Islwyn (Assembly constituency)

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Coordinates: 51°39′11″N 3°11′24″W / 51.653°N 3.190°W / 51.653; -3.190

**Islwyn**
Welsh Assembly county constituency

Islwyn shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created:	1999
Electoral region:	South Wales East
AM:	Gwyn Price
Party:	Labour

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.

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Islwyn Westminster constituency.

The other seven constituencies of the South Wales East electoral region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West and Torfaen.

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.

Members of the National Assembly for Wales

	Member	Party
1999	Brian Hancock	Plaid Cymru
2003	Irene James	Labour
2011	Gwyn R Price	Labour

Results

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Islwyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyn Price	12,116	57.9	+20.2
	Plaid Cymru	Steffan Lewis	4,527	21.7	+0.1
	Conservative	David Chipp	2,497	11.9	+4.3
	BNP	Peter Whalley	1,115	5.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Sullivan	653	3.1	−1.7
Majority			7,589	36.3
Turnout			20,908	38.3	−4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.1

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 Democrats	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	+16.1
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Hancock	3,926	19.3	−22.7
	Tinker Against the Assembly	Paul Taylor	2,201	10.8	N/A
	Conservative	Terri-Anne Matthews	1,848	9.1	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Huw Price	1,268	6.2	−3.6
Majority			7,320	35.7
Turnout			20,489	39.6	−7.7
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing	+19.4

Elections in the 1990s

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 Democrats	Mrs. Caroline J. Bennett	2,351	9.8	N/A
	Conservative	Chris Stevens	1,621	6.8	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Ian Thomas	475	2.0	N/A
Majority			604	2.5	N/A
Turnout			23,927	47.3	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

v t e Electoral regions and Constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales

Mid and West Wales	Brecon and Radnorshire Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Ceredigion Dwyfor Meirionnydd Llanelli Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire

North Wales	Aberconwy Alyn and Deeside Arfon Clwyd South Clwyd West Delyn Vale of Clwyd Wrexham Ynys Môn

South Wales Central	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Cynon Valley Pontypridd Rhondda Vale of Glamorgan

South Wales East	Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Islwyn Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Monmouth Newport East Newport West Torfaen

South Wales West	Aberavon Bridgend Gower Neath Ogmore Swansea East Swansea West

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