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Monmouth (Welsh: Mynwy) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also 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.
Monmouth Mynwy | |
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Senedd constituency for the Senedd | |
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Current Senedd constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Conservative |
MS | Peter Fox |
Preserved county | Monmouthshire |
Boundaries
editThe constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Monmouth UK Parliament constituency.
The other seven constituencies of the South Wales East electoral region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Newport East, Newport West and Torfaen.
Voting
editIn general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd 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 and Members of the Senedd
editElection | Member | Party | |
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1999 | David Davies | Conservative | |
2007 | Nick Ramsay | Conservative | |
March 2021[1] | Independent | ||
2021 | Peter Fox | Conservative |
Results
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Conservative | Peter Fox | 15,332 | 42.7 | -0.6 | 13,643 | 38.2 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Catrin Maby | 11,487 | 32.0 | +5.1 | 10,562 | 29.6 | +4.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Hugh Kocan | 2,085 | 5.8 | ±0.0 | 3,003 | 8.4 | -0.1 | |
Green | Ian Chandler | 2,000 | 5.6 | +2.7 | 2,938 | 8.2 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jo Watkins | 1,892 | 5.3 | +0.6 | 2,043 | 5.7 | -0.3 | |
Independent | Nick Ramsay[a] | 1,293 | 3.6 | N/A | ||||
Abolish | Mark Reckless[b] | 1,174 | 3.3 | New | 2,065 | 5.8 | -0.1 | |
Reform UK | Susan Boucher | 349 | 1.0 | New | 334 | 0.9 | New | |
Freedom Alliance (UK) | Elspeth Hill | 181 | 0.5 | New | 186 | 0.5 | New | |
Gwlad | Laurence Williams | 90 | 0.3 | New | 169 | 0.5 | New | |
UKIP | 549 | 1.5 | -10.3 | |||||
Propel | 103 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Communist | 76 | 0.2 | ±0.0 | |||||
TUSC | 25 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |||||
Majority | 3,845 | 10.7 | −5.7 | |||||
Turnout | 35,883 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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Regional Ballot void votes: 265. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (49), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (216)
Elections in the 2010s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency[3] | Regional[4] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Conservative | Nick Ramsay | 13,585 | 43.3 | −7.0 | 11,604 | 37.2 | -5.1 | |
Labour | Catherine Fookes | 8,438 | 26.9 | −3.0 | 7,998 | 25.6 | -1.6 | |
UKIP | Tim Price | 3,092 | 9.8 | New | 3,668 | 11.8 | +6.8 | |
Independent | Debby Blakebrough | 1,932 | 6.2 | New | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Clark | 1,824 | 5.8 | −1.7 | 2,646 | 8.5 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Veronica German | 1,474 | 4.7 | −5.1 | 1,872 | 6.0 | -1.8 | |
Green | Chris Were | 910 | 2.9 | New | 1,202 | 3.9 | -0.4 | |
English Democrat | Stephen Morris | 146 | 0.5 | −2.0 | ||||
Abolish | 1,853 | 5.9 | New | |||||
Monster Raving Loony | 172 | 0.6 | New | |||||
TUSC | 76 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Communist | 67 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||
National Front | 44 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Majority | 5,147 | 16.4 | −4.0 | |||||
Turnout | 31,401 | 48.9 | +2.8 | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Constituency[5] | Regional[6] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Conservative | Nick Ramsay | 15,087 | 50.3 | −1.7 | 12,717 | 42.3 | -3.9 | |
Labour | Mark Whitcutt[7] | 8,970 | 29.9 | +6.5 | 8,173 | 27.2 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Ellard | 2,937 | 9.8 | −4.9 | 2,361 | 7.8 | -3.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Fiona Cross[8] | 2,263 | 7.5 | +0.4 | 1,891 | 6.3 | +0.4 | |
English Democrat | Steve Uncles | 744 | 2.5 | −0.2 | 935 | 3.1 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | 1,560 | 5.2 | +1.5 | |||||
Green | 1,293 | 4.3 | +0.1 | |||||
BNP | 499 | 1.7 | -1.3 | |||||
Socialist Labour | 331 | 1.1 | -0.3 | |||||
Welsh Christian | 252 | 0.8 | +0.1 | |||||
Communist | 75 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |||||
Majority | 6,117 | 20.4 | −8.2 | |||||
Turnout | 30,001 | 46.1 | −0.8 | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.2 |
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 226[9]
Elections in the 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[10] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Conservative | Nick Ramsay | 15,389 | 52.0 | −5.5 | 13,692 | 46.2 | -0.6 | |
Labour | Richard Clark | 6,920 | 23.4 | −3.5 | 6,104 | 20.6 | -4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacqui A. Sullivan | 4,359 | 14.7 | +4.0 | 3,357 | 11.3 | +0.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Clark | 2,093 | 7.1 | +2.2 | 1,761 | 5.9 | +0.1 | |
English Democrat | Robert Abrams | 804 | 2.7 | New | 633 | 2.1 | New | |
Green | 1,236 | 4.2 | -0.2 | |||||
UKIP | 1,099 | 3.7 | +0.2 | |||||
BNP | 874 | 3.0 | +1.2 | |||||
Socialist Labour | 402 | 1.4 | -0.1 | |||||
Welsh Christian Party | 216 | 0.7 | New | |||||
Independent - Colin Hobbs | 186 | 0.6 | New | |||||
CPA | 45 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Communist | 2 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Majority | 8,469 | 28.6 | −2.0 | |||||
Turnout | 29,565 | 46.9 | +2.7 | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[11] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Conservative | David Thomas Charles Davies | 15,989 | 57.5 | +16.6 | 12,969 | 46.8 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Sian James | 7,479 | 26.9 | −5.4 | 6,901 | 24.9 | -5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Willott | 2,973 | 10.7 | −3.9 | 2,988 | 10.8 | -3.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Stephen V. Thomas | 1,355 | 4.9 | −1.3 | 1,599 | 5.8 | -5.4 | |
Green | 1,206 | 4.4 | Unknown | |||||
UKIP | 964 | 3.5 | Unknown | |||||
BNP | 491 | 1.8 | New | |||||
Socialist Labour | 408 | 1.5 | Unknown | |||||
Cymru Annibynnol | 111 | 0.4 | New | |||||
ProLife Alliance | 82 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Majority | 8,510 | 30.6 | +22.0 | |||||
Turnout | 27,796 | 44.2 | −6.9 | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +11.0 |
2003 Electorate: 62,451
Regional ballots rejected: 294
Elections in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Conservative | David Thomas Charles Davies | 12,950 | 40.9 | N/A | 12,771 | 40.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Cherry R.P. Short | 10,238 | 32.3 | N/A | 9,498 | 30.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris P. Lines | 4,639 | 14.6 | N/A | 4,399 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Marc Hubbard | 1,964 | 6.2 | N/A | 3,528 | 11.2 | N/A | |
Tourism and Farmers Party of Wales | Anthony Carrington | 1,911 | 6.0 | N/A | ||||
United Socialist | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | |||||
Others | 1,431 | 4.5 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 2,712 | 8.6 | N/A | |||||
Turnout | 31,702 | 51.1 | N/A | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
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