Members of the Senedd – Staff Numbers
17 February 2021
Request for Information.
Thank you for your request received on 10 January in which you asked:
How many individual members of staff have each Member of the Senedd employed during the Fifth Senedd?
In addition, does the Commission hold information regarding which Member has the highest and lowest turnover of staff? If so, I would be grateful if you could share that information with me.
Please find below a table containing the information you requested. We do not hold the information in terms of lowest and highest turnover per Member.
Name Number of staff employed Darren Millar 14 Ann Jones 7 Lesley Griffiths 9 Mark Isherwood 8 Kirsty Williams 8 Angela Burns 6 Elin Jones 7 Dafydd Elis-Thomas 5 Paul Davies 5 Joyce Watson 7 Carwyn Jones 5 Bethan Sayed 8
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Jane Hutt 9 David Melding 9 Andrew RT Davies 7 Nick Ramsay 9 John Griffiths 10 Lynne Neagle 13 Janet Finch-Saunders 19 Ken Skates 7 Rhun Ap Iorwerth 6 Llyr Gruffydd 12 Russell George 8 David Rees 8 Mike Hedges 6 Julie James 7 Suzy Davies 14 Jenny Rathbone 11 Julie Morgan 6 Vaughan Gething 11 Mark Drakeford 9 Mick Antoniw 8 Alun Davies 5 Laura Anne Jones 4 Sian Gwenllian 15 Hannah Blythyn 10 Adam Price 13 Lee Waters 15 Neil Hamilton 10 Eluned Morgan 9 Helen Mary Jones 5 Rebecca Evans 6 Jeremy Miles 12 Huw Irranca-Davies 5 Dai Lloyd 5 Vikki Howells 6 Leanne Wood 6 Neil McEvoy 35 Gareth Bennett 11 Hefin David 5 Rhianon Passmore 7 Dawn Bowden 7 Jayne Bryant 14 Mark Reckless 10 David Rowlands 5 Jack Sargeant 5 Mandy Jones 5 Michelle Brown 8 Caroline Jones 12 Delyth Jewell 3 Carl Sargeant 5 Mohammad Asghar 7 Simon Thomas 9 Nathan Gill 6 Steffan Lewis 4
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