Everything about Welsh Assembly Members totally explained
The
National Assembly for Wales is composed of 60 members known as
AMs or
Assembly Members (in
Welsh:
ACau or
Aelodau'r Cynulliad).
Methods of election
AMSs are elected in one of two ways:
- first past the post constituency AMs or;
- regional additional-member AMs.
Forty are
elected as constituency AMs and twenty are elected as additional members, four from each of five regional groups of
constituencies. This
additional member system produces a form of
proportional representation for each region.
Elections
All AMs positions become simultaneously vacant for
elections held on a four year
cycle. If a
vacancy arises at another time, due to
death or
resignation, then it may be filled in one of two ways, depending of whether the
vacancy is for a
first-past-the-post constituency AM or for an additional-member AM.
A constituency vacancy may be filled by a
by-election. An additional-member vacancy may be filled by the next available candidate on the relevant party list.
Further Information
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