The race for the Senedd is on – everything you need to know about the May 7 election

There are many changes in this election including a new voting system, new constituencies and a new set of candidates.

A new voting system will see a ‘closed proportional list system’. This means you vote for a political party or an independent candidate, rather than individual people, as you would in a UK general election.

The ballot paper will show the full list of candidates in your constituency, so you can still see who you're voting for.

If a party wins enough votes, they will win one or more seats in the Senedd in that constituency.

The more votes picked up by the party the more seats it picks up – meaning they can gain seats for their second, third or fourth choice candidates.

If an independent candidate wins enough votes, they will win a seat in the Senedd.

Seats will reflect the percentage of votes each party or independent candidate gets with six members being voted in each constituency.

Voters in Powys will now be part of one of two new large-scale constituencies.

Voters in in the Montgomeryshire will be part of the Gwynedd Maldwyn constituency which combines the Montgomeryshire Glyndwr and Dwyfor Meirionnydd parliamentary constituencies.

This will see them combined with voters from Gwynedd, parts of Wrexham and Denbighshire.

Voters in the rest of the county will be part of the Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd, which will see voters being alongside voters in Neath Port Talbot and Swansea.

Anyone above the age of 16 and who is registered to vote can do so. If you have not registered and wish to vote in this election you will have to by 11:59pm on April 20.

Key information can be found here : https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

The final list of candidates has been confirmed for each constituency. In Gwynedd Maldwyn Plaid Cymru have listed eight candidates while Reform, Labour, the Conservatives, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats all have six candidates each.

Gwlad and the Heritage party also have put forward a candidate each. There are also two independent candidates, current Montgomeryshire MS Russell Geroge and Monty Kennard.

In Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd, Labour have listed seven candidates while Plaid Cymru, Reform, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party have put forward seven.

The Christian Party “Proclaiming Christ’s Lordship” have put forward two candidates, while Gwlad and the Heritage Party have both put forward a candidate each.

There are also three independent candidates running – Beverley Baynham, Dai Richards and Joe Hale.

The full list of candidates can be seen below:

Gwynedd Maldwyn constituency

Conservative and Unionist Party

1. Aled Wyn Davies

2. Henrietta Elizabeth Hensher

3. Pete Lewington

4. Hedd Vaughan Thomas

5. Daniel Lewis Spilsbury

6. Roger Francis Cracknell

Green Party

1. Nathan Jarvis

2. Nicole Wait

3. Sue McFarlane

4. Sian Thomas

5. Curtis Wilford

6. Ed Mason

Gwlad

1. Jeremy Davies

Heritage Party

1. Mattie Ginsberg

Labour Party

1. Ian Pryce Parry

2. Dawn McGuinness

3. Steffan William Chambers

4. Dana Davies

5. Mathew James Norman

6. Morgan Peters

Liberal Democrats

1. Glyn Preston

2. Steve Churchman

3. Richard Wilfrid Church

4. Pete Roberts

5. Carol Elaine Robinson

6. Manny Akpoteni

Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales

1. Siân Gwenllian

2. Mabon ap Gwynfor

3. Beca Brown

4. Elwyn Vaughan

5. Elin Hywel

6. Donna O'Brien

7. Victoria Evans

8. Elfed Wyn ap Elwyn

Reform UK

1. Andrew Charles Griffin

2. Claire Victoria Johnson-Wood

3. Robert Karl Lewis

4. Peter Phillip Robinson

5. Mark Phillip Blake

6. Richard Charles Pendry

Independent

Russell George

Independent

Monty Kennard

Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd constituency

Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship"

1. Jeff Green

2. Sue Green

Conservative and Unionist Party

1. Tyler John Chambers

2. Liz Hill O'Shea

3. Jane Barbara Lyons

4. Matthew Peter Gilbert

5. Hannah Elizabeth Jarvis

6. Amanda Jane Davies

Green Party

1. Nathan Goldup-John

2. Charlotte Ajomale-Evans

3. Amerjit Rosie Kaur-Dhaliwal

4. Eric Rosoman-Matthews

5. Kathy Oakwood

6. Imogen Elisabeth da Silva

Gwlad

1. Philip Owen

Heritage Party

1. Jennifer Roberts

Labour Party

1. Mahaboob Basha

2. Alex Sims

3. Sarah Amber Thomas

4. Elliot Wigfall

5. Cyriac George

6. Chelsea Charlene Edwards

7. Morgan James Pritchard

Liberal Democrats

1. Jane Dodds

2. Jackie Charlton

3. Phoebe Clare Rose Jenkins

4. Will Lloyd

5. Peter Jeffrey Chapman

6. Dylan Paul Calved

Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales

1. Sioned Ann Williams

2. Rebeca Phillips

3. Andrew John Jenkins

4. Justin David Horrell

5. Kate Heneghan

6. Chris Williams

Reform UK

1. James Oswald David Evans

2. Iain Charles McIntosh

3. David Terence Mills

4. Moira Charles

5. Dewi Matthew Thomas

6. Celfyn Wyn Furlong

Independent

Dai Richards

Independent

Beverley Jane Baynham

Independent

Joe Hale