Monmouth (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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Monmouth
Welsh Assembly county constituency
Monmouth shown as one of the 40
Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created: 1999
Electoral region: South Wales East
AM: Nick Ramsay
Party: Conservative
Preserved county: Gwent

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

The other seven constituencies of the region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, 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
1999-2007 David Davies Conservative
2007-present Nick Ramsay Conservative

[edit] Results

Welsh Assembly election 2007: Monmouth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Ramsay 15,389 52.0 -5.5
Labour Richard Clark 6,920 23.4 -3.5
Liberal Democrat Jacqui Sullivan 4,359 14.7 +4.0
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Clark 2,093 7.1 +2.2
English Democrats Ed Abrams 804 2.7 N/A
Majority 8,469 28.6
Turnout 29,565 46.9 +2.4
Conservative hold Swing
Welsh Assembly election 2003: Monmouth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Davies 15,989 57.5
Labour Sian James 7,479 26.9
Liberal Democrat Alison Willott 2,973 10.7
Plaid Cymru Stephen Thomas 1,355 4.9
Majority 8,510 30.6
Turnout 44.2
Conservative hold Swing
Welsh Assembly election 1999: Monmouth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Davies 12,950 40.9
Labour Cherry Short 10,238 32.3
Liberal Democrat Chris Lines 4,639 14.6
Plaid Cymru Marc Hubbard 1,964 6.2
Tourism and Farmers Anthony Carrington 1,911 6.0
Majority 2,712
Turnout 51.1
Conservative hold Swing
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