South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)

|colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;"|Senedd electoral region|
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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|**Created** 1999|
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|**Current representation**|
|Labour|8 MSs|
|Conservative|2 MSs|
|Plaid Cymru|2 MSs|
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|**Constituencies** 1. Cardiff Central 2. Cardiff North 3. Cardiff South and Penarth 4. Cardiff West 5. Cynon Valley 6. Pontypridd 7. Rhondda 8. Vale of Glamorgan|
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|**Preserved counties** Mid Glamorgan (part) South Glamorgan (part)|
**South Wales Central** () is an electoral region of the Senedd.

It is the only electoral region in Wales where every Senedd constituency inside it is held by one party. The Labour Party holds every seat in this region. It is the most left-leaning region of Wales, with Labour holding eight list seats (while the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru only hold two each). The region includes most of Cardiff, a traditionally working class area.

## Constituencies

|Constituency|colspan="2"|2021 result|Preserved counties||
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|Cardiff Central|style="width: 3px" bgcolor=||Jenny Rathbone Labour|Entirely within South Glamorgan|
|Cardiff North|style="width: 3px" bgcolor=||Julie Morgan Labour|Entirely within South Glamorgan|
|Cardiff South and Penarth|style="width: 3px" bgcolor=||Vaughan Gething Labour|Entirely within South Glamorgan|
|Cardiff West|style="width: 3px" bgcolor=||Mark Drakeford Labour|Entirely within South Glamorgan|
|Cynon Valley|style="width: 3px" bgcolor=||Vikki Howells Labour & Co-operative|Entirely within Mid Glamorgan|
|Pontypridd|style="width: 3px" bgcolor=||Mick Antoniw Labour|Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan|
|Rhondda|style="width: 3px" bgcolor=||Elizabeth Williams Labour|Entirely within Mid Glamorgan|
|Vale of Glamorgan|style="width: 3px" bgcolor=||Jane Hutt Labour|Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan|

## Election results

|colspan="2"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|Party|Constituency seats|List votes (vote %)|D'Hondt entitlement|Additional members elected|Total members elected|Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement|||
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|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=""||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Welsh Labour|8|102,611 (40%)|6|0|8|+2|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=""||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Welsh Conservatives|0|56,662 (22%)|3|2|2|-1|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=""||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Plaid Cymru|0|46,478 (18%)|3|2|2|-1|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=""||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Wales Green Party|0|14,478 (6%)|0|0|0|0|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=""||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Welsh Liberal Democrats|0|11,821 (5%)|0|0|0|0|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=""||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party|0|8,396 (3%)|0|0|0|0|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=""||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Propel|0|5,552 (2%)|0|0|0|0|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=""||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|UK Independence Party|0|3,127 (1%)|0|0|0|0|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=""||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Reform UK|0|2,244 (1%)|0|0|0|0|
|style="width: 4px"||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|No More Lockdowns|0|1.298 (1%)|0|0|0|0|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=""||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Gwlad|0|1,098 (0%)|0|0|0|0|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=""||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Communist Party of Britain|0|602 (0%)|0|0|0|0|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Independent (Alan Coulthard)|0|580 (0%)|0|0|0|0|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=""||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|0|519 (0%)|0|0|0|0|
|style="width: 4px"||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Workers Party|0|411 (0%)|0|0|0|0|

The following regional MSs were elected in 2021:

|Party|Name||||
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|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Welsh Conservatives|Andrew RT Davies|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Plaid Cymru|Rhys ab Owen|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Welsh Conservatives|Joel James|
|style="width: 4px" bgcolor=||style="text-align: left;" scope="row"|Plaid Cymru|Heledd Fychan|