Caerphilly (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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

The other seven constituencies of the region are Blaenau Gwent, 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: CaerphillyElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeff Cuthbert
votes = 9,026
percentage = 34.6
change = -10.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Lindsay Whittle
votes = 6,739
percentage = 25.8
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ron Davies
votes = 5,805
percentage = 22.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Foley
votes = 2,954
percentage = 11.3
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Huw Price
votes = 1,596
percentage = 6.1
change = +1.1Election box majority
votes = 2,287
percentage = 8.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 26,120
percentage = 42.1
change = +5.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=Welsh Assembly election 2003: CaerphillyElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeff Cuthbert
votes = 11,893
percentage = 47.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Lindsay Whittle
votes = 6,919
percentage = 27.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Laura Jones
votes = 2,570
percentage = 10.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rob Roffe
votes = 1,281
percentage = 5.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Anne Blackman
votes = 1,204
percentage = 4.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Avril Dafydd-Lewis
votes = 930
percentage = 3.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Brenda Vipass
votes = 590
percentage = 2.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 4,974
percentage = 19.6
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 36.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=Welsh Assembly election 1999: CaerphillyElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ron Davies
votes = 12,602
percentage = 44.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Robert Gough
votes = 9,741
percentage = 34.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael German
votes = 3,543
percentage = 12.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Taylor
votes = 2,213
percentage = 7.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = United Socialist
candidate = Timothy Richards
votes = 412
percentage = 1.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,861
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 43.2
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =