2016 National Assembly for Wales election

The 2016 National Assembly for Wales election was held on Thursday 5 May 2016, to elect members (AMs) of the National Assembly for Wales, now known as the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru). It was the fifth election for the National Assembly, the third election taken under the rules of the Government of Wales Act 2006 and the first since the Wales Act 2014.

2016 National Assembly for Wales election

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All 60 seats to the National Assembly for Wales 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	45.3% 3.1%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Carwyn Jones Leanne Wood Andrew RT Davies Party Labour Plaid Cymru Conservative Leader since 10 December 2009 16 March 2012 14 July 2011 Leader's seat Bridgend Rhondda South Wales Central Last election 30 seats 11 seats 14 seats Seats won 29 12 11 Seat change 1 1 3 Constituency Vote 353,866 209,376 215,597  % and change 34.7% 7.6% 20.5% 1.2% 21.1% 3.9% Regional Vote 319,196 211,548 190,846  % and change 31.5% 5.4% 20.8% 2.9% 18.8% 3.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Nathan Gill Kirsty Williams Party UKIP Liberal Democrats Leader since 6 December 2014 8 December 2008 Leader's seat North Wales Brecon and Radnorshire Last election 0 seats 5 seats Seats won 7 1 Seat change 7 4 Constituency Vote 127,038 78,165  % and change 12.5%12.5% 7.7% 2.9% Regional Vote 132,138 65,504  % and change 13.0% 8.4% 6.5% 1.5%
First Minister before election Carwyn Jones Labour First Minister after election Carwyn Jones Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition

The governing Labour Party's share of the vote fell by over 7% and 29 Labour AMs were elected, one fewer than in 2011 and two short of an overall majority. Plaid Cymru became the Assembly's second largest party and the official opposition to the Welsh Government with 12 seats, one more than before. The 11 Conservative AMs were elected, three fewer than in 2011. Although they did not win a single constituency, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) had 7 members elected through the regional lists vote. The Liberal Democrats had only one AM returned, down from five.

The election was held on the same day as elections for the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Mayor and Assembly of London and in numerous local authorities in England. The by-election for the Westminster seat of Ogmore was also held on the same day. This election and elections to the other devolved chambers were delayed by a year from 2015 to 2016 as a result of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.^[1] Elections to the Welsh Assembly have now also been permanently moved to a five-year cycle under the Wales Act 2014.

Electoral method

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes in a mixed member system. The first vote is for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote is for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation. The overall result is approximately proportional.

Previously it was not allowed to stand in both a constituency and a regional list, but this rule was abolished by the Wales Act 2014. The Act also introduced a ban on dual mandates with the House of Commons: an Assembly Member is no longer allowed also to be an MP.

British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens living in Wales aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote.

Retiring AMs

The following, previously incumbent AMs, did not run for re-election:

Constituency/Region	Departing AM	Party
South Wales East region	Jocelyn Davies[2]		Plaid Cymru
Arfon	Alun Ffred Jones[3]		Plaid Cymru
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Rhodri Glyn Thomas[4]		Plaid Cymru
Cynon Valley	Christine Chapman[5]		Welsh Labour
Llanelli	Keith Davies[6]		Welsh Labour
Ogmore	Janice Gregory[7]		Welsh Labour
Gower	Edwina Hart[8]		Welsh Labour
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Huw Lewis		Welsh Labour
Delyn	Sandy Mewies[9]		Welsh Labour
Islwyn	Gwyn R Price[10]		Welsh Labour
Neath	Gwenda Thomas[8]		Welsh Labour
Caerphilly	Jeffrey Cuthbert[11]		Welsh Labour
Newport West	Dame Rosemary Butler[12]		Welsh Labour

Constituency nominations

NB: AMs in office (i.e. incumbents) before the election are bolded. Winners are highlighted with party colours.

Constituency	Conservative	Labour	Lib Dem	Plaid Cymru	Green	UKIP[13]	Others
Aberavon	David Jenkins	David Rees	Helen Ceri Clarke	Bethan Jenkins	Jonathan Tier	Glenda Davies[13]
Aberconwy	Janet Finch-Saunders	Mike Priestley	Sarah Lesiter-Burgess	Trystan Lewis	Petra Haig
Alyn and Deeside	Mike Gibbs	Carl Sargeant	Pete Williams	Jacqueline Hurst	Martin Bennewith	Michelle Brown[13]
Arfon	Martin Peet	Sion Jones	Sarah Lloyd Williams	Siân Gwenllian
Blaenau Gwent	Tracey West	Alun Davies	Brendan D'Cruz	Nigel Copner		Kevin Boucher[13]
Brecon and Radnorshire	Gary Price	Alex Thomas	Kirsty Williams	Freddy Greaves	Grenville Ham	Thomas Turton[13]
Bridgend	George Jabbour	Carwyn Jones	Jonathan Pratt	James Radcliffe	Charlotte Barlow	Caroline Jones[13]
Caerphilly	Jane Pratt	Hefin David	Aladdin Ayesh	Lindsay Whittle	Andrew Creak	Sam Gould[13]
Cardiff Central	Joel Williams	Jenny Rathbone	Eluned Parrott	Glyn Wise	Amelia Womack	Mohammed-Sarul Islam[13]	Jane Croad (Independent)
Cardiff North	Jayne Cowan	Julie Morgan	John Dixon	Elin Walker Jones	Chris von Ruhland	Haydn Rushworth[13]	Fiona Burt (Independent)
Cardiff South and Penarth	Ben Grey	Vaughan Gething	Nigel Howells	Dr Dafydd Trystan Davies	Anthony Slaughter	Hugh Moelwyn-Hughes[13]
Cardiff West	Sean Driscoll	Mark Drakeford	Cadan ap Tomos	Neil McEvoy	Hannah Pudner	Gareth Bennett[13]	Elliot Freedman (Independent) Lee Woolls (Vapers in Power)
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Matthew Paul	Steve Jeacock	William Powell	Adam Price	Freya Amsbury	Neil Hamilton[13]
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Angela Burns	Marc Tierney	Alistair Cameron	Simon Thomas	Val Bradley	Allan Brookes[13]	Chris Overton (independent)
Ceredigion	Dr Felix Aubel	Iwan Wyn Jones	Elizabeth Evans	Elin Jones	Brian Williams	Gethin James[13]
Clwyd South	Simon Baynes	Ken Skates	Aled Roberts	Mabon ap Gwynfor	Duncan Rees	Mandy Jones[13]
Clwyd West	Darren Millar	Jo Thomas	Victor Babu	Llyr Huws Gruffydd	Julian Mahy	David Edwards[13]
Cynon Valley	Lyn Hudson	Vikki Howells	Michael Wallace	Cerith Griffiths	John Matthews	Liz Wilks[13]
Delyn	Huw Williams	Hannah Blythyn	Tom Rippeth	Paul Rowlinson		Nigel Williams[13]
Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Neil Fairlamb	Ian MacIntyre	Stephen Churchman	Lord Elis-Thomas	Alice Hooker-Stroud	Frank Wykes[13]	Louise Hughes (Independent)
Gower	Lyndon Jones	Rebecca Evans	Sheila Kingston-Jones	Harri Roberts	Abi Cherry-Hamer	Colin Beckett[13]
Islwyn	Paul Williams	Rhianon Passmore	Matthew Kidner	Lyn Ackerman	Katy Beddoe	Joe Smyth[13]
Llanelli	Stefan Ryszewski	Lee Waters	Gemma-Jane Bowker	Helen Mary Jones[6]	Guy Martin Smith	Kenneth Denver-Rees (Ken Rees)[13]	Siân Caiach (Putting Llanelli First)
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Elizabeth Simon	Dawn Bowden	Bob Griffin	Brian Thomas	Julie Colbran	David Rowlands [13]
Monmouth	Nick Ramsay	Catherine Fookes[14]	Veronica German[15]	Jonathan Clark	Chris Were	Tim Price[13]	Debby Blakebrough (Independent),[16] Stephen Morris (English Democrats)
Montgomeryshire	Russell George	Martyn Singleton	Jane Dodds	Aled Morgan Hughes	Richard Chaloner	Des Parkinson[13]
Neath	Peter Crocker-Jaques	Jeremy Miles	Frank Little	Alun Llewelyn	Lisa Rapado	Richard Pritchard[13]	Stephen Hunt (Independent)
Newport East	Munawar Mughal	John Griffiths	Paul Halliday	Tony Salkeld	Peter Varley	James Peterson[13]
Newport West	Matthew Evans	Jayne Bryant	Liz Newton	Simon Coopey	Pippa Bartolotti	Michael Ford[13]	Gruff Meredith (Cymru Sovereign) Bill Fearnley-Whittingstall (Independent)
Ogmore	Jamie Wallis	Huw Irranca-Davies	Anita Davies	Tim Thomas	Laurence Brophy	Hazel Kendall[13]
Pontypridd	Joel James	Mick Antoniw	Mike Powell	Chad Rickard	Ken Barker	Edwin Allen[13]
Preseli Pembrokeshire	Paul Davies	Dan Lodge	Bob Kilmister	John Osmond	Frances Bryant	Howard Lillyman[13]
Rhondda	Maria Hill	Leighton Andrews	Rhys Taylor	Leanne Wood[17]	Pat Matthews	Stephen Clee[13]
Swansea East	Sadie Vidal	Michael Hedges	Charlene Webster	Dic Jones	Tony Young	Clifford Johnson[13]
Swansea West	Craig Lawton	Julie James	Chris Holley	David Lloyd	Gareth Tucker	Rosie Irwin[13]	Brian Johnson (Socialist Party of Great Britain)
Torfaen	Cllr Graham Smith	Lynne Neagle	Alison Willott	Matthew Woolfall-Jones	Steven Jenkins	Susan Boucher[13]
Vale of Clwyd	Sam Rowlands	Ann Jones	Gwyn Williams	Mair Rowlands		Paul Davies-Cooke[13]
Vale of Glamorgan	Ross England	Jane Hutt	Denis Campbell	Ian Johnson	Alison Haden	Lawrence Andrews[13]
Wrexham	Andrew Atkinson	Lesley Griffiths	Beryl Blackmore	Carrie Harper	Alan Butterworth	Jeanette Bassford-Barton[13]
Ynys Môn	Clay Theakston	Julia Dobson	Mark Rosenthal	Rhun ap Iorwerth	Gerry Wolff	Simon Wall[13]	Daniel Meredith Ap Eifion Jones (Independent)

Regional lists

Mid and West Wales

	Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party	Communist Party of Britain	Welsh Conservative Party	Wales Green Party	Monster Raving Loony Party	Welsh Local Independents	Welsh Labour	Welsh Liberal Democrats	People First	Plaid Cymru	UK Independence Party	Welsh Christian Party
1.	Jeremy David Pugh	Catrin Ashton	Aled Wyn Davies	Alice Hooker-Stroud	Lady Lily the Pink	Huw Meredydd George	Elizabeth Joyce Watson	William Denston Powell	Siân Mair Caiach	Simon Thomas	Neil Hamilton	Jeffrey Green
2.	Philip Bridger	Rick Newnham	Ian Harrison	Grenville Morgan Ham	Tristian Shout	Darren James Mayor	Mair Eluned Morgan	Jane Dodds	Alford Clement Thomas	Helen Mary Jones	Gethin James	Susan Green
3.	Richard Davies	Clive Griffiths	Harry Legge-Bourke	Pippa Pemberton	Lord & Lady Dunquan		John Bayliss	Gemma-Jane Bowker	Marion Binney	Vicky Moller	Des Parkinson	Louise Wynne Jones
4.	Ben Edwards	David Llewelyn Brown	Denise Howard	Frances Bryant	Knigel Knapp		Tonia Antoniazzi	Robert Philip Kilminster	Stephen Royston Bowen	Freddy John Dylan Greaves	Howard Lillyman	Barbara Irene Hill
5.			Edward Rayner Peett	Brian Dafydd Williams	Helen Swindon			Alistair Ronald Cameron	David Wayne Erasmus	Mandy Williams-Davies
6.			Stephen Davies		Lieutenant Jâger Schnitzel			Stephen William Churchman		Aled Morgan Hughes
7.			Mary Davies		R U Seerius					Elin Tracey Jones
8.										Steffan Huw Gwent
9.										Elin Jones
10.										John David Osmond
11.										Adam Price

North Wales

	Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party	Communist Party of Britain	Welsh Conservative Party	Wales Green Party	Monster Raving Loony Party	Welsh Local Independents	Welsh Labour	Welsh Liberal Democrats[18]	Plaid Cymru[19]	Independent	UK Independence Party
1.	Harry Harrington	Trevor Jones	Mark Isherwood	Duncan Rees	Nick the Flying Brick	Goronwy Edwards	Mary Wimbury	Aled Roberts	Llyr Huws Gruffydd	Mark Young	Nathan Gill
2.	Bryan Craven	Mandy Walsh	Janet Haworth	Martin Bennewith	Lord Cameron of Roundwood	Merfyn Parry	Jason McLellan	Victor Babu	Carrie Harper		Michelle Brown
3.	Philip Price	Glyn Davies	Barbara Hughes	Petra Haig	Johnny Disco	Nigel Smith	Bernadette Horton	Sarah Lesiter-Burgess	Paul Rowlinson		Mandy Jones
4.	Nicola Hodgson	Graham Morgan	Antony Bertola	Gerry Wolff	Sir Oink A-Lot	Barbara Smith	Carolyn Thomas	Rob Walsh	Eleanor Griffith		David Edwards
5.			Gary Burchett		Mr McFloatyhands			Bruce Roberts	Jacqui Hurst
6.			Adam Kealey		Leon of Britain			Tom Rippeth	Abdul Khan
7.									Trystan Lewis
8.									Mair Rowlands

South Wales Central

	Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party	Communist Party of Britain	Welsh Conservative Party	Wales Green Party	Monster Raving Loony Party	Welsh Labour Party	Welsh Liberal Democrats	Plaid Cymru	Welsh TUSC	UK Independence Party	Women's Equality Party
1.	David Bevan	Robert Griffiths	Andrew R.T. Davies	Amelia Womack	Mark Beech	Belinda Robertson	Eluned Parrott	Leanne Wood[20]	Ross Saunders	Gareth Bennett	Sharon Lovell[21]
2.	Ceri Renwick	Gwen Griffiths	David Melding	Anthony Slaughter	Howling Laud Hope	Brian Back	John Dixon	Neil McEvoy[20]	Mia Hollsing	Mohammed Islam	Emma Rose[21]
3.	Timothy Frederick	Ramon Corria	Richard John	Hannah Pudner	Tony Davies	Anna McMorrin	Karen Roberts	Dr Dafydd Trystan Davies[20]	Lianne Francis	Liz Wilks	Sarah Rees[21]
4.	Richard Read	Dan Cole	Keith Dewhurst	Chris von Ruhland	Baron Von Thunderclap	Ali Ahmed	Cadan ap Tomos	Elizabeth Musa	Steve Williams	Stephen Clee	Ruth Williams[21]
5.					Michael Stephens		Bablin Molik	Chad Rickard	Helen Jones
6.							Nigel Howells	Michael Deem	Matthew Hatton
7.							Elizabeth Clark	Elin Walker Jones	Catherine Peace
8.							Rhys Taylor	Glyn Wise	Seb Robyns

South Wales East

	Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party	Communist Party of Britain	Welsh Conservative Party	Wales Green Party	Monster Raving Loony Party	Welsh Labour	Welsh Liberal Democrats	Plaid Cymru	Welsh TUSC	UK Independence Party
1.	David Pritchard	Tommy Roberts	Mohammad Asghar	Pippa Bartolotti	Baron Von Magpie	Ruth Jones	Veronica German[22]	Steffan Lewis[23]	Jamie Davies	Mark Reckless
2.	Roger Wilson	Mark Griffiths	Laura Jones	Ann Were	Hugo Shovit	Peter Jones	Paul Halliday	Delyth Jewell	Clare Gibbs	David Rowlands
3.	Victoria Blackman	Barbara Thomas	Chris Butler	Christopher Were	Mad Mike Young	Deborah Wilcox	Bob Griffin	Nigel Copner	David Reid	Sue Boucher
4.	Donald Wilson	Thabo Miller	Geoffrey Burrows	Katy Beddoe	Dr Doodle Do	Owen Evans	Alison Willott	Lyn Ackerman	Joshua Rawcliffe	Julie Price
5.			William Graham	Andrew Creak	Arty Pole		Brendan D'Cruz	Jonathan Clark	Mohammed Miah
6.							Kay David	Matthew Woolfall-Jones	Rhys Pewtner
7.							Aladdin Ayesh	Eli Jones
8.								Gillian Jones

