10th Regional Assembly of Murcia

The 10th Assembly of Murcia was the meeting of the Regional Assembly of Murcia, with the membership determined by the results of the 2019 regional election held on 26 May 2019. The parliament met for the first time on 11 June 2019. According to the Statute of Autonomy of Murcia the maximum legislative term of assembly is 4 years from the preceding election.

10th Assembly of Murcia
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Overview
Legislative bodyRegional Assembly of Murcia
Term10 June 2019 (2019-06-10) – 2023 (2023)
Election26 May 2019
GovernmentLópez Miras II
Websiteasambleamurcia.es
Deputies
Members45
PresidentAlberto Castillo (Independent)
First Vice-PresidentMiguel Ángel Miralles (PP)
Second Vice-PresidentGloria Alarcón (PSOE)
First SecretaryFrancisco José Carrera (Vox)
Second SecretaryEmilio Ivars (PSOE, until 21 June 2020)
Antonio José Espín (PSOE, since September 2020)

Election

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The 10th Murcian regional elections was held on 26 May 2019. At the election the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) became the largest party in the Assembly but fell short of a majority.

Alliance Votes % Seats +/–
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 212,600 32.47% 17  4
People's Party (PP) 211,849 32.35% 16  6
Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 78,483 11.99% 6  2
Vox (Vox) 61,998 9.47% 4  4
We CanEquo (Podemos-Equo) 36,486 5.57% 2  4
Others/blanks 53,380 8.14% 0
Total 654,796 100.00% 45  

History

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The new parliament met for the first time on 11 June 2019 and Alberto Castillo (Cs) was elected as President of the Assembly of Murcia with the support of PP and Cs.[1]

President[1]
Candidate Votes
Round 1 Round 2
Alberto Castillo Cs 22 22
Alfonso Martínez PSOE 17 19
María Giménez Podemos 2 Eliminated
Blank 4 4
Total 45 45

Deaths, resignations and suspensions

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The 10th Assembly of Murcia has seen the following deaths, resignations and suspensions:

  • 28 September 2019 - Óscar Urralburu and María Giménez (Podemos) resigned in order to join Más País, a split from Podemos led by Iñigo Errejón.[2] María Marín and Rafael Esteban (Podemos) replaced them on 18 and 23 October 2019, respectively.[3]
  • 25 October 2019 - Javier Celdrán, María Cristina Sánchez and Antonio Luengo (PP) resigned after being appointed ministers in the new regional government.[4] Francisco José Espejo (PP) decided not to take his seat.[4] Isabel María Sánchez, María Inmaculada Lardín and Juan Antonio Mata (PP) replaced them on 13 November 2019.[5]
  • 21 June 2020 - Emilio Ivars (PSOE) resigned.[6] Later that year his party accused him of leaking information to the media without consent.[7] María Hernández (PSOE) replaced him on 16 September 2020.[8]
  • 13 December 2021 - Diego Conesa (PSOE), leader of the socialist group, resigned.[9] Early that year he had announced that he will not run for reelection as Secretary General of the PSRM.[10] José Antonio Campos (PSOE) replaced him on 17 December 2021.[11]
  • 14 December 2022 - Rafael Esteban (Podemos) resigned to go back to his job.[12] Helena Vidal (Greens Equo) replaced him on 15 February 2023.[13]

Changes in political affiliation

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Once elected, members are organized in parliamentary groups (Spanish: grupos parlamentarios). The formation of such groups is up to the members, but it is common for members elected within the same list to form part of the same group. Members that do not belong to any group are place in the Mixed Group. Members may leave their group if they wish so. They can also be expelled from it. Their political affiliation is unlinked to the group they belong, meaning that changing or leaving a political party does not mean necessarily leaving or changing group.

The following list records members that changed party and/or group during this session.

