Monmouth (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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

The other seven constituencies of the region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, 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

Results

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title=Welsh Assembly election 2007: MonmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Ramsay
votes = 15,389
percentage = 52.0
change = -5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Clark
votes = 6,920
percentage = 23.4
change = -3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jacqui Sullivan
votes = 4,359
percentage = 14.7
change = +4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Jonathan Clark
votes = 2,093
percentage = 7.1
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Ed Abrams
votes = 804
percentage = 2.7
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 8,469
percentage = 28.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 29,565
percentage = 46.9
change = +2.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

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title=Welsh Assembly election 2003: MonmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Davies
votes = 15,989
percentage = 57.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sian James
votes = 7,479
percentage = 26.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alison Willott
votes = 2,973
percentage = 10.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Stephen Thomas
votes = 1,355
percentage = 4.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 8,510
percentage = 30.6
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 44.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

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title=Welsh Assembly election 1999: MonmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Davies
votes = 12,950
percentage = 40.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cherry Short
votes = 10,238
percentage = 32.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Chris Lines
votes = 4,639
percentage = 14.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Marc Hubbard
votes = 1,964
percentage = 6.2
change = Election box candidate
party = Tourism and Farmers
candidate = Anthony Carrington
votes = 1,911
percentage = 6.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,712
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 51.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =