AMs back Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament for new assembly name

Assembly members have backed the bilingual name Senedd Cymru and Welsh Parliament for the institution in a vote on Wednesday.

A majority of AMs rejected the Welsh-only name Senedd and backed former first-minister Carwyn Jones’ proposals.

But proposals to call AMs Members of Senedd Cymru or Member of Welsh Parliament were both rejected – the latter by a knife edge.

A total of 43 AMs backed Mr Jones’ plan, versus 13 against.

Members of the assembly rejected a vote calling for the name to be purely Senedd, backed by Plaid Cymru and some Labour members, 16 for, 38 against, and one abstention.

The assembly is debating the Senedd and Elections bill, which makes a number of changes to how the assembly is run and elected.