First signs of Senedd reform with new constituency proposals
The first big signs of the upcoming Senedd reform are here, with a proposal for new constituencies that we could see in 2026. One, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr would be the biggest ever in Wales, stretching from the Llŷn peninsula all the way to England.
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00:00The reform of the Senedd which passed earlier on this year is one of the biggest changes
00:04we've ever seen to politics in Wales. It means that from 2026 new rules will be in
00:10place for different candidates in the election and most notably the number of members will
00:14rise from the current 60 all the way up to 96. In the next year or two we'll see some
00:20of those changes begin to settle in with the latest change giving Welsh constituencies
00:25a very new look. New proposals announced by the Electoral Commission show their plan to
00:30reduce the number of constituencies in Wales from 32 down to 16. It combines current constituencies
00:37into two and will give more candidates per constituency with the new rules. One of those
00:42constituencies that would be called Dwyfor, Meirionnydd, Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr would
00:47be one of the biggest we've ever seen and stretch all the way from the Llyn Peninsula
00:51in the west all the way across to the English border in the east. The consultation period
00:57will now last until the end of the month.