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This is a list of women who are or have been members of the Senedd.

The Senedd (Welsh Parliament; {{Langx|cy|Senedd Cymru}}) has sixty seats. At each election the Senedd has returned some of the highest rates of female representation in the world. At the 2003 election 30 women and 30 men were elected. Following a by-election in 2006 there were 31 women and 29 men who all served until the 2007 election.{{cite web|author=Jac Larner |url=http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wales/2016/10/12/gender-and-representation-in-national-assembly-for-wales-elections/ |title=Gender and Representation in National Assembly for Wales Elections |work=Thinking Wales – Meddwl Cymru |publisher=Cardiff University |date=12 October 2016 |accessdate=11 May 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170405220332/http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wales/2016/10/12/gender-and-representation-in-national-assembly-for-wales-elections/ | archive-date = 5 April 2017 }}

Following the May 2021 election there are 26 women and 34 men.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;line-height:14px"
style="width:100px" | Date

! data-sort- type="number" width:100px;"| Female ♀

! data-sort- type="number" width:100px;"| Male ♂

1999 election

|24

|36

2000Following the resignation of Alun Michael and the return of Delyth Evans on 1 May 2000

|25

|35

2003 election

|30

|30

2006Following the Blaenau Gwent by-election on 29 June 2006

|31

|29

2007 election

|28

|32

2010Following the resignation of Mike German and the return of Veronica German on 1 July 2010

|29

|31

2011 election

|25

|35

2016 election

|25

|35

2017Following the resignation of Nathan Gill and the return of Mandy Jones on 27 December 2017

|26

|34

2018Following the resignation of Simon Thomas on 26 July 2018 and return of Helen Mary Jones

|27

|33

2019Following the death of Steffan Lewis on 11 January 2019 and return of Delyth Jewell

|28

|32

2020Following the death of Mohammad Asghar on 16 June 2020 and return of Laura Ann Jones

|29

|31

2021 election

|26

|34

List of female members of the Senedd

class="wikitable sortable"
colspan=2|Party

! Name

! Senedd constituency

! Year elected

! Year left

! Reason

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Lorraine|Barrett}}

|Cardiff South and Penarth

|1999

|2011

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Dame Rosemary|Butler|Rosemary Butler (politician)}}

|Newport West

|1999

|2016

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Christine|Chapman}}

|Cynon Valley

|1999

|2016

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Jane|Davidson}}

|Pontypridd

|1999

|2011

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|{{sortname|Janet|Davies|dab=Welsh politician}}

|South Wales West

|1999

|2007

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|{{sortname|Jocelyn|Davies}}

|South Wales East

|1999

|2016

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Sue|Essex}}

|Cardiff North

|1999

|2007

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Val|Feld}}

|Swansea East

|1999

|2001

|Died

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Janice|Gregory}}

|Ogmore

|1999

|2016

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Christine|Gwyther}}

|Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

|1999

|2007

|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Alison|Halford}}

|Delyn

|1999

|2003

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Edwina|Hart}} MBE

|Gower

|1999

|2016

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}

|{{sortname|Christine|Humphreys}}

|North Wales

|1999

|2001

|Resigned

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Jane|Hutt}}

|Vale of Glamorgan

|1999

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|{{sortname|Pauline|Jarman}}

|South Wales Central

|1999

|2003

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Ann|Jones|dab=politician}}

|Vale of Clwyd

|1999

|2021

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|{{sortname|Elin|Jones}}

|South Wales Central

|1999

|

|Serving

rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|rowspan=2|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Helen Mary|Jones}}

|Llanelli and Mid and West Wales

|1999

|2011

|Defeated

Mid and West Wales

|2018Replaced Simon Thomas in 2018

|2021

|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Lynne|Neagle}}

|Torfaen

|1999

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}

|{{sortname|Jenny|Randerson}}

|Cardiff Central

|1999

|2011

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|{{sortname|Janet|Ryder}}

|North Wales

|1999

|2011

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Karen|Sinclair}}

|Clwyd South

|1999

|2011

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Gwenda|Thomas}}

|Neath

|1999

|2016

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}

|{{sortname|Kirsty|Williams}}

|Brecon and Radnorshire

|1999

|2021

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Delyth|Evans}}

|Mid and West Wales

|2000

|2003

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}

|{{sortname|Eleanor|Burnham}}

|North Wales

|2001

|2011

|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Val|Lloyd}}

|Swansea East

|2001

|2011

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Tamsin|Dunwoody}}

|Preseli Pembrokeshire

|2003

|2007

|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Conservatives}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Conservatives}}

