Senedd elections 2026: Who are Welsh Labour’s candidates?

Selection for Labour’s candidates for next year’s Senedd elections is well underway, with dozens chosen so far across the nation.

Labour’s selections are based on the 16 new larger constituency boundaries, each with Welsh names, which will be contested using a new proportional list voting system.

With less than six months to go until the Senedd election, here is a list of the Welsh Labour candidates selected so far – we will update this page as more are announced.

Candidates are listed in ranking order, unless otherwise stated.

If you know of any other candidates not on this list, please let us know at [email protected].

Afan Ogwr Rhondda

1. Huw Irranca-Davies MS
2. Buffy Williams MS
3. David Rees MS
4. Stephanie Grimshaw
5. Lisa Pritchard
6. Elaine Winstanley
7. Dilwar Ali
8. Tamasree Mukhopadhyay

Bangor Conwy Mon

1. Joanna Stallard
2. Emily Owen
3. Margaret Lewis
4. Rebecca Gibbons
5. Huw Vaughan Jones
6. Natasha Jose

Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhumni

1.  Alun Davies MS

other candidates TBC

Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd

1. Mahaboob Basha
2. Alex Sims
3. Sarah Thomas
4. Elliot Wigfall
5. Cyriac George
6. Chelsea Edwards
7. Morgan Pritchard

Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf

1. Shav Taj
2. Jackie Jones
3. Dan De’Ath
4. Sarah Merry
5. Jen Burke
6. Lee Bridgeman
7. Matt Hexter
8. Bernie Bowen-Thomson

Caerdydd Penarth

1. Huw Thomas
2. Ruba Sivagnanam
3. Peter Bradbury
4. Steve Brooks
5. Mutale Merrill
6. Kanaya Singh
7. Helen Gunter
8. Laura Rochefort

Casnewydd Islwyn

1. Jayne Bryant
2. Rhianon Passmore
3. Chris Carter
4. Rhian Howells
5. Julie Sangani
6. Stephen Marshall
7. David Chinnick

Ceredigion Penfro

1. Eluned Morgan MS (First Minister)
2. Marc Tierney
3. Joshua Phillips
4. Margaret Anghared Greenaway
5. Tansaim Hussain-Gul
6. Luke Davies-Jones
7. Peter Huw Jenkins

Clwyd

1. Hannah Blythyn MS
2. Carolyn Thomas MS
3. Crispin Jones
4. Ellen Jones
5. Rajeev Metri
6. Catherine Claydon
7. Arran Fearn
8. Cheryl Williams

Fflint Wrecsam

1. Ken Skates MS
2. Jack Sargeant MS
3. Corin Jarvis
4. Norma Ann Davies
5. George Stephen Thomas
6. Tracey Jane Sutton-Postlewaite
7. Richard James Brookes
8. Malcom Nicholls

Gwynedd Maldwyn

1. Ian Parry
2. Dawn McGuinness
3. Steffan Chambers
4. Dana Davies
5. Kim Bryan
6. Mathew Norman
7. Morgan Peters
8. Gareth Parry

Gwyr Abertawe

1. Mike Hedges MS
2. Rob Stewart
3. Rebecca Fogarty
4. Rebecca Francis-Davies
5. Sara Faye
6. Kemba Hadaway-Morgan
7. Patience Bentu
8. Vic Holland

Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg

1. Sarah Murphy
2. Huw David
3. Carys Stallard
4. Jonathan Cox
5. Jon-Paul Blundell
6. Helen Payne
7. Rhys Goode
8. Neelo Farr

Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr

1. Vikki Howells MS
2. Lloyd Watkins
3. Chris Binding
4. Mitch Theaker
5. Mustapha Maohoub
6. Anna Williams-Price
7. Jane Gebbie

Sir Fynwr Torfaen

1. Lynne Neagle MS
2. Anthony Hunt
3. Laura Wright
4. Catrin Maby
5. Ben Callard
6. Nick Byrne
7. Su McConnel

Sir Gaerfyrddin

1. Calum Higgins
2. Dawn Evans
3. Martyn Palfreman
4. David Darkin
5. Lewis Davies
6. Andrew McPherson

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