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This is a '''list of regional member changes''' (co-options) '''to the Senedd''' (Welsh Parliament; {{Langx|cy|Senedd Cymru}}; formerly the National Assembly of Wales before 2020). Under the provisions of the [[Government of Wales Act, 1998]], regional members of the Senedd who resign, die or are otherwise disqualified are replaced by the next available and willing person of their original party's list, and no by-election occurs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/192692/NAW-Part-2b-Standing-at-the-regional-election.pdf |title=Candidate guide - National Assembly for Wales election (part 2b/6) |publisher=Electoral Commission |date= |accessdate=2020-10-19}}</ref>
These are the co-options that have occurred since the first elections in 1999.
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!Assembly / Senedd term
!Region !! Date <br /><small>(that new member took the oath)</small>!! Incumbent !!colspan=2| Party !! Replacement !!colspan=2| Party !! Cause
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''[[1999 National Assembly for Wales election|1999–2003]]'''
|[[Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|Mid and West Wales]]
|1 May 2000
|[[Alun Michael]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Michael to leave Assembly |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/679047.stm |accessdate=29 April 2019 |work=BBC News |date=16 March 2000}}</ref>
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|[[Delyth Evans]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|Resignation to concentrate on his post as [[Member of Parliament]]
|-
|[[North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|North Wales]]
|22 March 2001
|[[Christine Humphreys]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Lib Dem AM to stand down |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1230121.stm |accessdate=27 January 2019 |publisher=BBC News |date=20 March 2001}}</ref>
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|[[Eleanor Burnham]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|Resignation on health grounds
|-
|[[North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|North Wales]]
|10 Sept 2002
|[[Rod Richards]]<ref name=rod>{{cite news |title=Lawyer accepts Richards' AM job |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2252930.stm|date=12 September 2002|accessdate=27 January 2019}}</ref>
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|[[David Jones (Clwyd West MP)|David Jones]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|Resignation on health grounds (Alcoholism)<ref name=rod/>
|-
|[[2007 National Assembly for Wales election|'''2007–2011''']]
|[[South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|South Wales East]]
|30 June 2010
|[[Mike German]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Mike German made working peer in House of Lords |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10187031 |accessdate=27 January 2019 |publisher=BBC News |date=28 May 2010}}</ref>
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|[[Veronica German]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|Resignation on appointment to [[House of Lords]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2011 National Assembly for Wales election|'''2011–2016''']]
|[[South Wales West (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|South Wales West]]
|19 May 2015 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.assembly.wales/en/memhome/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?mid=543 |publisher=NAfW |title=Find a Member - redirect }}</ref>
|[[Byron Davies]]<ref name=oath/>
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|[[Altaf Hussain (Welsh politician)|Altaf Hussain]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|Resignation on 15 May 2015 due to election as MP for [[Gower (UK Parliament constituency)|Gower]]
|-
|[[North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|North Wales]]
|27 May 2015 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.assembly.wales/en/memhome/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?mid=4087 |publisher=NAfW |title=Find a Member - redirect }}</ref>
|[[Antoinette Sandbach]]<ref name=oath>{{cite news |last1=Deans |first1=David |title=New North Wales AM swears oath and becomes second Tory to join the Assembly after General Election |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/new-north-wales-am-swears-9340275 |accessdate=27 January 2019 |publisher=Wales Online |date=27 May 2015}}</ref>
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|[[Janet Haworth]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|Resignation on 8 May 2015 due to election as MP for [[Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Eddisbury]]
|-
|rowspan="4" |[[2016 National Assembly for Wales election|'''2016–2021''']]
|[[North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|North Wales]]
|28 Dec 2017
|[[Nathan Gill]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-42493743 |title=Nathan Gill resigns as north Wales AM |publisher=BBC News |date=2017-12-27 |accessdate=2020-10-19}}</ref>
| {{Party name with colour|UKIP}}
|[[Mandy Jones (politician)|Mandy Jones]]
| {{Party name with colour|UKIP}}
|Resignation on 27 December 2017 to concentrate on his post as [[Member of the European Parliament]]
|-
|[[Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|Mid and West Wales]]
|2 August 2018<ref name=BBC2018>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-45032394 |title=Helen Mary Jones returns as Plaid AM, replacing Simon Thomas |work=BBC News |date=2 August 2018 |accessdate=2 August 2018}}</ref>
|[[Simon Thomas (politician)|Simon Thomas]]<ref name=thomas>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-44952101 |title=Plaid Cymru's Simon Thomas quits after indecent images arrest |publisher=BBC News |date=2018-07-25 |accessdate=2020-10-19}}</ref>
| {{Party name with colour|Plaid Cymru}}
|[[Helen Mary Jones]]
| {{Party name with colour|Plaid Cymru}}
|Resignation on 25 July 2018 due to arrest for possession of indecent images<ref name=thomas/>
|-
|[[South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|South Wales East]]
| 8 February 2019 <ref>{{cite web |title=Delyth Jewell AM - Assembly Member Profile |url=http://www.cynulliad.cymru/en/memhome/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?mid=5207 |website=National Assembly for Wales |accessdate=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|[[Steffan Lewis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-46810071 |title=Plaid Cymru assembly member Steffan Lewis dies aged 34 |publisher=BBC News |date=2019-01-11 |accessdate=2020-10-19}}</ref>
| {{Party name with colour|Plaid Cymru}}
|[[Delyth Jewell]]
| {{Party name with colour|Plaid Cymru}}
|Death from [[bowel cancer]] on 11 January 2019
|-
|[[South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|South Wales East]]
| 6 July 2020
|[[Mohammad Asghar]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|[[Laura Anne Jones]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|Death on 16 June 2020
|}
No co-options occurred during the Second Assembly (2003–2007).
==See also==
*[[List of by-elections to the Senedd]]
*[[List of Welsh AMs/MSs with the shortest service]]
*[[Regional member changes in the Scottish Parliament]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Senedd]]