Islwyn Assembly Member Rhianon Passmore has said she supports the idea of job sharing AMs, but that constituents must come first.
The Labour politician’s qualified support comes after the Assembly Commission, the body that runs the National Assembly for Wales, said rule changes could allow candidates to jointly stand for election.
The Assembly will have powers to set its own elections, under changes being brought in by the 2017 Wales Act, which transferred more powers from Westminster to Cardiff Bay.
However such a change would require the approval of two-thirds of AMs.
Ms Passmore, a mother-of-four, told BBC Wales: “If we can start introducing the concepts and ideas of what is seen to be best practice in other walks of public life, then I think that can only be a good thing.”
She added: “It is something we have to look at very carefully, the job of an Assembly Member is extremely demanding. There have been many calls previously for how we can made the Assembly work better, in terms of legislation coming forward.
“Personally, I see nothing wrong with a job share, as long as that agreement is very, very, tightly woven and that it works basically not just for the individuals, but for the constituents that we all serve.
“It has to work for the constituency and that has to be the first priority.”
One can see what the idea is, these people earn in excess of £60,000 per annum plus expenses and complain that they are underpaid. They received, I believe, a £10,000 pay rise last year.
Given that they complain that they cannot manage on the salary how many would wish that salary cut in half? What they are after is a part time job, shared with another, where both get £60,000 plus per year.
We need to keep the pressure on for dissolving the entire Assembly for being a shambolic waste of taxpayers money.