Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 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 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Westminster constituency. It is partly within the preserved county of Gwent and partly within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan.

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

Results

Election box begin
title=Welsh Assembly election 2007: Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Huw Lewis
votes = 7,776
percentage = 37.0
change = -23.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Amy Kitcher
votes = 3,195
percentage = 15.2
change = +8.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Clive Tovey
votes = 2,622
percentage = 12.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Glyndwr Jones
votes = 2,519
percentage = 12.0
change = -4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jeff Edwards
votes = 1,915
percentage = 9.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Giles Howard
votes = 1,151
percentage = 5.5
change = -2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jock Greer
votes = 844
percentage = 4.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Vivienne Hadley
votes = 809
percentage = 3.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Richard Williams
votes = 162
percentage = 0.8
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 4,518
percentage = 21.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 20,993
percentage = 38.9
change = +5.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing = -15.8

Election box begin
title=Welsh Assembly election 2003: Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Huw Lewis
votes = 11,148
percentage = 60.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Alun Cox
votes = 2,988
percentage = 16.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Prosser
votes = 1,539
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Neil Greer
votes = 1,423
percentage = 7.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Ault
votes = 1,324
percentage = 7.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 8,160
percentage = 42.3
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 32.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing =

Election box begin
title=Welsh Assembly election 1999: Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Huw Lewis
votes = 11,024
percentage = 43.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Alun Cox
votes = 6,810
percentage = 27.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Tony Rogers
votes = 3,746
percentage = 14.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Elwyn Jones
votes = 1,682
percentage = 6.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Carole Hyde
votes = 1,246
percentage = 5.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = United Socialist
candidate = Michael Jenkins
votes = 580
percentage = 2.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 4,214
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 44.9
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing = "N/A"