Caerphilly (Senedd constituency) (original) (raw)
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Constituency of the Senedd
| Caerphilly_Caerffili_ | |
|---|---|
| Senedd county constituencyfor the Senedd | |
 Caerphilly shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies |
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| Current Senedd county constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Party | Labour |
| MS | Hefin David |
| Electoral region | South Wales East |
Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is additionally 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.
Map of current boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Caerphilly Westminster constituency.
The other seven constituencies of the South Wales East electoral region are Blaenau Gwent, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West and Torfaen.
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 | Ron Davies | |
| 2003 | Jeffrey Cuthbert | |
| 2016 | Hefin David |
Elections in the 2020s
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2021 Senedd election: Caerphilly[1]
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Hefin David[a] | 13,289 | 46.0 | +10.7 | 11,230 | 38.7 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Delyth Jewell | 8,211 | 28.4 | -1.1 | 8,277 | 28.5 | |
| Conservative | Steven Mayfield | 5,013 | 17.3 | +8.4 | 5,172 | 17.8 | |
| Abolish | Stephen Jones | 1,119 | 3.9 | New | 1,134 | 3.9 | |
| Green | 1,074 | 3.7 | +1.3 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Aicheler | 787 | 2.7 | +1.3 | 644 | 2.2 | |
| Reform UK | Tim Price | 495 | 1.7 | New | 342 | 1.2 | |
| UKIP | 505 | 1.7 | -18.8 | ||||
| Gwlad | 180 | 0.6 | New | ||||
| No More Lockdowns | 174 | 0.6 | New | ||||
| Propel | 115 | 0.4 | New | ||||
| Communist | 86 | 0.3 | ±0.0 | ||||
| TUSC | 71 | 0.2 | -0.1 | ||||
| Majority | 5,078 | 17.6 | +11.8 | ||||
| Turnout | 28,914 | 44.31[2] | +1.0 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||||
| Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency |
Regional Ballot void votes: 145. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (71), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (4), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (145)
Elections in the 2010s
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Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Caerphilly
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[3] | Regional[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Hefin David | 9,584 | 35.3 | −13.7 | 9,416 | 34.7 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | 8,009 | 29.5 | −0.2 | 7,013 | 25.9 | |
| UKIP | Sam Gould | 5,954 | 22.0 | New | 5,555 | 20.5 | |
| Conservative | Jane Pratt | 2,412 | 8.9 | −4.3 | 2,728 | 10.1 | |
| Green | Andrew Creak | 770 | 2.8 | New | 651 | 2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Aladdin Ayesh | 386 | 1.4 | -2.8 | 526 | 1.9 | |
| Abolish | 830 | 3.1 | New | ||||
| Monster Raving Loony | 177 | 0.7 | New | ||||
| TUSC | 91 | 0.3 | New | ||||
| Communist | 74 | 0.3 | ±0.0 | ||||
| National Front | 50 | 0.2 | New | ||||
| Majority | 1,575 | 5.8 | −13.5 | ||||
| Turnout | 27,115 | 43.3 | +1.8 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing |
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Caerphilly
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[5] | Regional[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Jeffrey Cuthbert | 12,521 | 49.0 | +14.4 | 11,251 | 44.0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Ronald Davies | 7,597 | 29.7 | +3.9 | 6,717 | 26.3 | |
| Conservative | Owen Meredith | 3,368 | 13.2 | +1.9 | 3,016 | 11.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kay David | 1,062 | 4.2 | −1.9 | 917 | 3.6 | |
| BNP | Anthony King | 1,022 | 4.0 | New | 1,042 | 4.1 | |
| UKIP | 983 | 3.8 | -0.8 | ||||
| Socialist Labour | 633 | 2.5 | +1.1 | ||||
| Green | 551 | 2.2 | -0.6 | ||||
| Welsh Christian | 335 | 1.3 | ±0.0 | ||||
| Communist | 77 | 0.3 | -0.1 | ||||
| English Democrat | 38 | 0.1 | -0.1 | ||||
| Majority | 4,924 | 19.3 | +10.5 | ||||
| Turnout | 25,570 | 41.5 | −0.6 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 143[7]
Elections in the 2000s
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Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Caerphilly
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[8] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Jeffrey Cuthbert | 9,026 | 34.6 | −10.8 | 9,707 | 37.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | 6,739 | 25.8 | −2.2 | 6,287 | 24.1 | |
| Independent | Ronald Davies | 5,806 | 22.2 | New | |||
| Conservative | Richard Foley | 2,954 | 11.3 | +1.2 | 3,149 | 12.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Huw Price | 1,596 | 6.1 | +1.1 | 1,601 | 6.1 | |
| BNP | 1,380 | 5.1 | +3.8 | ||||
| UKIP | 1,201 | 4.6 | +1.2 | ||||
| Independent - Colin Hobbs | 1,061 | 4.1 | New | ||||
| Green | 736 | 2.8 | +0.4 | ||||
| Socialist Labour | 356 | 1.4 | -0.8 | ||||
| Welsh Christian Party | 347 | 1.3 | New | ||||
| Communist | 95 | 0.4 | New | ||||
| CPA | 66 | 0.3 | New | ||||
| English Democrat | 52 | 0.2 | New | ||||
| Majority | 2,287 | 8.8 | −10.8 | ||||
| Turnout | 26,120 | 42.1 | +5.1 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | −4.3 |
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Caerphilly
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[9] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Jeffrey Cuthbert | 11,893 | 47.1 | +2.9 | 11,956 | 47.1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | 6,919 | 27.4 | −6.8 | 5,893 | 23.2 | |
| Conservative | Laura Anne Jones | 2,570 | 10.2 | +2.4 | 2,895 | 11.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rob W. Roffe | 1,281 | 5.1 | −7.3 | 1,907 | 7.5 | |
| Independent | Anne Blackman | 1,204 | 4.8 | New | |||
| Independent | Avril A. Dafydd-Lewis | 930 | 3.7 | New | |||
| UKIP | Brenda M. Vipass | 590 | 2.3 | New | 863 | 3.4 | |
| Green | 613 | 2.4 | Unknown | ||||
| Socialist Labour | 549 | 2.2 | Unknown | ||||
| BNP | 326 | 1.3 | New | ||||
| Cymru Annibynnol | 280 | 1.1 | New | ||||
| ProLife Alliance | 96 | 0.4 | New | ||||
| Majority | 4,974 | 19.7 | +9.7 | ||||
| Turnout | 25,387 | 36.8 | −6.4 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +4.9 |
2003 Electorate: 68,152
Regional ballots rejected: 316
Elections in the 1990s
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Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Caerphilly
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Ron Davies | 12,602 | 44.2 | N/A | 10,721 | 37.6 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Robert Gough | 9,741 | 34.2 | N/A | 10,508 | 36.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike German | 3,543 | 12.4 | N/A | 3,496 | 12.3 | |
| Conservative | Mary Taylor | 2,213 | 7.8 | N/A | 2,542 | 8.9 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Timothy Richards | 412 | 1.5 | ||||
| United Socialist | 202 | 0.7 | N/A | ||||
| Others | 1,050 | 3.7 | N/A | ||||
| Majority | 2,861 | 10.0 | |||||
| Turnout | 28,511 | 43.2 | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) |
- ^ Caerphilly Statement of Persons Nominated
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