Islwyn (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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Islwyn

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

Islwyn 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Voting 3 Members of the National Assembly for Wales 4 Results

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Islwyn Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Gwent.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, 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] Members of the National Assembly for Wales

Election		Member	Party
	1999-2003	Brian Hancock	Plaid Cymru
	2003- present	Irene James	Labour

[edit] Results

Welsh Assembly election 2007: Islwyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene James	8,883	37.7	-18.2
	Independent	Kevin Etheridge	6,665	28.3	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Alan Pritchard	5,084	21.6	+2.7
	Conservative	Paul Williams	1,797	7.6	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Maguire	1,135	4.8	-1.3
Majority			2,218	9.4
Turnout			23,564	43.0	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+23.3

Welsh Assembly election 2003: Islwyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene James	11,246	55.2
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Hancock	3,926	19.3
	Tinker Against the Assembly	Paul Taylor	2,201	10.8	N/A
	Conservative	Terri-Anne Matthews	1,848	9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Huw Price	1,268	6.2
Majority			7,320	35.7
Turnout				39.6
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Welsh Assembly election 1999: Islwyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Hancock	10,042	42.0	N/A
	Labour	Shane Williams	9,438	39.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Bennett	2,351	9.8	N/A
	Conservative	Chris Stevens	1,621	6.8	N/A
	United Socialist	Ian Thomas	475	2.0	N/A
Majority			604		N/A
Turnout				47.3
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing