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WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES
The National Assembly for Wales, first elected
in May 1999, has forty Assembly Members (AMs) elected by first-past-the-post
for the same constituencies used at Westminster, and twenty chosen from
regional party top-up lists to represent the five regions used in the
European Parliament. These additional regional members (marked with *
on Table 1) ensure that the Assembly's party balance reflects the popular
vote by giving extra seats to parties whose number of constituency seats
is proportionately less than their share of votes. In 1999 the Labour
Party, over half of whose AMs are women, used a system of twinning, whereby
neighbouring constituency associations nominated one woman and one man
as candidates, and their numbers increased further in 2003. The Welsh
Assembly now leads the world with women's representation being equal with
men. Former women members >>>>
Table 1: Current women AMs
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Name
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Party
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Constituency
or region
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Dates
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Barrett,
Lorraine
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Labour
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Cardiff
South & Penarth
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1999-date
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Butler,
Rosemary
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Labour
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Newport
West
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1999-date
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Chapman,
Christine
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Labour
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Cynon
Valley
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1999-date
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Davidson,
Jane
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Labour
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Pontypridd
|
1999-date
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Dunwoody-Kneafsey,
Tamsin
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Labour
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Preseli
Pembrokeshire
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2003-date
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Essex,
Sue
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Labour
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Cardiff
North
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1999-date
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Gregory,
Janice
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Labour
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Ogmore
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1999-date
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Gwyther,
Christine
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Labour
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Carmarthen
West & South Pembrokeshire
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1999-date
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Hart,
Edwina
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Labour
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Gower
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1999-date
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Hutt,
Jane
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Labour
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Vale
of Glamorgan
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1999-date
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James, Irene
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Labour
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Islwyn
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2003-date
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Idris-Jones,
Denise
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Labour
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Conwy
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2003-date
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Jones,
Ann
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Labour
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Vale
of Clwyd
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1999-date
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Lloyd,
Val
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Labour
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Swansea
East
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2001-date
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Mewies, Sandra
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Labour
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Delyn
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2003-date
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Neagle,
Lynne
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Labour
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Torfaen
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1999-date
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Sinclair,
Karen
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Labour
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Clwyd
South
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1999-date
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Thomas, Catherine
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Labour
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Llanelli
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2003-date
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Thomas,
Gwenda
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Labour
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Neath
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1999-date
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Burnham,
Eleanor
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Liberal
Democrat
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North
Wales *
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2001-date
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Randerson,
Jenny
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Liberal
Democrat
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Cardiff
Central
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1999-date
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Williams,
Kirsty
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Liberal
Democrat
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Brecon
& Radnor
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1999-date
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Davies,
Janet
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Plaid
Cymru
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South
Wales West *
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1999-date
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Davies,
Jocelyn
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Plaid
Cymru
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South
Wales East *
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1999-date
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Jarman,
Pauline
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Plaid
Cymru
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South
Wales Central *
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1999-date
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Jones,
Elin
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Plaid
Cymru
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Ceredigion
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1999-date
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Ryder,
Janet
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Plaid
Cymru
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North
Wales *
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1999-date
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Wood,
Leanne
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Plaid
Cymru
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South
Wales Central *
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2003-date
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Jones, Laura
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Conservative
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South
Wales East *
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2003-date
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Francis, Lisa
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Conservative
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Mid
& East Wales *
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2003-date
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Table 2: National Assembly election
results by gender and party, 2003
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Party
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Constituency
women AMs
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Constituency
men AMs
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Regional
women AMs
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Regional
men AMs
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%
Women
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Labour
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19..
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11..
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0
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0
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63
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Plaid
Cymru
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1
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4
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5
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2
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50
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Liberal
Democrat
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2
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1
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1
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2
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50
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Conservative
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0
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1
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2
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8
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18
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Other
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0
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1
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0
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0
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..0
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Total
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22
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18..
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8
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12..
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50
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