WALES moved a step closer to major electoral reform as a two-day debate on the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill ended today.

Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru committed to parliamentary reform in their co-operation agreement, adding 36 more Senedd members and a closed-list voting system.

The current mix of local and regional members will be replaced by 16 new constituencies, each represented by six Senedd members — parties will put forward lists of ranked candidates for each seat.