South Wales West

	Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party	Communist Party of Britain	Welsh Conservative Party	Wales Green Party	Monster Raving Loony Party	Welsh Labour	Welsh Liberal Democrats	Plaid Cymru	Welsh TUSC	UK Independence Party
1.	James Cole	Laura Picand	Suzy Davies	Lisa Rapado	Baron Barnes Von Claptrap	Ceri Reeves	Peter Black	Bethan Jenkins[24]	Owen Herbert	Caroline Jones
2.	Shaun Cuddihy	Roger Jones	Altaf Hussain	Charlotte Barlow	Sir Stevie Wonderful	Andrew Jenkins	Cheryl Green	Dai Lloyd[24]	Claire Job	Martyn Ford
3.	Philip Hughes-Davies	Justin Lilley	Daniel Boucher	Laurence Brophy	Glyn Hyndman	Fiona Gordon	Helen Ceri Clarke	Alun Llewelyn[24]	John Evans	Colin Beckett
4.	Shelagh Millar	Stephen Harmer	Edward Yi He	Mike Whittall	Robert William Gilis	Scott Jones	Sheila Kingston-Jones	Tim Thomas	Aaron David	Clifford Johnson
5.			Carolyn Webster	Russell Kennedy	Dewi Anthony Bowen		Anita Davies	Linet Purcell	Ronnie Job
6.			Rebecca Singh	Thomas Muller	Peter Alban Morris		Mike Day	Philippa Richards	Emma Saunders
7.					Margaret Jean Phillips
8.

Opinion polls

Constituency vote (FPTP)

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample size	Lab	Cons	Plaid	Lib Dem	UKIP	Others	Lead
5 May 2016	Assembly election (constituency)	1,013,383	34.7%	20.5%	21.1%	7.7%	12.5%	2.8%	13.6%
19–22 Apr 2016	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,001	33%	19%	21%	8%	15%	3%	12%
7–11 Apr 2016	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,011	35%	19%	21%	6%	17%	3%	14%
7–18 Mar 2016	Welsh Election Study/Economic & Social Research Council	3,272	34%	22%	21%	6%	15%	3%	12%
9–11 Feb 2016	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	TBA	34%	22%	19%	5%	18%	2%	12%
30 Nov–4 Dec 2015	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,005	35%	23%	20%	5%	15%	2%	12%
21–24 Sep 2015	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,010	39%	23%	18%	6%	13%	1%	16%
24–26 Jun 2015	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,151	35%	23%	20%	4%	15%	4%	12%
4–6 May 2015	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,202	35%	22%	21%	6%	12%	3%	13%
5–9 Mar 2015	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,279	37%	22%	20%	6%	11%	5%	15%
19–21 Jan 2015	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,036	34%	21%	18%	7%	13%	7%	13%
2–5 Dec 2014	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,131	35%	22%	19%	6%	12%	6%	13%
8–11 Sep 2014	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,025	36%	21%	19%	6%	12%	6%	15%
26 Jun–1 Jul 2014	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,035	39%	20%	19%	8%	13%	5%	19%
11–22 Apr 2014	YouGov/IPPR, Cardiff University, Edinburgh University	1,027	41%	21%	20%	8%	7%	2%	20%
10–12 Feb 2014	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,250	42%	21%	19%	9%	5%	3%	21%
2–4 Dec 2013	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,001	43%	19%	20%	9%	7%	3%	23%
18–22 Jul 2013	YouGov/Elections in Wales Blog	1,012	47%	19%	17%	8%	6%	3%	28%
28 Feb 2013	2013 Ynys Môn by-election
18–20 Feb 2013	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,007	46%	21%	17%	10%	5%	2%	25%
5 May 2011	National Assembly for Wales election, 2011 (constituency)	949,252	42.3%	25.0%	19.3%	10.6%	N/A	2.8%	17.3%