Members that changed group and/or party
Name Date From To Reason
Party Group Party Group
María Isabel Campuzano 23 Jun 2020 Vox Vox Ind. Vox Expelled from Vox.
7 Oct 2022 Ind. Vox Ind. Mixed Left Vox group due to political disagreements, effectively dissolving the group.
Juan José Liarte 23 Jun 2020 Vox Vox Ind. Vox Expelled from Vox.
7 Oct 2022 Ind. Vox Ind. Mixed Vox group dissolved after two of their members left.
Francisco José Carrera 23 Jun 2020 Vox Vox Ind. Vox Expelled from Vox.
7 Oct 2022 Ind. Vox Ind. Mixed Vox group dissolved after two of their members left.
María del Valle Miguelez 12 Mar 2021 Cs Cs Ind. Cs Expelled from Cs.
Isabel Franco 12 Mar 2021 Cs Cs Ind. Cs Expelled from Cs.
Francisco Álvarez 12 Mar 2021 Cs Cs Ind. Cs Expelled from Cs.
Alberto Castillo 1 Jun 2021 Cs Cs Ind. Cs Expelled from Cs.
Juan José Molina 21 Jun 2021 Cs Cs Cs Mixed Left Cs group as a majority of members of the group had been expelled from the party.
Ana Martínez 21 Jun 2021 Cs Cs Cs Mixed Left Cs group as a majority of members of the group had been expelled from the party.
Pascual Salvador 6 Oct 2022 Vox Vox Vox Mixed Left Vox group ordered by the national leadership of the party.

Members

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Name No. Party Alliance Group Took office Left office Notes
Antonia Abenza 12 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
Gloria Alarcón 2 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
Francisco Álvarez 6 Cs Cs Citizens 11 June 2019 Expelled from Citizens in March 2021[14]
N/A Independent Independent
Antonio Calderón 11 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
José Antonio Campos 19 PSRM PSOE Socialists 17 February 2021
María Isabel Campuzano 3 Vox Vox Vox 11 June 2019 Expelled from Vox in June 2020[15] A court forced Vox to readmit her in January 2022[16]
Jesús Cano 14 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
Francisco José Carrera 4 Vox Vox Vox 11 June 2019 Expelled from Vox in June 2020[15] A court forced Vox to readmit him in January 2022[16]
Rosalía Casado 10 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
Alberto Castillo 4 Independent Cs Citizens 11 June 2019 Expelled from Citizens on 1 June 2021[17]
N/A Independent
Javier Celdrán 6 PP PP People's 11 June 2019 25 October 2019 Replaced by Isabel María Sánchez.
Diego Conesa 1 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019 13 December 2021
Antonio José Espín 5 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
Rafael Esteban 4 Podemos PodemosEquo Mixed 23 October 2019 14 December 2022 Replaces María Giménez. Replaced by Helena Vidal.
María del Carmen Fernández 6 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
María Isabel Franco 1 Cs Cs Citizens 11 June 2019 Expelled from Citizens in March 2021[14]
N/A Independent Independent
María Giménez 2 Podemos PodemosEquo Mixed 11 June 2019 28 September 2019 Replaced by Rafael Esteban
Miriam Guardiola 13 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
María Hernández 18 PSRM PSOE Socialists 16 September 2020 Replaces Emilio Ivars
María Inmaculada Lardín 20 PP PP People's 13 November 2019 Replaces María Cristina Sánchez
Emilio Ivars 9 PSRM PSOE Socialists 13 November 2019 21 June 2020 Replaced by María Hernández
Juan José Liarte 2 Vox Vox Vox 11 June 2019 Expelled from Vox in June 2020[15] A court forced Vox to readmit him in January 2022[16]
Pedro López 11 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
Fernando López 1 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
Virginia Lopo 14 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
Antonio Luengo 9 PP PP People's 11 June 2019 25 October 2019 Replaced by Juan Antonio Mata
Francisco Lucas 3 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
María Marín 3 Podemos PodemosEquo Mixed 18 October 2019 Replaces Óscar Urralburu
Alfonso Martínez 7 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
Consagración Martínez 16 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
María Dolores Martínez 8 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
Ana Martínez 3 Cs Cs Mixed 11 June 2019 Earlier member of the Citizens Group, left in 2021.
Victor Martínez-Carrasco 16 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
Juan Antonio Mata 19 PP PP People's 13 November 2019 Replaces Antonio Luengo
María del Valle Miguélez 5 Cs Cs Citizens 11 June 2019 Expelled from Citizens in March 2021[14]
N/A Independent Independent
Miguel Miralles 9 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
Juan José Molina 2 Cs Cs Mixed 11 June 2019 Earlier member of the Citizens Group, left in 2021.
Fernando Moreno 17 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
María del Carmen Pelegrín 7 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
Jose Antonio Peñalver 13 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
Sonia Ruiz 3 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
María del Carmen Ruiz 12 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
Pascual Salvador 1 Vox Vox Vox 11 June 2019
María Magdalena Sánchez 4 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
Isabel María Sánchez 17 PP PP People's 13 November 2019 Replaces Javier Celdrán
María Cristina Sánchez 2 PP PP People's 11 June 2019 25 October 2019 Replaced by María Inmaculada Lardín
Ramón Sánchez-Parra 8 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
Joaquín Segado 5 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
Manuel Sevilla 15 PSRM PSOE Socialists 11 June 2019
Óscar Urralburu 1 Podemos PodemosEquo Mixed 11 June 2019 28 September 2019 Replaced by María Marín
María Dolores Valcárcel 10 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
Clara Valverde 15 PP PP People's 11 June 2019
Helena Vidal 7 Equo PodemosEquo People's 15 February 2023 Replaces Rafael Esteban

