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Voting has now opened in the Welsh Youth Parliament elections from today until the 21st of November 2024.
The Reform Bill Committee's report calls for the Welsh Government to change their proposed voting system.
Young people will be able to cast their vote anytime from 1 November to 22 November with voting registration closing on 12 November.
The Bill which will introduce a new name for the National Assembly and extend voting rights to 16 and 17 year olds in the Welsh General Election ha...
Their Majesties The King and Queen will visit the Senedd on Thursday 11 July 2024 to mark 25 years of devolution.
Five notable petitions have been shortlisted with the public having until 30 June 2023 to vote for their favourite.
25 years since the first Members were elected to represent the people of Wales, the Welsh Parliament is looking to the future as Their Majesties Th...
Changes to the number of Members, the voting system and the length of each Senedd term have been voted through.
Get the latest on the 2026 Senedd election. Explore our FAQs to learn about changes to Members, new voting system, revised constituencies, and more.
If you’re aged 11-17 and live or go to school in Wales, you can register to vote today in four easy steps.
In the lead up to the election, here are all the key dates you need to know.
We call on the National Assembly for Wales to lower the voting age to sixteen for those elections where they have the powers to do so.
The Welsh Assembly now has legal power over its own electoral system. We call on the National Assembly for Wales to stop Members on the regional li...
The Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales have extremely advanced proposals, now with the Welsh Government, which move Forge Mill estat...
For reasons related to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Welsh Government is pursuing emergency legislation that would allow it to delay the upcoming Sene...
On 4 July 2024, people across the UK went to the polls to vote in a general election. The result saw a large UK majority for the Labour Party, whic...
The results of the UK General Election are in! In Wales, Labour won the most seats, with 27, followed by Plaid Cymru with 4. The Liberal Democrats...
The Police and Crime Commissioner elections on 2 May 2024 will be the first time that voters in Wales will need to show photographic ID at polling...
research.senedd.wales/ Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Constitutional Quick Guides Research Briefing September 2024 http://research.senedd.wales/ The Welsh Parliament is the democratically...
Referendum on the voting system for UK Parliamentary elections 2011 March 2011 A referendum on changing the voting system for parliamentary elections to the House of...
www.senedd.wales Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill Bill Summary May 2024 The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represents the...
Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill October 2010 This paper provides a background briefing on the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill, which was presented to the UK Parliam...