Senedd electoral region | |
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South Wales Central shown within Wales | |
Created 1999 | |
Current representation | |
Labour | 8 MSs |
Conservative | 2 MSs |
Plaid Cymru | 2 MSs |
Constituencies 1. Cardiff Central 2. Cardiff North 3. Cardiff South and Penarth 4. Cardiff West 5. Cynon Valley 6. Pontypridd 7. Rhondda 8. Vale of Glamorgan | |
Preserved counties Mid Glamorgan (part) South Glamorgan (part) |
South Wales Central (Welsh: Canol De Cymru) is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in 1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd (MSs) by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up MSs, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results reckoned as pre elected list members.