 In May 2020, Powys councillor Claire Mills quit the Conservatives and joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party, becoming the party's first and only elected representative in Welsh local government.Richard Suchorzewski, a businessman and former Conservative Party and UKIP member, took over as the new leader of Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party in June 2020.It was announced that the party would take on a major rebrand in preparation for the 2021 Senedd election.