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Former UKIP Member of the Senedd Gareth Bennett leaves Abolish the Welsh Assembly to stand as an Independent He will now fight this year's Senedd Election as an Independent candidate in the Cynon Valley Want to keep up to date on Welsh politics?Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up and get political news sent straight to your inbox When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use yo...

BBC News By David Deans image captionGareth Bennett joined the Senedd in 2016 as a UKIP member A politician who joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party last summer will not represent them at the Senedd elections. Gareth Bennett will run instead as an independent in Cynon Valley. A party spokesman said the decision was by mutual agreement. No further explanation has been given. The controversial politician was elected to the Senedd in 2016 as a member of UKIP, and briefly led the party's group. A spokesman for the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party (ATWAP) said: "It was mutually agreed that ...