Bit of a kicking for the Tories in Wales in the local elections. So far they've lost 67 seats and they've even lost control of their only council Monmouthshire.
In the end they lot 86 seats and 1 council giving them 111 seats in total and 0 councils. Labour won 526 seats up 69 and 8 councils up 1, Plaid Cymru 202 seats down 6 and 4 councils up 3, Independents won 316 seats up 8 and lost 2 councils leading to 0 councils under their control, Lib Dems won 69 seats up 6 and the Greens have 8 new councillors across Wales from none in 2017. There are 8 councils out of 22 in Wales where no party has overall control.
 
Sadly due to moving I wasn't able to vote but I would've voted Plaid and maybe even for myself as I was approached about being a candidate in the Llanrumney ward but moving put paid to that!
Was that for being a community councillor or county council?

If you had become a councillor, would this of been something alongside a full time job (which I believe you have)?
 
Was that for being a community councillor or county council?

If you had become a councillor, would this of been something alongside a full time job (which I believe you have)?
County councillor, didn't get as far as figuring out the details over work but the likelihood of actually getting elected was practically zero considering it's a Labour dominated ward. I would've been a paper candidate there to give people the option of voting Plaid.
 
Adam Price and Mark Drakeford have put forward their proposal for an expanded Senedd to be introduced in time for the 2026 election.
They stated:

  • The Senedd should have 96 Members.
  • It should be elected using closed proportional lists with integrated statutory gender quotas and mandatory zipping. Seats should be allocated to parties using the D’Hondt formula.
  • The 2026 Senedd election should use the final 32 UK Parliament constituencies proposed by the Boundary Commission for Wales once it has concluded its 2023 Parliamentary Review.
  • These constituencies should be paired to create 16 Senedd constituencies. Each constituency should elect six Members.
  • A full boundary review should be instigated in this Senedd term and its recommendations should take effect from the subsequent Senedd election.
The Senedd currently has 60 members and 40 constituencies, along with five regional lists.
 
Yes this is the usual way you push in your party loyalists who have no hope of even wining a normal first past the post election or being chosen by the local constituency party.

Also 60 to 96 is ridiculous. More jobs for the boys and girls though, got to keep that gravy train going!
 
Also 60 to 96 is ridiculous. More jobs for the boys and girls though, got to keep that gravy train going!
It puts the Senedd on par with Northern Ireland and allows greater scrutiny of the Welsh government especially through the committees where the bulk of that is done. 40 MS is just not enough especially considering the powers and responsibilities that the Welsh government has. The original 60 was for a very powerless assembly not a parliament.
 
Parkinson's law, the more you have the more work they will create for themselves. More money for politicians and the parties, less money for things that actually help people - but you know they care so much about you ;)
 
Yes this is the usual way you push in your party loyalists who have no hope of even wining a normal first past the post election or being chosen by the local constituency party.
To me it looks like the idea is too merge the current systems we have now and get people used to multi member constituencies using a system of proportional representation that people are used to the D'Hondt method which is used for the regional seats. I personally expect over time that eventually that'll be changed to Single Transferable Vote. As for the way the parties choose candidates that'll be up to them but the big step is that the Welsh Parliament will be voted in by a system of proportional representation and not the more outdated first past the post system which , accounts for the bulk of the seats at the moment, it's a 40 constituencies and 20 regional seats that make up the Senedd.
 
Parkinson's law, the more you have the more work they will create for themselves. More money for politicians and the parties, less money for things that actually help people - but you know they care so much about you ;)
We'll no doubt disagree but too me it's about democratic accountability, more politicians there are the more there are too scrutinise the government and the more chance the Senedd will be reflective of Welsh society. As for the money it's an extra £12 million a year which is pennies when it comes to governmental budgets which run in the billions.
 
I am surprised anyone can believe that more politicians will somehow lead to more accountability. I don't see any evidence of that elsewhere.

As for the excuse that numbers need to increase to help with the assembly being more representative, in what ways isn't it atm and why are candidates not coming forward and/or being selected to stand in those groups you feel are under-represented? It is pretty bad if you think the answer is parachute people in to meet quotas.
 
I am surprised anyone can believe that more politicians will somehow lead to more accountability. I don't see any evidence of that elsewhere.
Well that's something we'll have to disagree on especially in this case as i don't see 60 members with only around 40 being able to sit on committees, which does the day to day scrutiny, being enough for what the Welsh government and Senedd has responsibility for. In my opinion 90 to 100 is a much better amount for a country of Wales size and the growth of the Senedd is part of the evolution of Wales politically.
As for the excuse that numbers need to increase to help with the assembly being more representative, in what ways isn't it atm and why are candidates not coming forward and/or being selected to stand in those groups you feel are under-represented? It is pretty bad if you think the answer is parachute people in to meet quotas.
More positions mean more people from all different walks of life in Welsh society having the chance to get elected with all different sorts of skills and life experience that they can bring to the job of being a MS.
 
More positions mean more people from all different walks of life in Welsh society having the chance to get elected with all different sorts of skills and life experience that they can bring to the job of being a MS.

This isn't a lucky dip where everyone gets a ticket and you wave your arms in the air when your number gets pulled out of the hat.

It will be more party loyalists put on a list and appointed since you break the ability of local constituency parties to choose their own candidates with this system. There is little evidence more members in itself would lead to more diversity.

The proposal calls for quotas as well so for some groups not in those selections there is actually less chance of being selected. And if you need to meet your quota then it will inevitably lead to selection of people based on other criteria than ability.
 
This isn't a lucky dip where everyone gets a ticket and you wave your arms in the air when your number gets pulled out of the hat.

It will be more party loyalists put on a list and appointed since you break the ability of local constituency parties to choose their own candidates with this system. There is little evidence more members in itself would lead to more diversity.

The proposal calls for quotas as well so for some groups not in those selections there is actually less chance of being selected. And if you need to meet your quota then it will inevitably lead to selection of people based on other criteria than ability.
Well i guess we'll have to agree to disagree and the quota i believe is to make sure that a certain % of the candidates are women.
 
Well that's something we'll have to disagree on especially in this case as i don't see 60 members with only around 40 being able to sit on committees, which does the day to day scrutiny, being enough for what the Welsh government and Senedd has responsibility for. In my opinion 90 to 100 is a much better amount for a country of Wales size and the growth of the Senedd is part of the evolution of Wales politically.

Per 1000 population is it actually more than Scotland which has significantly more powers - although I am sure your answer would be Scotland needs more MSPs as well.

If you are going to link numbers to powers I assume you feel Wales should have fewer MPs at Westminster since many issues are devolved?
 
Well i guess we'll have to agree to disagree and the quota i believe is to make sure that a certain % of the candidates are women.

Why do you need more members to increase the percentage of woman? As it stands btw it is 26 woman and 34 men - not exactly massively out of sync. Why are more woman not already standing?
 
If you are going to link numbers to powers I assume you feel Wales should have fewer MPs at Westminster since many issues are devolved?
Wales will be getting less MPs. It'll go from 40 to 32 seats at Westminster so that would give Wales 128 politicians at the Senedd and in Westminster.
 
Funding has been agreed to be at £26 million. Will be curious to see if the airport bids for freeport status.
 
Interesting that the Conservatives in Wales seem to be going against London in the matter. Seems to be an acknowledgement after the election loss that maybe they need their own more Welsh identity.
 
Simon Hart the UK government Welsh Secretary is calling for a referendum on a bigger Senedd. Maybe they should add in questions about more powers at the same time and whether Wales should lose 8 MPs at Westminster as well.
 

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