Welsh Assembly election, 2007

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The Welsh Assembly Election 2007 will be a general election to the National Assembly for Wales, to take place on Thursday 3 May, 2007.

It will be the third election for seats in the National Assembly for Wales, (previous elections in 1999 and 2003).

As of 2005, the National Assembly is the only gender-balanced parliament in the world with 30 female Assembly members and 30 male Assembly members.

Contents 1 Major Parties 2 Constituency Nominations 3 Notional Election 2003 4 External link 5 See also

[edit] Major Parties

2007 Welsh Assembly Election - Party Leaders
Labour		Plaid Cymru		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
				Image:Nick Bourne.jpg		Image:Mike German.jpg
Rhodri Morgan First Minister of Wales and Leader of the Welsh Labour Party		Ieuan Wyn Jones Leader of Plaid Cymru in the Assembly		Nick Bourne Leader of the Welsh Conservative and Unionist Party		Michael German Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats
Age	67	Age	56	Age	54	Age	62
Parliament	Welsh Assembly 7 years & UK Parliament - 14 years (1987 - 2001)	Parliament	Welsh Assembly 7 years & UK Parliament - 14 years (1987 - 2001)	Parliament	Welsh Assembly 7 years	Parliament	Welsh Assembly 7 years
Leader since	2000	Leader since	2003	Leader since	1999	Leader since	2000
Profession		Profession	Solicitor	Profession	Former Professor of Law and university lecturer	Profession	Teacher

[edit] Constituency Nominations

Constituency	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Plaid Cymru	Others
Aberavon	Daisy Meyland-Smith	Brian Gibbons
Aberconwy	Dylan Jones-Evans	Deniese Idris Jones		Gareth Jones
Alyn and Deeside		Carl Seargant
Arfon		Martin Eaglestone		Alun Ffred Jones
Blaenau Gwent	Thomas Goodhead	Keren Bender			Trish Law
Brecon and Radnorshire	Suzy Davies		Kirsty Williams
Bridgend	Emma Greenow	Carwyn Jones
Caerphilly	Richard Foley	Jeff Cuthbert
Cardiff Central	Andrew Murphy		Jenny Randerson
Cardiff North	Jonathan Morgan	Sophie Howe	Ed Bridges
Cardiff South and Penarth	Karen Robson	Lorraine Barrett	Dominic Hannigan
Cardiff West	"Craig Williams"	Rhodri Morgan	Alison Goldworthy	Neil McEvoy
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Henrietta Hensher	Kevin Madge		Rhodri Glyn Thomas
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Angela Burns	Christene Gwyther
Ceredigion	Trefor Jones		John Davies	Elin Jones	Leila Kiersch (Green)
Clwyd South	John Bell	Karen Sinclair		Nia Davies
Clwyd West	Darren Millar	Alun Pugh		Phil Edwards
Cynon Valley		Christene Chapman
Delyn	Antoinette Sandbach	Sandy Mewies
Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Mike Wood			Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Gower	Byron Davies	Edwina Hart	Nick Tregonnig
Islwyn		Irene James
Llanelli	Andrew Morgan	Catherine Thomas		Helen Mary Jones
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney		Huw Lewis
Monmouth	Nick Ramsey	Richard Clarke
Montgomeryshire	Dan Munford		Mick Bates
Neath	Andrew Silvertsen	Gwenda Thomas	Sheila Waye	Alun Llewelyn
Newport East		John Griffiths	Ed Townsend
Newport West	Matthew Evans	Rosemary Buttler	Nigel Flanagan
Ogmore	Norma Lloyd Nesling	Janice Gregory
Pontypridd		Jane Davidson	Michael, Powell
Preseli Pembrokeshire	Paul Davies	Tamsin Dunwoody		John Osmond
Rhondda		Leighton Andrews	Karen Roberts	Jill Evans
Swansea East		Val Lloyd	Helen Ceri Clarke
Swansea West	Harri Lloyd Davies	Andrew Davies	Peter May
Torfaen	Graham Smith	Lynne Neagle
Vale of Clwyd	Matt Wright	Ann Jones
Vale of Glamorgan	Gordon Kemp	Jane Hutt	Mark Hooper
Wrexham		Leslie Griffiths	Bruce Roberts		John Marek
Ynys Môn	James Roach	Jonathan Austin		Ieuan Wyn Jones

[edit] Notional Election 2003

Due to boundary changes the composition of the outgoing Assembly will not reflect the Assembly that was elected in May 2003. The main changes are in Gwynedd where the constituencies of Conwy, Carnarfon, and Meirionydd nant Conwy are replaced by Arfon, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, and Aberconwy

[edit] External link

• The Electoral Commission's future elections timetable

[edit] See also

• Welsh Assembly election, 1999
• Welsh Assembly election, 2003
• Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2007 and United Kingdom local elections, 2007 the same day