Where next for Welsh Democracy?

The next Senedd elections in 2026 will look very different; more members, different constituencies and a new voting system.

At a local level three councils are soon to vote on abandoning Westminster’s First Past the Post system in favour of the more proportional Single Transferable Vote used in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

But what further changes are needed both for the Senedd and for local democracy in Wales? And what can Westminster learn from the Welsh way of doing democracy?

With:

Heledd Fychan MS, MS for South Wales Central and Member of the Reform Bill Committee

Cllr Elin Hywel, Gwynedd Councillor for Gogledd Pwllheli and Deputy Chair of Group Plaid Cymru Cyngor Gwynedd

Baroness Smith of Llanfaes, Member of the House of Lords

Lunch provided. 

Ble nesaf i Ddemocratiaeth yng Nghymru?

Bydd golwg wahanol iawn ar etholiadau nesaf y Senedd yn 2026; mwy o aelodau, gwahanol etholaethau a system bleidleisio newydd.

Ar lefel leol, mae tri chyngor ar fin pleidleisio ar roi’r gorau i system y Cyntaf i’r Felin San Steffan, a’i disodli â’r Bleidlais Sengl Drosglwyddadwy (STV) a ddefnyddir yn yr Alban a Gogledd Iwerddon, sy’n fwy cymesur.

Ond pa newidiadau eraill sydd eu hangen ar gyfer y Senedd ac ar gyfer democratiaeth leol yng Nghymru? A beth all San Steffan ei ddysgu o’r ffordd Gymreig o gynnal democratiaeth?

Gyda:

Heledd Fychan AS dros Ganol De Cymru ac Aelod o Bwyllgor y Bil Diwygio

Cyng. Elin Hywel, Cynghorydd Gwynedd dros Ogledd Pwllheli a Dirprwy Gadeirydd Grŵp Plaid Cymru Cyngor Gwynedd

Y Farwnes Smith o Lanfaes, Aelod o Dŷ’r Arglwyddi

Darperir cinio.