South Wales East (Senedd electoral region)

South Wales East
Dwyrain De Cymru
Senedd electoral region
Created
1999
Current representation
Labour 7 MSs
Conservative 3 MSs
Plaid Cymru 2 MSs
Constituencies
1. Blaenau Gwent
2. Caerphilly
3. Islwyn
4. Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
5. Monmouth
6. Newport East
7. Newport West
8. Torfaen
Preserved counties
Gwent
Mid Glamorgan (part)

South Wales East (Welsh: Dwyrain De Cymru) is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in 1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.

Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up Members of the Senedd, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

County boundaries

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Map of current boundaries

The region covers the whole of the preserved county of Gwent and part of the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan. The rest of Mid Glamorgan is mostly within the South Wales Central electoral region and partly within the South Wales West region.

Electoral region profile

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The region is one of contrasts; it includes the city of Newport, along with the town of Caerphilly. It also takes in the working-class former iron town of Merthyr Tydfil, one of the most deprived towns in the UK, but also rural Monmouthshire, one of the most affluent parts of Wales.

Constituencies

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The eight constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster):

Constituency 2021 result Preserved counties
Blaenau Gwent Alun Davies
Labour
Entirely within Gwent
Caerphilly Hefin David
Labour
Entirely within Gwent
Islwyn Rhianon Passmore
Labour
Entirely within Gwent
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Dawn Bowden
Labour
Partly Gwent
partly Mid Glamorgan
Monmouth Peter Fox
Conservative
Entirely within Gwent
Newport East John Griffiths
Labour & Co-operative
Entirely within Gwent
Newport West Jayne Bryant
Labour
Entirely within Gwent
Torfaen Lynne Neagle
Labour
Entirely within Gwent

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

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Constituency AMs and MSs

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Term Election Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Islwyn Merthyr Tydfil
and Rhymney
Monmouth Newport East Newport West Torfaen
1st 1999 Peter Law
(Lab)
(later Ind)
Ron Davies
(Lab)
Brian Hancock
(PC)
Huw Lewis
(Lab)
David TC Davies
(Con)
John Griffiths
(Lab)
Rosemary Butler
(Lab)
Lynne Neagle
(Lab)
2nd 2003 Jeffrey Cuthbert
(Lab)
Irene James
(Lab)
2005[a]
2006 Trish Law
(PV)
3rd 2007 Nick Ramsay
(Con)
4th 2011 Alun Davies
(Lab)
Gwyn Price
(Lab)
5th 2016 Hefin David
(Lab)
Rhianon Passmore
(Lab)
Dawn Bowden
(Lab)
Jayne Bryant
(Lab)
6th 2021 Peter Fox
(Con)

Regional list AMs and MSs

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N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term Election AM / MS AM / MS AM / MS AM /MS
1st 1999 Phil Williams
(PC)
William Graham
(Con)
Jocelyn Davies
(PC)
Mike German
(LD)
2nd 2003 Laura Anne Jones
(Con)
3rd 2007 Mohammad Asghar
(PC)
(later Con)
2009
2010 Veronica German
(LD)
4th 2011 Lindsay Whittle
(PC)
5th 2016 Mark Reckless
(UKIP)
(later Con, Ind, BREX) then Abolish
David Rowlands
(UKIP)
BREX), then Indi[b]
Steffan Lewis
(PC)
2017[c]
2019[d][e] Delyth Jewell[2]
(PC)
2020[3][4] Laura Anne Jones
(Con)
6th 2021 Natasha Asghar
(Con)
Peredur Owen Griffiths
(PC)

