The politicians who will not be wanting the next Senedd term
There will be a change towards the Senedd if this meets again in the coming days.
Former First Minister Carwyn Jones has gone, as has education minister Kirsty Williams, and former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood won't be taking her seat again either after being defeated in Rhondda.
None from the seven Ukip representatives appointed in 2021 were re-elected.
There are new faces too.
But listed here are those who chose not to stand again, or who weren't re-elected.
Gareth Bennett – independent, South Wales Central
Elected in 2021, Mr Bennett started in 2021 as Ukip AM for South Wales Central and ended the Senedd term as an MS for Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party. He was because of be their candidate in Cynon Valley but he left the party in April and stood as an Independent.
Mr Bennett were built with a spell as leader from the Ukip group in the Senedd and campaigned being Ukip's leader when Gerard Batten stood down but later withdrew his bid.
He left Ukip and initially sat being an Independent before announcing he would join Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party becoming their first Person in the Senedd however left that party too during the election campaign.
He stood as an independent in Cynon Valley and also got 278 votes, coming in last place.
Michelle Brown – Independent, North Wales
Ms Brown was elected around the North Wales list for Ukip before resigning in the party in March 2021 and has since stood as an Independent. Her resignation left Ukip with three AMs in the Senedd.
The North Wales AM said she could no longer stomach Ukip, attacking its leader Gerard Batten's connection to far-right figure Tommy Robinson.
In the 2021 election she stood as an independent in the North Wales region but was not elected.
Angela Burns – Conservative, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
First elected towards the Senedd in 2007 having a majority of under 100, she served as Shadow Environment Minister, Shadow Transport Minister and Shadow Finance Minister in the Third Assembly in addition to chairing the Assembly's Finance Committee.
In the fourth Assembly she was Shadow Education Minister; was part of the Children, Young People and Education Committee, and was appointed as one of the Assembly Commissioners – which occasionally resulted in her deputising for that Presiding Officer in the Chamber.
After the 2021 election she was appointed as a member of the Assembly's Health insurance and Social Care Committee and given the role from the Welsh Conservative's spokesperson on Health and Social Services.
She spoke out about her own health battles after suffering sepsis. In her own final speech Mrs Burns paid tribute towards the "awkward squad, the backbenchers, people with strong views" to make the Senedd democratic.
Suzy Davies – Conservative, South Wales West
After a career in arts marketing and management, Suzy qualified as a solicitor, working in a number of fields from vulnerable families to tax planning.
She was initially elected towards the Senedd in 2007.
Mrs Davies has said she has left the Senedd, and her Twitter profile reads "former Welsh Conservative AM".
She used her final speech within the Senedd to tell her own party it required to do more for equal representation.
"Both sides, especially mine, need to get their act together on equal representation, and I've no hesitation either in saying that though it really has been often a joy and try to a privilege working with all of you, it's been working with a greater number of women compared to any parliament I can call to mind that makes the non-stop demands and personal sacrifices worth it, because it is a Parliament where an ordinary woman like me can believe she belongs and where every citizen can see she belongs, so my heartfelt thanks for the privilege".
Her son Calum was however the Conservative candidate in Cardiff Central.
Neil Hamilton – Ukip, Mid and West Wales
Former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton spent five years as MS for Mid and West Wales.
He was elected among the seven Ukip representatives in 2021 called the only one to stay in the party by the time the fifth Senedd ended after various spats using the other elected members and power struggles.
He lived in Wiltshire for his spell being an MS, and racked up a lot of money in travel expenses. He was the only one from the 2021 cohort who admitted living in England, but a campaign appeared prior to the 2021 election trying to stop people living in England being Welsh MSs.
During his tenure he hit the headlines for denying global warming and it has employed his wife, Christine, throughout his term.
Ann Jones – Labour, Vale of Clwyd
Ann Jones was first elected in 1999 and has been elected in each and every Senedd since.
She helped nearly 3 decades in fire control rooms in north Wales and Merseyside until her election towards the National Assembly for Wales in 1999.
