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Monmouth (Senedd constituency)

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Not to be confused with other constituencies listed at Monmouth constituency.

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
Senedd constituency
for the Senedd
Monmouth shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies
Monmouth shown within the South Wales East electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd constituency
Created1999
PartyConservative
MSPeter Fox
Preserved countyMonmouthshire

Boundaries

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Map of current boundaries

The 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

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In 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

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Election Member Party
1999 David Davies Conservative
2007 Nick Ramsay Conservative
March 2021[1] Independent
2021 Peter Fox Conservative

Results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2021 Senedd election: Monmouth[2]
Party 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
Abolish Mark Reckless[a] 1,174 3.3 New 2,065 5.8 -0.1
Independent Nick Ramsay[b] 1,293 3.6 N/A
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
  1. ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
  2. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

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

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Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Monmouth
Party Candidate Constituency[3] Regional[4]
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
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Monmouth
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

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Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Monmouth
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[10]
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
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Monmouth
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

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Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Monmouth
Party 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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  1. ^ "Election 2021: Nick Ramsay leaves Welsh Tories to stand as independent". BBC News. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ Mosalski, Ruth; Burkitt, Sian (7 May 2021). "Senedd election 2021 result for Monmouth: Conservatives hold seat". Wales Online. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Wales elections > Monmouth". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Wales elections > Monmouth". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  7. ^ http://www.markwhitcutt4monmouth.co.uk Archived 7 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Fiona Cross". Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  9. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  10. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  11. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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