Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform

The Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform was established in Sept 2019, and was dissolved following a debate on its report in Oct 2020. Cymraeg: @SeneddDiwygio

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

Following the conclusion of the debate on our report, the Committee has now been dissolved.

We hope that all political parties who contest the 2021 Senedd election will reflect carefully on our conclusions and recommendations.

Our report: https://t.co/dotbCNexhA

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

Our Chair, @Dawn_Bowden MS, brings the debate to a close.

Members will vote on the motion to note the Committee's report later today.

Read our report: https://t.co/dotbCNexhA

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

We believe that there should be Members of the Senedd from a range of diverse communities and backgrounds.

Watch the debate on our report live from the Senedd: https://t.co/OPt5JCfx3L

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

Making sure the Senedd has the right number of Members will help it hold the @WelshGovernment to account more effectively, leading to:

➡️ Better governance
➡️ More effective policy decisions
➡️ More efficient use of public money

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

Our Chair, @Dawn_Bowden MS, opens the debate in @SeneddChamber - watch live: https://t.co/OPt5JCfx3L

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

The debate on our report, Senedd reform: the next steps, will start in a few minutes.

📺 Watch live on https://t.co/OPt5JCfx3L

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

The debate on our report, Senedd reform: the next steps, will start in a few minutes.

📺 Watch live on https://t.co/OPt5JCfx3L

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

Ahead of the debate on our report in the Senedd later, why not read a 3-page summary of our recommendations?

📄 https://t.co/2HZbeT0PKI

View the full Plenary agenda here: https://t.co/yEJOgcwIcF

[Senedd Research @SeneddResearch]

Today @SeneddWales will debate @SeneddReform's report as part of its ongoing electoral reform programme.

Read our blog post to learn more: https://t.co/D1JUXAgGZc

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

Today, Members of @SeneddWales will debate our report.

We believe that there is clear and compelling evidence that electoral reform is required.

📕 Report: https://t.co/dotbCNexhA
📄 Agenda: https://t.co/yEJOgcwIcF
🕓 ~16:00
📺 https://t.co/OPt5JCfx3L

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

To strengthen our democracy in Wales, we recommend that:
➡️The size of the Senedd should be increased to 80–90 Members
➡️Members should be elected via STV
➡️Positive action should be taken to increase the diversity of Members

📃Read our report: https://t.co/dotbCMWVT0

[Senedd Research @SeneddResearch]

The Senedd is undersized and lacks diversity, according to @SeneddReform.

.@SeneddWales will debate their report tomorrow.

Read our blog post to learn more. https://t.co/Kvwx0JvK9E

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

Next week, Members of the Senedd will debate our report, Senedd reform: The next steps.

We hope that all political parties work together to reach consensus on proposals to reform the Senedd.

📑View Wednesday's @SeneddChamber agenda: https://t.co/yEJOgcwIcF

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

📅A debate in @SeneddChamber on our report has been scheduled for Wednesday 7 October.

📑In case you missed it, you can read our report in full here: https://t.co/dotbCNexhA

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

If our recommended reform of the Senedd is to take effect at the 2026 election, political consensus needs to be reached very early in the Sixth Senedd.

📢View our recommendations: https://t.co/dotbCNexhA

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

Making sure the Senedd has the right number of Members will help it hold the @WelshGovernment to account more effectively, leading to:

☑️Better governance
☑️More effective policy decisions
☑️More efficient use of public money

[Welsh Parliament @SeneddWales]

“Increasing the membership of the Senedd should go hand in hand with increasing its diversity.”

A report recommends wide-ranging reforms to the way Members of the Senedd are elected https://t.co/n5odjcsgJD

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

We strongly believe that the Senedd should be broadly gender-balanced.👩👨

We recommend a series of measures to help achieve this. Here's a summary of our recommendations: https://t.co/EMwUCO05qa

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

We are calling for the size of the Senedd to be increased to between 80 and 90 Members with effect from the 2026 election.

📄Report: https://t.co/dotbCNexhA

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

➡️Financial support to be provided to people with disabilties who want to stand for election
➡️The UK Government to be asked to ensure that legislative measures to incrase diversity are within the Senedd's powers

Read our report: https://t.co/dotbCNexhA

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

To contribute to the election a more diverse Senedd, we are calling for:
➡️Political parties to publish info on candidate diversity
➡️More cross-party work to explore how job sharing and diversity quotas for protected characteristics other than gender could work in practice

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

Read our report: https://t.co/dotbCNexhA

[Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform @SeneddReform]

We believe that Members of the Senedd should be elected via the Single Transferable Vote system. This will:

1⃣ give voters more choice
2⃣ maintain clear links between Members and constituencies
3⃣ produce more proportional electoral outcomes.