Blaenau Gwent (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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

The other seven constituencies of the region are Caerphilly, Islwyn, 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.

Assembly Members

Results

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title=Welsh Assembly election 2007: Blaenau GwentElection box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Trish Law
votes = 12,722
percentage = 54.1
change = +54.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keren Bender
votes = 7,365
percentage = 31.3
change = -38.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gareth Lewis
votes = 1,351
percentage = 5.7
change = -5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Natasha Asghar
votes = 1,129
percentage = 4.8
change = -4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bob Hayward
votes = 951
percentage = 4.0
change = -1.7Election box majority
votes = 5,357
percentage = 22.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 23,518
percentage = 44.5
change = +7.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +46.5

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title=Blaenau Gwent by-election, 2006Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Trish Law
votes = 13,785
percentage = 50.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Hopkins
votes = 9,321
percentage = 34.0
change = -36.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Steve Bard
votes = 2,054
percentage = 7.5
change = -3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = John Price
votes = 1,109
percentage = 4.0
change = -5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Burns
votes = 816
percentage = 3.0
change = -2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = John Matthews
votes = 302
percentage = 1.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 4,464
percentage = 16.3
change = -43.1Election box turnout
votes = 27,387
percentage = 49.6%
change = +12.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=Welsh Assembly election 2003: Blaenau GwentElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Peter Law
votes = 13,884
percentage = 70.2
change = +8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Bard
votes = 2,184
percentage = 10.9
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Rhys Ab Ellis
votes = 1,889
percentage = 9.6
change = -11.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barrie O'Keefe
votes = 1,131
percentage = 5.7
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Roger Thomas
votes = 719
percentage = 3.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 11,736
percentage = 59.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 20,022
percentage = 37.8
change = -10.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing =

Election box begin
title=Welsh Assembly election 1999: Blaenau GwentElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Peter Law
votes = 16,069
percentage = 61.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Phil Williams
votes = 5,501
percentage = 21.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Rogers
votes = 2,980
percentage = 11.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Thomas
votes = 1,444
percentage = 5.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 10,568
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 48.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing =