Blaenau Gwent (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
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| Blaenau Gwent shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| Electoral region: | South Wales East |
| AM: | Trish Law |
| Party: | Independent |
| Preserved county: | Gwent |
Blaenau Gwent is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Blaenau Gwent Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Gwent.
The other seven constituencies of the region are Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West and Torfaen.
[edit] Voting
In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
[edit] Assembly Members
| Period | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 - 2006 | Peter Law | Labour Co-operative | |
| 2006 - present | Trish Law | Independent | |
[edit] Results
| Welsh Assembly election 2007: Blaenau Gwent | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Trish Law | 12,722 | 54.1 | +54.1 | |
| Labour | Keren Bender | 7,365 | 31.3 | -38.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gareth Lewis | 1,351 | 5.7 | -5.1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Natasha Asghar | 1,129 | 4.8 | -4.8 | |
| Conservative | Bob Hayward | 951 | 4.0 | -1.7 | |
| Majority | 5,357 | 22.8 | |||
| Turnout | 23,518 | 44.5 | +7.1 | ||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | +46.5 | |||
| Blaenau Gwent by-election, 2006 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Trish Law | 13,785 | 50.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | John Hopkins | 9,321 | 34.0 | -36.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Steve Bard | 2,054 | 7.5 | -3.4 | |
| Plaid Cymru | John Price | 1,109 | 4.0 | -5.6 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Burns | 816 | 3.0 | -2.7 | |
| Green | John Matthews | 302 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,464 | 16.3 | -43.1 | ||
| Turnout | 27,387 | 49.6% | +12.2 | ||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Welsh Assembly election 2003: Blaenau Gwent | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Peter Law | 13,884 | 70.2 | +8.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stephen Bard | 2,184 | 10.9 | -0.6 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Rhys Ab Ellis | 1,889 | 9.6 | -11.6 | |
| Conservative | Barrie O'Keefe | 1,131 | 5.7 | +0.2 | |
| UK Independence | Roger Thomas | 719 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,736 | 59.4 | |||
| Turnout | 20,022 | 37.8 | -10.7 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
| Welsh Assembly election 1999: Blaenau Gwent | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Peter Law | 16,069 | 61.8 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | Phil Williams | 5,501 | 21.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Keith Rogers | 2,980 | 11.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | David Thomas | 1,444 | 5.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,568 | ||||
| Turnout | 48.2 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
