Caerphilly (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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Caerphilly
Welsh Assembly county constituency
Caerphilly shown as one of the 40
Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created: 1999
Electoral region: South Wales East
AM: Jeffrey Cuthbert
Party: Labour
Preserved county: Gwent

Caerphilly 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 Caerphilly Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Gwent.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Blaenau Gwent, 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
1999 - 2003 Ron Davies Labour Party
2003 - present Jeffrey Cuthbert Labour Party

[edit] Results

Welsh Assembly election 2007: Caerphilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeff Cuthbert 9,026 34.6 -10.8
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 6,739 25.8 -2.2
Independent Ron Davies 5,805 22.2 N/A
Conservative Richard Foley 2,954 11.3 +1.2
Liberal Democrat Huw Price 1,596 6.1 +1.1
Majority 2,287 8.8
Turnout 26,120 42.1 +5.1
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly election 2003: Caerphilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeff Cuthbert 11,893 47.1
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 6,919 27.4
Conservative Laura Jones 2,570 10.2
Liberal Democrat Rob Roffe 1,281 5.1
Independent Anne Blackman 1,204 4.8 N/A
Independent Avril Dafydd-Lewis 930 3.7 N/A
UK Independence Brenda Vipass 590 2.3 N/A
Majority 4,974 19.6
Turnout 36.8
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly election 1999: Caerphilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ron Davies 12,602 44.2 N/A
Plaid Cymru Robert Gough 9,741 34.2 N/A
Liberal Democrat Michael German 3,543 12.4 N/A
Conservative Mary Taylor 2,213 7.8 N/A
United Socialist Timothy Richards 412 1.5 N/A
Majority 2,861 N/A
Turnout 43.2 N/A
Labour hold Swing
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