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Podcast: Hiraeth - Welsh Politics
Episode: So are we calling them 'Super Constituencies'?
Description: We kick off September in the same way that political parties and campaigners all across Wales are doing, with eyes on the new proposals for Senedd 'super constituencies' that will be contested in the 2026 Welsh general election.
The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru's remit from the Senedd has been to find a robust way to pair off our 32 UK Parliament constituencies and create 16 'super constituencies', from which six Senedd Members will be elected on a PR list system, similar to our current regional list system.
But this is not an easy task, and the timeline is extremely tight for this...