References

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  1. ^ a b G. Valenzuela, Antonio (11 June 2019). "Alberto Castillo (Cs), nuevo presidente de la Asamblea de Murcia". La Razón (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-06-11. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. ^ Guillén, Zenón (28 September 2019). "Urralburu y su equipo dinamitan Podemos para unirse a Errejón". La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Los nuevos diputados de Podemos prometen su cargo y continúan con la actividad parlamentaria del partido". elDiario.es (in Spanish). 23 October 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Los consejeros Luengo, Celdrán, Sánchez y Espejo formalizan la renuncia a sus escaños en la Asamblea". La Verdad (in Spanish). 25 October 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ "La Asamblea Regional se renueva con tres nuevos diputados del Grupo Popular". COPE (in Spanish). 13 November 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ Ferrán, Jaime; Sánchez, Jorge (21 June 2020). "Emilio Ivars deja la Asamblea: "Para no tener espacio, me vuelvo al colegio"". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ Manzano, Isabel (29 March 2021). "El PSOE abre un expediente de expulsión a Emilio Ivars por filtrar información del partido". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  8. ^ "María Hernández Abellán sustituye a Emilio Ivars en la Asamblea Regional". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  9. ^ Gómez, David (13 December 2021). "Diego Conesa formaliza su renuncia al acta de diputado en la Asamblea". La Verdad.
  10. ^ "Diego Conesa no repetirá como secretario general del PSOE en la Región". La Opinión de Murcia. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  11. ^ "José Antonio Campos toma posesión como diputado del PSOE". La Opinión de Murcia. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  12. ^ "El diputado regional de Podemos Rafael Esteban dimite por "motivos personales"". Europa Press (in Spanish). 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  13. ^ "Helena Vidal Brazales". Asamblea Regional de Murcia.
  14. ^ a b c "Ciudadanos expulsará a los tres diputados que votarán en contra de la moción contra el PP en Murcia". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-03-12. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  15. ^ a b c "Vox expulsa del partido a los tres diputados murcianos suspendidos de militancia". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 23 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  16. ^ a b c Gómez, David (18 January 2022). "La Justicia condena a Vox a readmitir a sus tres diputados regionales expulsados". La Verdad. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  17. ^ Lucas, Ana; Ferrán, Jaime (1 June 2021). "Cs asegura que Alberto Castillo está expulsado del partido". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2022.