	Mixed	11 June 2019		Earlier member of the Citizens Group, left in 2021.
Fernando Moreno	17		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
María del Carmen Pelegrín	7		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
Jose Antonio Peñalver	13		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
Sonia Ruiz	3		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
María del Carmen Ruiz	12		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
Pascual Salvador	1		Vox		Vox	Vox	11 June 2019
María Magdalena Sánchez	4		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
Isabel María Sánchez	17		PP		PP	People's	13 November 2019		Replaces Javier Celdrán
María Cristina Sánchez	2		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019	25 October 2019	Replaced by María Inmaculada Lardín
Ramón Sánchez-Parra	8		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
Joaquín Segado	5		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
Manuel Sevilla	15		PSRM		PSOE	Socialists	11 June 2019
Óscar Urralburu	1		Podemos		Podemos–Equo	Mixed	11 June 2019	28 September 2019	Replaced by María Marín
María Dolores Valcárcel	10		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
Clara Valverde	15		PP		PP	People's	11 June 2019
Helena Vidal	7		Equo		Podemos—Equo	People's	15 February 2023		Replaces Rafael Esteban

References

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