She was the first backbench member to pass legislation to possess mandatory sprinklers fitted in all new-build homes.
She also served as Deputy Presiding Officer from the National Assembly for Wales.
In her last speech she reminisced concerning the beginning from the Senedd debating the "Beef Bones (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations, the guarana plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) Order, and everyone's favourite at that time the Potatoes Beginning in Egypt (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations".
Vale of Clwyd switched to Conservative within the 2021 election.
Caroline Jones – Independent, South Wales West
Elected for Ukip., she then became an independent before joining the Brexit Party and going to being an Independent (Independent Alliance for Reform Group).
She had previously been a Conservative party member and stood for election on their behalf within the General Election in 2021.
She was at Ukip until 2021, together with a spell as leader from the group, but she lost a three-way contest and was substituted with Gareth Bennett. In September 2021 she left the party because of its "move to a far more far-right position". She became a completely independent after which, in May 2021, joined the Brexit Party group within the Senedd.
She left that group after disagreements about its anti-devolution policy.
She unsuccessfully stood as an independent in Bridgend in 2021 getting 1,064 votes.
Carwyn Jones – Labour, Bridgend
First elected in 1999, Carwyn Jones went on to become Wales' First Minister.
He had already been Minister for Open Government, Minister for the Environment and Education as well as Counsel General and Leader of the House.
He became First Minister in 2009 and stood down in 2021, remaining like a backbencher.
His tenure as First Minister was overshadowed through the suicide of former cabinet member Carl Sargeant.
Mandy Jones – Reform UK, North Wales
Mandy Jones joined Ukip in 2021. She previously worked inside a chip shop, a bakery, and has run her own micro business making designer dog coats and doing corporate and company branding. She has been a shepherdess, a tractor driver and a meter reader for G4S.
She would be a candidate for Clwyd South in General Election in 2021, and in the Assembly Elections 2021. She seemed to be a list candidate as well as an active campaigner for that referendum in June 2021.
She was returned as a Regional Assembly Member in December 2021 on the resignation of Nathan Gill.
She stood for re-election in 2021 for Reform UK in Clwyd South and also got 224 votes. The winner, Ken Skates, got 8,753 votes.
Dai Lloyd – Plaid Cymru, South Wales West
A former regional MS, Dai Lloyd represented election on the constituency list in 2021 and was unsuccessful, getting 3,910 votes in Swansea West. Winner Julie James secured 11,126 votes.
Dr Lloyd served within the Assembly from 1999 to 2011 and then as MS from 2021 to 2021.
He graduated from Cardiff University and went on to become GP.
He is one of the MSs in line for hefty payouts after failing to get re-elected.
Neil McEvoy – Propel, South Wales Central
Elected on the regional list for Plaid Cymru in 2021, the Fairwater councillor was seen as a campaigning asset for that party.
But, the honeymoon didn't last and spats initially in private however in public resulted in him being trashed from the Senedd group and so the party. Mr McEvoy then set up his own party, Propel, that they said would challenge Mark Drakeford to his Cardiff West seat.
His claims it had been a two horse race were unfounded as Mr Drakeford got a massive majority. Mr McEvoy came fourth with 3,473 votes compared to Mr Drakeford's 17,664.
David Melding – Conservative, South Wales Central
Another representative who had been first elected in 1999, David Melding was Shadow Minister for Health insurance and Social Care as well as for Economy and Transport. Between 2000 and 2011 he was the Welsh Conservatives' Director of Policy,
He previously chaired the Assembly's Audit; Health insurance and Social Services; Standards of Conduct; and Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committees.
Between 2011 and 2021, he was Deputy Presiding Officer.
Nick Ramsay – Independent, Monmouth
Nick Ramsay was elected for the Conservative party and had represented them since 2007 but fell out with his local party in Monmouth.
Members of Monmouth Conservative Association (MCA) dicated to deselect him and recently chose Monmouthshire County Council leader Peter Fox to exchange him as their candidate.
