Members of the 2nd National Assembly for Wales

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The Welsh Assembly Building (Senedd) under-construction in 2005
Overview
Legislative body	National Assembly for Wales
Jurisdiction	Wales, United Kingdom
Meeting place	Senedd building, Cardiff
Term	1 May 2003 (2003-05-01) – 3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
Election	2003 National Assembly for Wales election
Government	Second Morgan government (2003–07)
Opposition	Shadow Cabinet of Ieuan Wyn Jones (2003–07)
Members	60
Presiding Officer	Dafydd Elis-Thomas (2003–07)
First Minister	Rhodri Morgan (2003–07)

This is a list of Assembly Members (AMs; Welsh: Aelodau'r Cynulliad, ACau) elected to the second National Assembly for Wales at the 2003 election. There are a total of 60 members elected, 40 were elected from first past the post constituencies with a further 20 members being returned from five regions, each electing four AMs through mixed member proportional representation.

Composition of the Assembly

Party		2003 election	Currently
•	Labour	30	29
	Plaid Cymru	12	12
	Conservative	11	11
	Liberal Democrats	6	6
	Independent	0	1
Total		60	60

Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

AMs by party

This is a list of AMs elected in 2003.

Party		Name	Constituency or region
	Labour (29)	Leighton Andrews	Rhondda
		Lorraine Barrett	Cardiff South and Penarth
		Rosemary Butler	Newport West
		Christine Chapman	Cynon Valley
		Jeffrey Cuthbert	Caerphilly
		Jane Davidson	Pontypridd
		Andrew Davies	Swansea West
		Tamsin Dunwoody	Preseli Pembrokeshire
		Sue Essex	Cardiff North
		Brian Gibbons	Aberavon
		Janice Gregory	Ogmore
		John Griffiths	Newport East
		Christine Gwyther	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
		Edwina Hart	Gower
		Jane Hutt	Vale of Glamorgan
		Irene James	Islwyn
		Ann Jones	Vale of Clwyd
		Carwyn Jones	Bridgend
		Peter Law	Blaenau Gwent
		Huw Lewis	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
		Val Lloyd	Swansea East
		Sandy Mewies	Delyn
		Rhodri Morgan	Cardiff West
		Lynne Neagle	Torfaen
		Alun Pugh	Clwyd West
		Carl Sargeant	Alyn and Deeside
		Karen Sinclair	Clwyd South
		Catherine Thomas	Llanelli
		Gwenda Thomas	Neath
	Plaid Cymru (12)
		Janet Davies	South Wales West
		Jocelyn Davies	South Wales East
		Alun Ffred Jones	Caernarfon
		Denise Idris Jones	Conwy
		Elin Jones	Ceredigion
		Helen Mary Jones	Mid and West Wales
		Ieuan Wyn Jones	Ynys Môn
		David Lloyd	South Wales West
		Janet Ryder	North Wales
		Owen John Thomas	South Wales Central
		Rhodri Glyn Thomas	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
		Leanne Wood	South Wales Central
	Conservative (11)
		Nick Bourne	Mid and West Wales
		Alun Cairns	South Wales West
		David Davies	Monmouth
		Glyn Davies	Mid and West Wales
		Lisa Francis	Mid and West Wales
		William Graham	South Wales East
		Mark Isherwood	North Wales
		Laura Anne Jones	South Wales East
		David Melding	South Wales Central
		Jonathan Morgan	South Wales Central
		Brynle Williams	North Wales
	Liberal Democrats (6)
		Mick Bates	Montgomeryshire
		Peter Black	South Wales West
		Mike German	South Wales East
		Christine Humphreys	North Wales
		Jenny Randerson	Cardiff Central
		Kirsty Williams	Brecon and Radnorshire
	JMIP (1)	John Marek	Wrexham
	Presiding Officer (1)	Dafydd Elis-Thomas	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy

Members by constituency and region

Constituency members

Assembly Member
Constituency	Name		Party
Aberavon		Brian Gibbons	Labour
Alyn and Deeside		Carl Sargeant	Labour
Blaenau Gwent		Peter Law	Labour
Brecon and Radnorshire		Kirsty Williams	Liberal Democrats
Bridgend		Carwyn Jones	Labour
Caernarfon		Alun Ffred Jones	Plaid Cymru
Caerphilly		Jeffrey Cuthbert	Labour
Cardiff Central		Jenny Randerson	Liberal Democrats
Cardiff North		Sue Essex	Labour
Cardiff South and Penarth		Lorraine Barrett	Labour Co-op
Cardiff West		Rhodri Morgan	Labour
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr		Rhodri Glyn Thomas	Plaid Cymru
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire		Christine Gwyther	Labour
Ceredigion		Elin Jones	Plaid Cymru
Clwyd South		Karen Sinclair	Labour
Clwyd West		Alun Pugh	Labour
Conwy		Denise Idris Jones	Labour
Cynon Valley		Christine Chapman	Labour Co-op
Delyn		Sandy Mewies	Labour
Gower		Edwina Hart	Labour
Islwyn		Irene James	Labour
Llanelli		Catherine Thomas	Labour
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Presiding Officer)	Plaid Cymru
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney		Huw Lewis	Labour Co-op
Monmouth		David Davies	Conservative
Montgomeryshire		Mick Bates	Liberal Democrats
Neath		Gwenda Thomas	Labour
Newport East		John Griffiths	Labour Co-op
Newport West		Rosemary Butler	Labour
Ogmore		Janice Gregory	Labour
Pontypridd		Jane Davidson	Labour
Preseli Pembrokeshire		Tamsin Dunwoody	Labour
Rhondda		Leighton Andrews	Labour
Swansea East		Val Lloyd	Labour
Swansea West		Andrew Davies	Labour
Torfaen		Lynne Neagle	Labour
Vale of Clwyd		Ann Jones	Labour
Vale of Glamorgan		Jane Hutt	Labour
Wrexham		John Marek	JMIP
Ynys Môn		Ieuan Wyn Jones	Plaid Cymru

Regional members

Assembly Member
Region	Name		Party
North Wales
		Eleanor Burnham	Liberal Democrats
		Mark Isherwood	Conservative
		Janet Ryder	Plaid Cymru
		Brynle Williams	Conservative
Mid and West Wales
		Nick Bourne	Conservative
		Cynog Dafis	Plaid Cymru
		Glyn Davies	Conservative
		Lisa Francis	Conservative
South Wales West
		Peter Black	Liberal Democrats
		Alun Cairns	Conservative
		Janet Davies	Plaid Cymru
		David Lloyd	Plaid Cymru
South Wales Central
		David Melding	Conservative
		Jonathan Morgan	Conservative
		Owen John Thomas	Plaid Cymru
		Leanne Wood	Plaid Cymru
South Wales East
		Jocelyn Davies	Plaid Cymru
		Michael German	Liberal Democrats
		William Graham	Conservative
		Laura Anne Jones	Conservative

See also

• Government of the 2nd National Assembly for Wales
• 2003 National Assembly for Wales election

References