Torfaen (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Torfaen 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 Torfaen 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, Monmouth, Newport East and Newport West.

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: TorfaenElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lynne Neagle
votes = 9,921
percentage = 42.7
change = -9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Smith
votes = 4,525
percentage = 19.5
change = +3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group
candidate = Clive Tovey
votes = 3,348
percentage = 14.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Rhys ab Ellis
votes = 2,762
percentage = 11.9
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patrick Legg
votes = 2,659
percentage = 11.4
change = -2.6Election box majority
votes = 5,396
percentage = 23.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 23,215
percentage = 37.1
change = +5.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -6.2

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title=Welsh Assembly election 2003: TorfaenElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lynne Neagle
votes = 10,152
percentage = 51.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Ramsay
votes = 3,188
percentage = 16.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael German
votes = 2,746
percentage = 14.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Aneurin Preece
votes = 2,092
percentage = 10.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = David Rowlands
votes = 1,377
percentage = 7.0
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 6,964
percentage = 35.6
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 31.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=Welsh Assembly election 1999: TorfaenElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lynne Neagle
votes = 9,080
percentage = 38.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour
candidate = Michael Gough
votes = 3,795
percentage = 15.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ingrid Nut
votes = 2,828
percentage = 11.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Noel Turner
votes = 2,614
percentage = 10.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jean Gray
votes = 2,614
percentage = 10.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kay Thomas
votes = 2,152
percentage = 9.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Local Socialist
candidate = Stephen Smith
votes = 839
percentage = 3.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 5,285
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 39.2
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"