Will there be new faces or more of the same?
ON May 6, voters in Wales will choose the people they want to represent them in the Senedd.
The elections will see 60 people selected to be Members of the Senedd.
Every voter gets two votes, one for their constituency and one for their region.
All 40 constituencies elect one person on a firstpast-the-post basis and four people are chosen from each of the five regions, using a form of proportional representation. In the last election, in 2016, Labour won 29 seats, Plaid Cymru 12, the Conservatives 11, Ukip had seven seats and there was one Liberal Democrat elected.
The count will take place on Friday, May 7, not overnight as is usual.
The nominations have now closed, meaning we can report the full list of candidates.
CARMARTHEN EAST
AND DINEFWR Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price is the current MS for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. In 2016 he secured 48.5% of the vote. It is seen as a safe seat for Plaid Cymru.
The candidates Carmarthen East Dinefwr for 2021:
■ Monica French - Liberal Democrats
■ Havard Hughes
■ Rob James - Labour
■ Karl Pollard - Reform Uk-changing Politics for Good
■ Adam
Cymru
Price - - in and
Conservatives
Plaid
CARMARTHEN WEST AND SOUTH
PEMBROKESHIRE There will be a new MS for the constituency after Conservative AM Angela Burns announced she will not stand again.
She has been MS since 2007, when the seat was held by Labour. In 2016, Mrs Burns had 35.4% of the vote, with Labour 11.5% behind.
The candidates in Carmarthen West and South Pembs for 2021:
■ Alistair Cameron - Liberal Democrats
■ Cefin Campbell Cymru
■ Paul Dowson - Scrap The Assembly
■ Jon Harvey - Independent
■ Riaz Hassan - Labour
■ Sam Kurtz - Conservatives
■ Peter
UK
Elin
Prosser -
Plaid
UKIP - Reform
CEREDIGION Jones has been
the
MS for Ceredigion since 1999 and her majority in the last election was 8.2%, up from 6.1% the election before.
With the exception of 1999, the Liberal Democrats have come second in every Senedd election.
The candidates in Ceredigion for 2021:
■ Cadan ap Tomos - Liberal Democrats
■ Stephanie Evans - Freedom Alliance – Integrity, Society, Economy
■ Harry Hayfield - Green Party
■ Gethin James
UK
■ Amanda Jenner
■ Elin Jones - Plaid Cymru ■ Dylan Lewis-rowlands - Labour - Reform
LLANELLI
- Conservatives
Llanelli has been represented by both Plaid Cymru and Labour since the first Assembly in 1999 and is hotly contested by the two parties. Lee Waters is the current MS after he beat Plaid Cymru’s Helen Mary Jones by just 1.3% in 2016. She has since returned to the Assembly, replacing Simon Thomas on the regional list.
The candidates in for 2021:
■ Gareth Beer
UK
■ Jon Burree Democrats
■ Sian Caiach - Gwlad The Welsh Independence Party
■ Helen Mary Cymru
■ Howard Lillyman - UKIP Scrap the Assembly
■ Shahana Najmi - Independent
■ Stefan Ryszewski - Conservatives
■ Lee Waters - Labour - -
Llanellif
Reform
Liberal
Jones
Plaid
■ We will take a more in-depth look at the constituencies next week.