Regional vote (AMS)

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample size	Lab	Cons	Plaid	Lib Dem	UKIP	Green	Others	Lead
5 May 2016	Assembly election (regional)	1,005,541	31.5%	18.8%	20.8%	6.5%	13%	3%	6.5%	10.7%
19–22 Apr 2016	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,001	29%	19%	22%	8%	15%	4%	3%	7%
7–11 Apr 2016	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,011	31%	20%	20%	5%	16%	4%	3%	11%
7–18 Mar 2016	Welsh Election Study/Economic & Social Research Council	3,272	31%	22%	22%	5%	14%	4%	3%	9%
9–11 Feb 2016	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	TBA	31%	22%	19%	4%	18%	3%	3%	9%
30 Nov–4 Dec 2015	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,005	34%	23%	18%	4%	16%	4%	2%	11%
21–24 Sep 2015	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,010	34%	24%	18%	5%	14%	4%	2%	10%
24–26 Jun 2015	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,151	32%	22%	20%	5%	14%	4%	3%	10%
4–6 May 2015	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,202	32%	22%	20%	6%	13%	3%	1%	10%
5–9 Mar 2015	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,279	33%	22%	21%	5%	12%	5%	2%	11%
19–21 Jan 2015[fn 1]	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,036	32%	20%	15%	8%	16%	8%	2%	12%
2–5 Dec 2014	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,131	31%	20%	19%	6%	15%	7%	2%	11%
8–11 Sep 2014	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,025	31%	21%	16%	5%	17%	7%	3%	10%
26 Jun–1 Jul 2014	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,035	34%	21%	18%	5%	16%	4%	3%	13%
12–14 May 2014	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,092	35%	19%	17%	7%	14%	6%	2%	16%
11–22 Apr 2014	YouGov/IPPR, Cardiff University, Edinburgh University	1,027	37%	21%	19%	7%	10%	4%	2%	16%
10–12 Feb 2014	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,250	39%	19%	17%	9%	10%	6%		20%
2–4 Dec 2013	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,001	40%	19%	15%	9%	10%	7%		21%
18–22 Jul 2013	YouGov/Elections in Wales Blog	1,012	25%	12%	23%	9%	16%	14%		2%
28 Feb 2013	2013 Ynys Môn by-election
18–20 Feb 2013	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,007	26%	14%	26%	8%	13%	6%	7%	Tie
5 May 2011	National Assembly for Wales election, 2011 (regional)	949,388	36.9%	22.5%	17.9%	8.0%	4.6%	3.4%	6.7%	14.4%

Results

2016 Welsh Assembly election

Parties		Additional member system										Total seats
		Constituency					Region
		Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−	Total	+/−	%
	Labour	353,866	34.7	7.6	27	1	319,196	31.5	5.4	2		29	1	48.3
	Plaid Cymru	209,376	20.5	1.3	6	1	211,548	20.8	2.9	6		12	1	20.0
	Conservative	215,597	21.1	3.9	6		190,846	18.8	3.7	5	3	11	3	18.3
	UKIP	127,038	12.5	N/A	0		132,138	13.0	8.4	7	7	7	7	11.7
	Liberal Democrats	78,165	7.7	2.9	1		65,504	6.5	1.5	0	4	1	4	1.7
	Abolish	—	—	—	—	—	44,286	4.4	N/A	0		0		0.0
	Green	25,202	2.5	2.3	0		30,211	3.0	0.4	0		0		0.0
	Monster Raving Loony	—	—	—	—	—	5,743	0.6	0.5	0		0		0.0
	Association of Welsh Independents	—	—	—	—	—	2,897	0.3	N/A	0		0		0.0
	Women's Equality	—	—	—	—	—	2,807	0.3	N/A	0		0		0.0
	Communist	—	—	—	—	—	2,452	0.2	0.1	0		0		0.0
	TUSC	—	—	—	—	—	2,040	0.2		0		0		0.0
	Independent	8,670	0.9	0.4	0		1,577	0.2	0.1	0		0		0.0
	People First	—	—	—	—	—	1,496	0.1	N/A	0		0		0.0
	Welsh Christian	—	—	—	—	—	1,103	0.1	0.8	0		0		0.0
	Others	1,469	0.1	1.2	0		899	0.1	5.1	0		0		0.0

