Results of the 2021 Senedd election

This is a list of the results of the 2021 Senedd election.[1]

National results
Party Constituency Regional Total
seats		 ±
Votes % ±% Seats ± Votes % ±% Seats ±
Labour 443,047 39.9 5.2 27 0 401,770 36.2 4.7 3 1 30 1
Conservative 289,802 26.1 5.0 8 2 278,560 25.1 6.3 8 3 16 5
Plaid Cymru 225,376 20.3 0.2 5 1 230,161 20.7 0.1 8 2 13 1
Liberal Democrats 54,202 4.9 2.8 0 1 48,217 4.3 2.2 1 1 1 0
Green 17,817 1.6 0.7 0 0 48,714 4.4 1.4 0 0 0 0
Abolish 18,149 1.6 N/A 0 0 41,399 3.7 0.7 0 0 0 0
UKIP 8,586 0.8 11.7 0 0 17,341 1.6 11.4 0 0 0 7
Reform UK 17,405 1.6 New 0 New 11,730 1.1 New 0 New 0 New
Propel 8,864 0.8 New 0 New 9,825 0.9 New 0 New 0 New
Gwlad 2,829 0.3 New 0 New 6,776 0.6 New 0 New 0 New
Freedom Alliance 3,148 0.3 New 0 New 3,638 0.3 New 0 New 0 New
Communist 2,837 0.3 0.3 0 0 0 0
No More Lockdowns 223 0.0 New 0 New 2,794 0.3 New 0 New 0 New
TUSC 1,647 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0
Christian 1,366 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0
Workers 411 0.0 New 0 New 0 New
Llais Gwynedd 1,136 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0
Socialist 82 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Independents 21,064 1.9 0.8 0 0 3,709 0.3 0.1 0 0 0 0
Total 1,111,730 100.00 40 1,110,895 100.00 20 60

Results by region

Summary
Vote share by region
Region Turnout Regional vote share (%) Constituency vote share (%)
Lab Con PC LD AWA Grn Ref UKIP Other Lab Con PC LD AWA Grn Ref UKIP Other
Mid and West Wales 25.9 26.8 27.5 6.8 3.4 4.4 1.1 1.6 2.5 25 29 30 9 1 1 5
North Wales 32.3 29.9 23.9 3.2 3.5 2.9 1.0 1.6 1.7 35 32 25 4 Did not contest 1 3
South Wales Central 40.1 22.1 18.2 4.6 3.3 5.7 0.9 1.2 3.9
South Wales East 41.4 25.2 14.7 3.4 4.8 4.8 2.0 1.3 2.4
South Wales West 42.9 20.9 18.5 3.3 3.8 3.9 1.0 1.5 4.2
Total
Seats by region
Region Constituency seats Regional seats Total seats
Lab Con PC LD Lab Con PC LD Lab Con PC LD
Mid and West Wales 1
North Wales
South Wales Central
South Wales East
South Wales West
Total

Mid and West Wales
Results
Party Constituency[2] Regional[3] Total
seats		 ±
Votes % ±% Seats ± Votes % ±% Seats ±
Plaid Cymru 71,262 30 +3.0 3 65,450 27.5 +1.2 1 4
Conservative 70,182 29 +6.3 4 63,827 26.8 +6.2 0 4
Labour 59,180 25 +7.2 1 61,733 25.9 +6.5 2 3
Liberal Democrats 21,028 9 -7.8 0 16,181 6.8 -4.1 1 1
Green 2,912 1 -1.9 0 10,545 4.4 +0.6 0 0
UKIP 1,704 1 -10.1 0 3,731 1.6 -10.0 0 0
Other parties 12,045 5 +3.2 0 16,681 7.0 -0.3 0 0
Total 238,313 100 8 238,148 100 4 12
Elected regional members[4]
Seat Party MS
1 Plaid Cymru Cefin Campbell
2 Labour Eluned Morgan
3 Labour Joyce Watson
4 Liberal Democrats Jane Dodds

North Wales
Results
Party Constituency[2] Regional[3] Total
seats		 ±
Votes % ±% Seats ± Votes % ±% Seats ±
Labour 79,327 35 +2.5 4 73,120 32.3 +4.2 1 5
Conservative 71,957 32 +5.7 3 67,544 29.9 +7.6 2 5
Plaid Cymru 57,235 25 +0.8 2 53,950 23.9 +0.5 1 3
Liberal Democrats 8,027 4 -1.0 0 7,160 3.2 -1.4 0 0
Green Did not contest 6,586 2.9 +0.6 0 0
UKIP 3,180 1 -9.3 0 3,573 1.6 -10.9 0 0
Other parties 6,812 3 +2.9 0 14,266 6.3 -0.6 0 0
Total 226,538 100 9 226,199 100 4 13
Elected members[5]
Seat Party MS
1 Labour Carolyn Thomas
2 Conservative Mark Isherwood
3 Conservative Sam Rowlands
4 Plaid Cymru Llyr Gruffydd