|{{sortname|Lisa|Francis}}

|Mid and West Wales

|2003

|2007

|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Irene|James}}

|Islwyn

|2003

|2011

|Retired

rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Conservatives}}" |

|rowspan=2 |{{party shortname linked|Welsh Conservatives}}

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Laura Anne|Jones}}

|rowspan=2 |South Wales East

|2003

|2007

|Defeated

2020Replaced Mohammad Asghar in 2020

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Sandy|Mewies}}

|Delyn

|2003

|2016

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Catherine|Thomas}}

|Llanelli

|2003

|2007

|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|{{sortname|Leanne|Wood}}

|South Wales Central then Rhondda

|2003

|2021

|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Blaenau Gwent People's Voice}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Blaenau Gwent People's Voice}}

|{{sortname|Trish|Law}}

|Blaenau Gwent

|2006

|2011

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Conservatives}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Conservatives}}

|{{sortname|Angela|Burns}}

|Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

|2007

|2021

|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|{{sortname|Nerys|Evans}}

|Mid and West Wales

|2007

|2011

|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Lesley|Griffiths}}

|Wrexham

|2007

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|{{sortname|Bethan|Jenkins (later Sayed)|Bethan Sayed}}

|South Wales West

|2007

|2021

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Joyce|Watson}}

|Mid and West Wales

|2007

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}

|{{sortname|Veronica|German}}

|South Wales East

|2010

|2011

|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Conservatives}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Conservatives}}

|{{sortname|Suzy|Davies}}

|South Wales West

|2011

|2021

|Retired

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Rebecca|Evans|dab=politician}}

|Gower

|2011

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Conservatives}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Conservatives}}

|{{sortname|Janet|Finch-Saunders}}

|Aberconwy

|2011

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Julie|James|Julie James (politician)}}

|Swansea West

|2011

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Julie|Morgan}}

|Cardiff North

|2011

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}

|{{sortname|Eluned|Parrott}}

|South Wales Central

|2011

|2016

|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Jenny|Rathbone}}

|Cardiff Central

|2011

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Conservatives}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Conservatives}}

|{{sortname|Antoinette|Sandbach}}

|North Wales

|2011

|2015

|Resigned

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Conservatives}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Conservatives}}

|{{sortname|Janet|Haworth}} Replaced Antoinette Sandbach in 2015

|North Wales

|2015

|2016

|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Hannah|Blythyn}}

|Delyn

|2016

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Dawn|Bowden}}

|Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

|2016

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|UK Independence Party}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|UK Independence Party}}

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Michelle|Brown}}

|rowspan=2|North Wales

|rowspan=2|2016

|rowspan=2|2021

|rowspan=2| Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|Independent

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Jayne|Bryant}}

|Newport West

|2016

|

| Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|{{sortname|Siân|Gwenllian}}

|Arfon

|2016

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Vikki|Howells}}

|Cynon Valley

|2016

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|UK Independence Party}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|UK Independence Party}}

|rowspan=4|{{sortname|Caroline|Jones|dab=politician}}

|rowspan=4|South Wales West

|rowspan=4|2016

|rowspan=4| 2021

|rowspan=4|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|Independent

style="background-color: {{party color|Brexit Party}}" |

|Brexit Party

style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|Independent

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Eluned|Morgan}}

|Mid and West Wales

|2016

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Rhianon|Passmore}}

|Islwyn

|2016

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|UK Independence Party}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|UK Independence Party}}

|rowspan=4|{{sortname|Mandy|Jones|dab=politician}}

|rowspan=4|North Wales

|rowspan=4|2016

|rowspan=4|2021

|rowspan=4|Defeated

style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|Independent

style="background-color: {{party color|Brexit Party}}" |

|Brexit Party

style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}} |

|Independent

style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|{{sortname|Delyth|Jewell}}

|South Wales East

|2019

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Conservatives}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Conservatives}}

|{{sortname|Natasha|Asghar}}

|South Wales East

|2021

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}

|{{sortname|Jane|Dodds}}

|Mid and West Wales

|2021

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|{{sortname|Heledd|Fychan}}

|South Wales Central

|2021

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Sarah|Murphy|dab=politician}}

|Bridgend

|2021

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Carolyn|Thomas}}

|North Wales

|2021

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Welsh Labour}}

|{{sortname|Elizabeth "Buffy"|Williams|Buffy Williams}}

|Rhondda

|2021

|

|Serving

style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |

|{{party shortname linked|Plaid Cymru}}

|{{sortname|Sioned|Williams}}

|South Wales West

|2021

|

|Serving

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