Senedd elections and reform

A theme within the brief The constitution.

Contributions: 220; in the Seventh Senedd
Members who raised it: 35
Latest month: 93; October 2026

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Month	Contributions
May 2026	2
June 2026	9
July 2026	8
August 2026	No sittings
September 2026	108
October 2026	93

Which parties raise it

Welsh Conservatives3.3%
25 of 758
Reform UK2.9%
53 of 1,857
Welsh Labour1.4%
12 of 874
Plaid Cymru1.1%

Latest contributions

220 contributions in the Seventh Senedd, newest first.

Elyn StephensPlaid
17 September 2026Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
And in terms of data sharing, I think there's been some precedent set for data sharing between the Department for Work and Pensions for other things involving Welsh Government. Has any consideration been given to outside sources of data, especially those that would cover some of the most vulnerable…
Tagged from the title of its item or question: “Electoral Reform”Official Record
Tom Hawthorn
17 September 2026Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
Yes, so that's going to be determined by each registration officer independently, based on their own assessment of the availability of the data and whether it is suitable for the matching purpose that they need to use. As you mentioned, council tax is absolutely the largest data set that's available…
Tagged from the title of its item or question: “Electoral Reform”Official Record

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“Senedd reform”
“closed list”
“closed lists”
“electoral reform”
“electoral system”
“voting system”
“proportional representation”
“Senedd election”
“Senedd elections”
“votes at 16”
“Electoral Commission”
“Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections)”
“Elections and Elected Bodies”
“recall of Members”
“deception”

Senedd elections and reform

A theme within the brief The constitution.

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Contributions: 220; in the Seventh Senedd
Members who raised it: 35
Latest month: 93; October 2026

Month by month

Contributions tagged in each month of the Seventh Senedd. No sittings were held in August 2026.

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Month	Contributions
May 2026	2
June 2026	9
July 2026	8
August 2026	No sittings
September 2026	108
October 2026	93

Which parties raise it

Welsh Conservatives3.3%
25 of 758
Reform UK2.9%
53 of 1,857
Welsh Labour1.4%
12 of 874
Plaid Cymru1.1%

Latest contributions

220 contributions in the Seventh Senedd, newest first.

Elyn StephensPlaid
17 September 2026Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
And in terms of data sharing, I think there's been some precedent set for data sharing between the Department for Work and Pensions for other things involving Welsh Government. Has any consideration been given to outside sources of data, especially those that would cover some of the most vulnerable…
Tagged from the title of its item or question: “Electoral Reform”Official Record
Tom Hawthorn
17 September 2026Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
Yes, so that's going to be determined by each registration officer independently, based on their own assessment of the availability of the data and whether it is suitable for the matching purpose that they need to use. As you mentioned, council tax is absolutely the largest data set that's available…
Tagged from the title of its item or question: “Electoral Reform”Official Record

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Phrases

“Senedd reform”
“closed list”
“closed lists”
“electoral reform”
“electoral system”
“voting system”
“proportional representation”
“Senedd election”
“Senedd elections”
“votes at 16”
“Electoral Commission”
“Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections)”
“Elections and Elected Bodies”
“recall of Members”
“deception”

Member	Contributions	Share of their speeches
Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning	2235.5%	35.5%22 of 62
Carmelo Colasanto Reform	1910.7%	10.7%19 of 178
Peter Fox Conservative	1115.7%	15.7%11 of 70
Francesca O'Brien Reform	924.3%	24.3%9 of 37
Elyn Stephens Plaid	821.6%	21.6%8 of 37
Mike Hedges Labour	87.4%	7.4%8 of 108
David Hughes Reform	721.2%	21.2%7 of 33
Darren Millar Conservative	65.7%	5.7%6 of 105
Cai Parry-Jones Reform	43.9%	3.9%4 of 103
Sarah Cooper-Lesadd Plaid	43.4%	3.4%4 of 118

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