South Wales Central
Canol De Cymru (Welsh)
Multi-memberelectoral region for theSenedd
Map of South Wales Central, with constituencies numbered alphabetically and coloured in2021 party colours. Inset withinWales shown to the top-right with the four regional seats.
Interactive map Interactive map of the constituency.
Preserved counties	Mid Glamorgan (part) South Glamorgan (part)
Current Multi-memberelectoral region
Created	1999
Number of members	12 8 constituency 4 regional
MSs	Labour (8)   Conservative (2)   Plaid Cymru (2)
Constituencies	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Cynon Valley Pontypridd Rhondda Vale of Glamorgan

South Wales Central (Welsh:Canol De Cymru) is an electoral region of theSenedd, consisting of eightconstituencies. The region elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and fouradditional members. The electoral region was first used in1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.

Each constituency elects oneMember of the Senedd (MSs) by thefirst past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up MSs, to create a degree ofproportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated fromclosed lists by theD'Hondt method, with constituency results reckoned as pre elected list members.

Map of current boundaries

The region covers much of thepreserved county ofMid Glamorgan and much of the preserved county ofSouth Glamorgan. The rest of Mid Glamorgan is partly within theSouth Wales East electoral region and partly withinSouth Wales West. The rest of South Glamorgan is within the South Wales West electoral region.

The region is predominantlyurban, taking in Wales' capital and largest city,Cardiff, as well as the working-class former mining town ofPontypridd, the seaside resort ofBarry, and parts of the formerly industrial and still heavily populatedSouth Wales Valleys. However, the region also includes rural areas in the western part of theVale of Glamorgan.

The eight constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster):

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

2021 Senedd election: South Wales Central
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Labour	Ruba Sivagnanam, Dan De'Ath, Maliika Kaaba, Owain Williams	102,611	40.1	6.2
	Conservative	Andrew RT Davies,Joel James, Calum Davies, Adrian Robson, Mia Rhiannon Rees, Leighton Rowlands, Sean Driscoll, Sian-Elin Melbourne	56,662	22.1	3.8
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys ab Owen,Heledd Fychan, Fflur Elin, Sahar al-Faifi, Boyd Clack, Nasir Adam, Julie Williams, Ioan Bellin, Mohammed Tariq Awan, Richard Rhys Grigg	46,478	18.2	2.7
	Green	Anthony Slaughter, Helen Westhead, David Griffin, Debra Cooper	14,478	5.7	2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Berman, Rhys Taylor, Sally Stephenson, Steven Rajam, Alex Wilson	11,821	4.6	1.7
	Abolish	Lee Canning, Martyn Ford, Munawar Mughal, Lisa Peregrine, Stuart Fields, Ian McLean, Lawrence Gwynn, Michael Hughes	8,396	3.3	0.7
	Propel	Neil McEvoy, Steve Robinson, Lisa Ford, Keith Parry	5,552	2.2	2.2
	UKIP	Paul Campbell, Benjamin Dale, Clive Easton, Paul Williams	3,127	1.2	9.2
	Reform	Jamie Jenkins, Peter Hopkins, Steve Bayliss, Michael Hancock, Alan Pick	2,244	0.9	0.9
	No More Lockdowns	Justin Lilley, Rita Darby	1,298	0.5	0.5
	Gwlad	Karl-James Langford, Clem Thomas, Angus Hawkins, Rosamund Ellis-Evans	1,098	0.4	0.4
	Communist	Anita Wright, Malachi Kwame, Walusimbi-Kakembo	602	0.2	0.0
	Independent	Alan Coulthard	580	0.2	0.2
	TUSC	Ross Saunders, Beth Webster, Mia Hollsing, Andrew Wilkes, Kevin Gillen	519	0.2	0.1
	Workers Party	Tess Delaney, Steve Everett, Frank Hinley	411	0.2	0.2

† Replaced John Dixon, who was disqualified for being a member of a public body to which AMs cannot belong.^[3]

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