NDM7881 Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) – Local Government elections

NDM7881 Rhys ab Owen (South Wales Central)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes:

a) the Local Government and Elections Wales Act 2021 extends the voting franchise to 16 and 17 year olds and foreign citizens legally resident in Wales, ensures a duty to encourage local people to participate in local government, and enables councils to scrap the first-past-the-post system to elect councillors;

b) a more proportional system is used in local elections in Scotland, reducing the number of uncontested seats, and ensuring that all votes count.

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to work closely with new councils elected in May 2022 to ensure that a more representative method and a uniform national system is used to elect councillors across Wales by 2027.

Co-submitters

Llyr Gruffydd

Jane Dodds

Supporters

Cefin Campbell

Heledd Fychan

Luke Fletcher

Mabon ap Gwynfor

Peredur Owen Griffiths

Rhun ap Iorwerth

Siân Gwenllian

Sioned Williams