Torfaen (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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Torfaen

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

Torfaen 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 Torfaen 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, Monmouth, Newport East and Newport West.

[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-present	Lynne Neagle	Labour

[edit] Results

Welsh Assembly election 2007: Torfaen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Neagle	9,921	42.7	-9.2
	Conservative	Graham Smith	4,525	19.5	+3.2
	Blaenau Gwent People's Voice	Clive Tovey	3,348	14.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys ab Ellis	2,762	11.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Legg	2,659	11.4	-2.6
Majority			5,396	23.2
Turnout			23,215	37.1	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.2

Welsh Assembly election 2003: Torfaen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Neagle	10,152	51.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Ramsay	3,188	16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Michael German	2,746	14.0
	Plaid Cymru	Aneurin Preece	2,092	10.7
	UK Independence	David Rowlands	1,377	7.0	N/A
Majority			6,964	35.6
Turnout				31.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly election 1999: Torfaen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Neagle	9,080	38.0	N/A
	Independent Labour	Michael Gough	3,795	15.9	N/A
	Independent	Ingrid Nut	2,828	11.8	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Noel Turner	2,614	10.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Gray	2,614	10.9	N/A
	Conservative	Kay Thomas	2,152	9.0	N/A
	Local Socialist	Stephen Smith	839	3.5	N/A
Majority			5,285		N/A
Turnout				39.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A