List of Welsh Assembly by-elections

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Thus far there have been only two by-elections to the National Assembly for Wales.

Where seats changed political party at the by-election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, green for a Plaid Cymru (PC) gain, blue for a Conservative and Unionist gain, yellow for a Liberal Democrat, and grey for any other gain.

[edit] Assembly 1999-2003

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained at 2003 election
Swansea East	September 27, 2001	Val Feld		Labour	Valerie Lloyd		Labour	Death (cancer)	Yes

[edit] Assembly 2003-2007

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained at 2007 election
Blaenau Gwent	June 29, 2006	Peter Law		Labour/Independent	Trish Law		Independent	Death (brain tumour)	Yes

Peter Law left the Labour Party and sat as an independent prior to his death. The by-election was won by his widow.

[edit] Assembly 2007-2011

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained at 2011 election

By-elections in the United Kingdom
British Parliament: 1885–1900 • 1900–1918 • 1918–1931 • 1931–1950 • 1950–1979 • 1979–present
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