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 Gareth will not stand for the party and will stand as an independent.
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