Closed petition Put a referendum to Wales asking "Do you want to reduce the number of MSs from 96 to 40?"
In May 2024 the Senedd members voted against having a referendum on the subject of expanding the Senedd. instead they chose to themselves vote for an increase of MSs from 60 to 96. 43 of them voted for, 31 Labour and 11 Plaid Cymru along with 1 Lib Dem voted for the expansion and 16 Conservatives along with 1 Ind voted against the expansion from 60 to 96 MSs.
The bill for the expansion needs to be rescinded/repealed.
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Calculations for the reduction 2024
2,338,660 Welsh Population on electoral register
39,999,008 English Population on electoral register
If they used the same calculation as per head of population as England then there would have been no more than 40 Senedd members which would reduce the expansion by 56 members.
This would be a saving per year of 56 x £79817 (MS wages per year) = £4,469,752 plus the 3 Member Support Staff plus expenses per each MS £100000 x 56)= £5.6 million. Altogether £10,000,000 plus wasted every year on NO NEED for Politicians/Bureaucracy which will increase year on year.
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