South Wales Central
Results
Party Constituency Regional Total
seats		 ±
Votes % ±% Seats ± Votes % ±% Seats ±
Labour 102,611
Conservative 56,662
Plaid Cymru 46,478
Green 14,478
Liberal Democrats 11,821
Abolish the Welsh Assembly 8,396
UKIP 3,127
Reform UK 2,244
Other parties
Total
Elected members[6]
Seat Party MS
1 Conservative Andrew RT Davies
2 Plaid Cymru Rhys ab Owen
3 Conservative Joel James
4 Plaid Cymru Heledd Fychan

South Wales East
Results
Party Constituency Regional Total
seats		 ±
Votes % ±% Seats ± Votes % ±% Seats ±
Labour
Conservative
Plaid Cymru
Abolish the Welsh Assembly
Liberal Democrats
Green
Reform UK
UKIP
Total
Elected members[7]
Seat Party MS
1 Plaid Cymru Delyth Jewell
2 Plaid Cymru Laura Anne Jones
3 Conservative Natasha Asghar
4 Plaid Cymru Peredur Owen Griffiths

South Wales West
Results
Party Constituency Regional Total
seats		 ±
Votes % ±% Seats ± Votes % ±% Seats ±
Labour
Plaid Cymru
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Abolish the Welsh Assembly
Green
Reform UK
UKIP
Total
Elected members[8]
Seat Party MS
1 Thomas Giffard
2 Sioned Williams
3 Altaf Hussain
4 Luke Fletcher

Results by constituency

Turnout percentages were also published by Wales Online.[9]

Constituency Region 2016 2021 result Constituency vote share (%) Regional vote share (%)
Party MS Maj. Turnout Lab Con PC LD Grn AWA Oth. Lab Con PC LD Grn AWA Oth.
Aberavon South West Lab Lab David Rees 5,745 22,688 47.4 13.3 21.5 4.3 – 2.9 10.6 45.38 14.14 22.45 3.02 2.97 3.55 8.49
Aberconwy North Con Con Janet Finch-Saunders 3,336 23,543 25.4 41.7 27.5 3.1 – – 2.3 27.5 33.8 25.3 2.9 3.4 3.2 3.9
Alyn and Deeside North Lab Lab Jack Sargeant 4,378 25,843 48.8 31.9 7.3 6.1 – – 5.9 41.2 32.0 8.7 5.1 3.0 4.5 5.5
Arfon North PC PC Siân Gwenllian 8,652 21,478 23.5 8.3 63.3 3.0 – – 2.0 24.5 9.0 55.7 2.1 4.0 1.9 2.8
Blaenau Gwent South East Lab Lab Alun Davies 6,638 20,817 49.1 12.5 17.2 1.6 – 6.6 13.0 48.2 18.6 14.0 2.0 3.2 7.0 7.0
Brecon and Radnorshire Mid and West LD Con James Evans 3,820 32,115 15.5 39.7 6.5 27.8 4.8 3.8 6.7 14.87 36.61 8.71 21.27 5.7 5.65 2.39
Bridgend South West Lab Lab Sarah Murphy 4,064 29,461 42.0 28.3 10.5 2.7 – – 16.5
Caerphilly South East Lab Lab Hefin David 5,078 28,914 46.0 17.3 28.4 2.7 – 3.9 1.7
Cardiff Central South Central Lab Lab Jenny Rathbone 7,640 28,532 45.9 13.3 12.2 19.1 5.4
Cardiff North South Central Lab Lab Julie Morgan 6,593 40,655 47.6 31.4 8.1 4.0 4.8
Cardiff South and Penarth South Central Lab Lab Vaughan Gething 10,606 36,386 49.9 20.7 13.6 3.9 4.5
Cardiff West South Central Lab Lab Mark Drakeford 11,211 36,531 48.4 17.7 16.1 2.2 3.5
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Mid and West PC PC Adam Price 6,813 33,253 25.4 23.3 45.9 2.9 0.0
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Mid and West Con Con Samuel Kurtz 936 31,655 32.6 35.5 20.9 3.9 0.0
Ceredigion Mid and West PC PC Elin Jones 12,145 29,485 10.9 15.6 55.1 10.5 4.4
Clwyd South North Lab Lab Ken Skates 2,953 24,245 43.2 31.1 16.9 3.0 0.0
Clwyd West North Con Con Darren Millar 3,685 28,363 28.7 41.7 19.8 4.1 0.0
Cynon Valley South Central Lab Lab Vikki Howells 7,468 20,511 55.7 13.6 19.3 1.6 0.0
Delyn North Lab Lab Hannah Blythyn 3,711 26,303 48.6 34.5 7.9 4.1 0.0
Dwyfor Meirionnydd Mid and West PC PC Mabon ap Gwynfor 7,096 23,814 15.5 18.5 48.2 3.8 0.0
Gower South West Lab Lab Rebecca Evans 4,795 33,164 47.1 32.7 11.9 2.6 3.3
Islwyn South East Lab Lab Rhianon Passmore 5,239 24,481 40.7 15.9 16.1 1.9 0.0
Llanelli Mid and West Lab Lab Lee Waters 5,675 30,218 46.1 16.4 27.3 2.0 0.0
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney South East Lab Lab Dawn Bowden 9,311 21,154 61.5 12.6 17.5 2.0 0.0
Monmouth South East Con Con Peter Fox 3,845 35,883 32.0 42.7 5.8 5.3 5.6
Montgomeryshire Mid and West Con Con Russell George 7,528 24,987 14.3 48.1 17.9 16.8 0.0
Neath South East Lab Lab Jeremy Miles 5,221 27,578 42.3 14.9 23.4 1.4 3.8
Newport East South East Lab Lab John Griffiths 3,584 22,988 47.1 31.6 8.0 6.8 0.0
Newport West South East Lab Lab Jayne Bryant 3,906 29,112 48.2 35.0 7.0 3.0 4.4
Ogmore South West Lab Lab Huw Irranca-Davies 8,165 24,494 52.5 18.7 19.2 1.8 0.0
Pontypridd South Central Lab Lab Mick Antoniw 5,328 27,556 41.8 20.5 22.4 2.3 2.4
Preseli Pembrokeshire Mid and West Con Con Paul Davies 1,400 31,516 34.6 39.0 19.5 3.0 0.0
Rhondda South Central PC Lab Buffy Williams 5,497 23,458 54.7 6.4 31.3 0.9 0.0
Swansea East South West Lab Lab Mike Hedges 9,700 21,098 60.1 13.7 15.1 4.9 0.0
Swansea West South West Lab Lab Julie James 6,521 24,162 46.4 19.2 16.3 6.9 4.6
Torfaen South East Lab Lab Lynne Neagle 5,321 23,935 48.3 26.1 10.7 4.9 0.0
Vale of Clwyd North Lab Con Gareth Davies 366 26,053 40.0 41.4 11.4 3.0 0.0
Vale of Glamorgan South Central Lab Lab Jane Hutt 3,270 41,413 43.5 35.9 8.6 2.3 2.9
Wrexham North Lab Lab Lesley Griffiths 1,352 22,606 37.4 31.4 21.4 3.3 0.0
Ynys Môn North PC PC Rhun ap Iorwerth 10,206 27,734 19.1 20.5 55.9 2.0 0.0
Total 1,118,084