Votes summary

Popular Vote Labour   31.5% Plaid Cymru   20.8% Conservative   18.8% UKIP   13.0% Liberal Democrats   6.5% Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party   4.4% Green   3.0% Other   2.0%

Assembly seats Labour   48.3% Plaid Cymru   20.0% Conservative   18.3% UKIP   11.7% Liberal Democrats   1.7%

New members

23 of the members elected to the Assembly in the election were not members of the previous Assembly.

Constituency

• Hannah Blythyn, Labour, Delyn
• Dawn Bowden, Labour, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
• Rhianon Passmore, Labour, Islwyn
• Jayne Bryant, Labour, Newport West
• Vikki Howells, Labour, Cynon Valley
• Jeremy Miles, Labour, Neath
• Hefin David, Labour, Caerphilly
• Lee Waters, Labour, Llanelli
• Huw Irranca-Davies, Labour, Ogmore
• Adam Price, Plaid Cymru, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
• Siân Gwenllian, Plaid Cymru, Arfon
• Rebecca Evans, Labour, Gower

Regional

• Nathan Gill, UKIP, North Wales electoral region
• Michelle Brown, UKIP, North Wales electoral region
• Mark Reckless, UKIP, South Wales East electoral region
• David Rowlands, UKIP, South Wales East electoral region
• Steffan Lewis, Plaid Cymru, South Wales East electoral region
• Caroline Jones, UKIP, South Wales West electoral region
• Dai Lloyd, Plaid Cymru, South Wales West electoral region
• Neil Hamilton, UKIP, Mid and West Wales electoral region
• Eluned Morgan, Labour, Mid and West Wales electoral region
• Gareth Bennett, UKIP, South Wales Central electoral region
• Neil McEvoy, Plaid Cymru, South Wales Central electoral region

Constituency and regional summary

Constituency results of the 2016 Welsh Assembly election by party vote strength.

Mid and West Wales

Welsh Assembly general election, 2016: Mid and West Wales

Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Brecon and Radnorshire	Kirsty Williams	Liberal Democrats hold
	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Adam Price	Plaid Cymru hold
	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Angela Burns	Conservative hold
	Ceredigion	Elin Jones	Plaid Cymru hold
	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Dafydd Elis-Thomas	Plaid Cymru hold
	Llanelli	Lee Waters	Labour hold
	Montgomeryshire	Russell George	Conservative hold
	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Paul Davies	Conservative hold

Welsh Assembly general election, 2016: Mid and West Wales

Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Plaid Cymru	Simon Thomas	1	±0	56,754	26.3%	−0.5%
	Conservative		0	±0	44,461	20.6%	-4.6%
	Labour	Joyce Watson Eluned Morgan	2	±0	41,975	19.4%	-3.1%
	UKIP	Neil Hamilton	1	+1	25,042	11.6%	+7.2%
	Liberal Democrats		0	-1	23,554	10.9%	−1.9%

North Wales

Welsh Assembly general election, 2016: North Wales

Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Aberconwy	Janet Finch-Saunders	Conservative hold
	Alyn and Deeside	Carl Sargeant	Labour hold
	Arfon	Siân Gwenllian	Plaid Cymru hold
	Clwyd South	Ken Skates	Labour hold
	Clwyd West	Darren Millar	Conservative hold
	Delyn	Hannah Blythyn	Labour hold
	Vale of Clwyd	Ann Jones	Labour hold
	Wrexham	Lesley Griffiths	Labour hold
	Ynys Môn	Rhun ap Iorwerth	Plaid Cymru hold

Welsh Assembly general election, 2016: North Wales

Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	±0	57,528	28.1%	-4.0%
	Plaid Cymru	Llyr Huws Gruffydd	1	±0	47,701	23.3%	+1.9%
	Conservative	Mark Isherwood	1	-1	45,468	22.2%	-4.6%
	UKIP	Nathan Gill Michelle Brown	2	+2	25,518	12.5%	+7.5%
	Liberal Democrats		0	-1	9,345	4.6%	−1.3%

South Wales Central

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Welsh Assembly general election, 2016: South Wales Central

Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Cardiff Central	Jenny Rathbone	Labour hold
	Cardiff North	Julie Morgan	Labour hold
	Cardiff South and Penarth	Vaughan Gething	Labour hold
	Cardiff West	Mark Drakeford	Labour hold
	Cynon Valley	Vikki Howells	Labour hold
	Pontypridd	Mick Antoniw	Labour hold
	Rhondda	Leanne Wood	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour
	Vale of Glamorgan	Jane Hutt	Labour hold

Welsh Assembly general election, 2016: South Wales Central

Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	±0	78,366	33.9%	-7.1%
	Plaid Cymru	Neil McEvoy	1	±0	48,357	20.9%	+7.2%
	Conservative	Andrew R. T. Davies David Melding	2	±0	42,185	18.3%	-3.7%
	UKIP	Gareth Bennett	1	+1	23,958	10.4%	+6.4%
	Liberal Democrats		0	-1	14,875	6.4%	−1.5%

South Wales East

Welsh Assembly general election, 2016: South Wales East

Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Blaenau Gwent	Alun Davies	Labour hold
	Caerphilly	Hefin David	Labour hold
	Islwyn	Rhianon Passmore	Labour hold
	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Dawn Bowden	Labour hold
	Monmouth	Nick Ramsay	Conservative hold
	Newport East	John Griffiths	Labour hold
	Newport West	Jayne Bryant	Labour hold
	Torfaen	Lynne Neagle	Labour hold

Welsh Assembly general election, 2016: South Wales East

Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	±0	74,424	38.3%	-7.3%
	UKIP	Mark Reckless David Rowlands	2	+2	34,524	17.8%	+12.5%
	Conservative	Mohammad Asghar	1	-1	33,318	17.2%	-2.4%
	Plaid Cymru	Steffan Lewis	1	-1	29,686	15.3%	+3.2%

South Wales West

Welsh Assembly general election, 2016: South Wales West

Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Aberavon	David Rees	Labour hold
	Bridgend	Carwyn Jones	Labour hold
	Gower	Rebecca Evans	Labour hold
	Neath	Jeremy Miles	Labour hold
	Ogmore	Huw Irranca-Davies	Labour hold
	Swansea East	Mike Hedges	Labour hold
	Swansea West	Julie James	Labour hold

Welsh Assembly general election, 2016: South Wales West

Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Labour		0	±0	66,903	39.5%	-6.9%
	Plaid Cymru	Bethan Jenkins David Lloyd	2	+1	29,050	17.2%	+3.4
	Conservative	Suzy Davies	1	-1	25,414	15.0%	-2.8%
	UKIP	Caroline Jones	1	+1	23,096	13.7%	+9.4%
	Liberal Democrats		0	-1	10,946	6.5%	−0.5%

Aftermath

Election of the First Minister
Ballot →		11 May 2016	18 May 2016
Required majority →		30 out of 58 N	N/A Y
	Carwyn Jones (Labour) • Welsh Labour Party (28) • Welsh Liberal Democrats (1)	29 / 60	Unopposed
	Leanne Wood (Plaid Cymru) • Plaid Cymru (11) • Welsh Conservative Party (11) • UK Independence Party (7)	29 / 60	Withdrew
	Not voting • Elin Jones (Presiding Officer) (1) • Ann Jones (Deputy Presiding Officer) (1)	2 / 60
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See also

• Members elected
• 2016 Scottish Parliament election
• Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2016
• 2016 London mayoral election
• 2017 Welsh local elections
• 2013 Ynys Môn by-election

Notes

1. Seat estimates are based on constituency and regional poll.

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External links

• The National Assembly for Wales has produced a website with information on the election.