Two judges have ordered Mr Ramsay to pay for a total of a lot more than lb40,000 to the association for legal costs incurred after he said he would challenge the deselection in the High Court.
He dropped the case after being told he had no prospect of winning the case but chose to stand being an independent. They got 1,293 votes compared to Mr Fox's 15,332.
Mark Reckless – Independent, South Wales East
The former Conservative and Ukip MP was elected towards the Senedd in 2021 to represent South Wales East.
Mr Reckless left Ukip in April 2021 and joined the Conservative group but did not join the party. His move made the Conservatives the second-largest group in the Senedd.
He left the audience over Brexit and sat being an independent before joining the Brexit Party the following month.
In May 2021 Mr Reckless, together with Caroline Jones, Mandy Jones, and David Rowlands, formed the Brexit Party and he became its group leader.
In 2021 he left the Brexit Party saying it had achieved its objective of getting Britain from the EU and joined Abolish.
Hopes they would take any seats were smashed in the 2021 election and Mr Reckless wasn't re-elected.
David Rowlands – Independent, South Wales East
David Rowlands, an entrepreneur and former golf club owner, was elected for Ukip and joined the Brexit Party but ended the fifth term being an independent.
He was a person in Ukip for 17 many had two terms has Chair of Ukip Wales.
Bethan Sayed – Plaid Cymru, South Wales West
When she was elected she was Bethan Jenkins, the youngest female Member of the Senedd. Now a married mum, Bethan Sayed said she leaves the Senedd a "old person, that has made mistakes but has learned from them".
Mrs Sayed was initially elected in 2007 and went to be considered a member of the Petitions Committee, the Public Accounts Committee (formerly the Audit Committee) and the Communities and Culture Committee. She seemed to be Plaid Cymru spokesperson on child poverty and cultural issues.
Dafydd Elis Thomas – Independent, Dwyfor Meirionydd
Elected for Plaid Cymru, Dafydd Elis Thomas left the party, but joined Government as deputy minister for culture, sport and tourism, in the 2021.
He served as Llywydd in 1999, 2003 and 2007.
In your fourth Assembly he was a person in the nation's Assembly's Business and Enterprise Committee, and a person in the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, and had served as chair of Environment and Sustainability Committee and Future Landscapes Wales Working Group.
He used his final Senedd speech to warn from the threat to devolved politics.
"I am seeing signs that there are people, not here, but further east, who're wanting to weaken devolution inside the UK once again? And also the challenge for all of us is to use our brothers and sisters in Scotland and particularly in Northern Ireland, as well as in England, in order to safeguard the diversity of this strange Uk," he explained.
Leanne Wood – Plaid Cymru, Rhondda
The first female leader of Plaid Cymru lost her seat to Labour's Buffy Williams after 18 years within the Senedd.
In 2021, Adam Price challenged her leadership and won, and 2 years later she lost her Senedd seat.
She had been both a regional and constituency MS. Born and raised in the Rhondda she was proud to reside in Penygraig. A former probation officer she shot to national fame taking part in the nation's TV debates in 2021.
In a statement after losing, she said: "We all do this because we want a better Wales. We want a better Rhondda and we realize that we can be much better. We are able to eradicate poverty. We are able to be equal as peoples. We are able to create the conditions whereby everyone and every community can reach its full potential. We can achieve this much more for ourselves.
"This election changes none of this. We still know we are able to do better than this. And that we know that if we carry on doing exactly the same thing, we won't get different results."
Kirsty Williams – Liberal Democrat, Brecon and Radnorshire
Kirsty Williams was first elected to the Senedd in 1999 and continued to be the party's first female leader in Wales and education minister for a Labour Government.
As education minister she introduced a brand new curriculum for Wales but said she'd not stand again to invest additional time together with her family.
She received a CBE in 2021.
Brecon and Radnorshire did not vote William Powell in as her replacement, but voted Conservative. The party remains in the Senedd having acquired a regional seat.