New members

20 of the members elected to the Senedd in the election were not members of the previous Senedd.

Constituency

Regional

Incumbents defeated
Defeated MLA Party Constituency/region New MLA Party Ref.
Leanne Wood Plaid Cymru Rhondda Buffy Williams Labour [10]
Nick Ramsay Independent[lower-alpha 1] Monmouth Peter Fox Conservative [11]
Gareth Bennett Independent[lower-alpha 2] South Wales Central
Michelle Brown Independent[lower-alpha 2] North Wales
Neil Hamilton UKIP Mid and West Wales
Caroline Jones Independent[lower-alpha 2] South Wales West
Helen Mary Jones Plaid Cymru Mid and West Wales
Mandy Jones Reform UK[lower-alpha 2] North Wales
Dai Lloyd Plaid Cymru South Wales West
Neil McEvoy Propel[lower-alpha 3] South Wales Central
Mark Reckless Abolish[lower-alpha 2] South Wales East
David Rowlands Reform UK[lower-alpha 2] South Wales East

Notes
  1. Originally elected for the Conservatives
  2. Originally elected for UKIP
  3. Originally elected for Plaid Cymru

References
  1. "Election Results 2021 – what's changed?". research.senedd.wales.
  2. Sam Pilling (16 July 2021). "Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament elections 2021" (PDF). Parliament.uk. pp. 32–36. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  3. Sam Pilling (16 July 2021). "Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament elections 2021" (PDF). Parliament.uk. pp. 42–43. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  4. "Election results for Mid and West Wales Senedd Election (Regional) 2021 - Thursday, 6 May 2021". Senedd. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. "Election results for North Wales Senedd Election (Regional) 2021 - Thursday, 6 May 2021". Senedd. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. "Election results for South Wales Central, 6 May 2021". business.senedd.wales. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  7. "Election results for South Wales East, 6 May 2021". business.senedd.wales. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  8. "Election results for South Wales West, 6 May 2021". business.senedd.wales. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  9. Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  10. Hudson, Jack (7 May 2021). "Senedd election: Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood ousted by Labour". The National Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  11. Barnes, Dan (12 May 2021). "Outgoing Monmouth MS Nick Ramsay looks back on 14 years". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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