Monmouth (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
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Welsh Assembly county constituency | |
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Monmouth shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies |
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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 | |
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1999-2007 | David Davies | Conservative | |
2007-present | Nick Ramsay | Conservative |
[edit] Results
Welsh Assembly election 2007: Monmouth | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 |