2021 Senedd election

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2021 Senedd election: South Wales East
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Labour Helen Cunningham, Peter Jones, Mary Brocklesby, Majid Rahman 85,988 41.4  3.1
Conservative Laura Anne Jones, Natasha Asghar, Matthew Evans, Nick Evans, Gavin Chambers, Edward Dawson, Donna Gavin, Gareth Hughes 52,323 25.2  8.0
Plaid Cymru Delyth Jewell, Peredur Owen Griffiths, Lindsay Whittle, Rhys Mills, Jonathan lark, Ian Gwynne, Daniel Llewelyn 30,530 14.7  0.6
Abolish Mark Reckless, Richard Taylor, Stephen Jones, Michael Ford, Robert Steed, Hugh Hughes 9,995 4.8  0.7
Green Amelia Womack, Ian Chandler, Lauren James, Stephen Priestnall 9,950 4.8  2.3
Liberal Democrats Jo Watkins, Veronica German, Oliver Townsend, Jeremy Becker 7,045 3.4  0.1
UKIP Neil Hamilton, Benjamin Walker, Thomas Harrison, Robert James 4,101 2.0  15.8
Reform UK James Wells, Kirsty Walmsley, David Rowlands, Colin Jones, Robert Beavis 2,756 1.3  1.3
Gwlad Calen Jones, Laurence Williams, Ryan Williams, Terry Beverton 1,841 0.9  0.9
No More Lockdowns Gruff Meredith, Mattie Ginsburg 1,496 0.7  0.7
Propel Kieran Gething, Anthony Nash, Celia Jones, Kristopher Ashley 924 0.4  0.4
Communist Robert Griffiths, Bob Davenport, Glenn Eynon, Irene Green 606 0.3  0.0
TUSC Mariam Kamish, Cammilla Mngaza, Melanie Benedict, Dave Reid 362 0.2  0.1
Party Constituency
seats
List votes (vote %)[5] D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total members
elected
Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 7 85,988 (41%) 6 0 7 +1
Conservative 1 52,323 (25%) 4 2 3 -1
Plaid Cymru 0 30,530 (15%) 2 2 2 0
Abolish 0 9,995 (5%) 0 0 0 0
Green 0 9,950 (5%) 0 0 0 0
Liberal Democrats 0 7,045 (3%) 0 0 0 0
UKIP 0 4,101 (2%) 0 0 0 0
Reform UK 0 2,756 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Gwlad 0 1,841 (1%) 0 0 0 0
No More Lockdowns 0 1,496 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Propel 0 924 (0%) 0 0 0 0
Communist 0 606 (0%) 0 0 0 0
TUSC 0 362 (0%) 0 0 0 0

Regional MSs elected 2021[5]

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Party Name
Plaid Cymru Delyth Jewell
Conservative Laura Anne Jones
Conservative Natasha Asghar
Plaid Cymru Peredur Owen Griffiths
Party Constituency
seats
List votes (vote %) D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total
members
elected
Deviation
from
D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 7 74,424 (38.3%) 6 0 7 +1
UKIP 0 34,524 (17.8%) 2 2 2 0
Conservative 1 33,318 (17.2%) 2 1 2 0
Plaid Cymru 0 29,626 (15.3%) 2 1 1 -1
Abolish 0 7,870 (4.1%) 0 0 0 0
Liberal Democrats 0 6,784 (3.5%) 0 0 0 0
Green 0 4,831 (2.5%) 0 0 0 0
Monster Raving Loony 0 1,115 (0.6%) 0 0 0 0
TUSC 0 618 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0
Communist 0 492 (0.2%) 0 0 0 0
National Front 0 429 (0.2%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected 2016

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Party Name
UKIP Mark Reckless
UKIP David Rowlands
Conservative Mohammad Asghar
Plaid Cymru Steffan Lewis
Party Constituency
seats
List votes (vote %) D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total
members
elected
Deviation
from
D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 7 82,699 (45.7%) 7 0 7 0
Conservative 1 35,459 (19.6%) 3 2 3 0
Plaid Cymru 0 21,851 (12.1%) 2 2 2 0
Liberal Democrats 0 10,798 (6.0%) 0 0 0 0
UKIP 0 9,526 (5.3%) 0 0 0 0
BNP 0 6,485 (3.6%) 0 0 0 0
Green 0 4,857 (2.7%) 0 0 0 0
Socialist Labour 0 4,427 (2.4%) 0 0 0 0
Welsh Christian 0 2,441 (1.3%) 0 0 0 0
English Democrat 0 1,904 (1.1%) 0 0 0 0
Communist 0 578 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected 2011

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Party Name
Conservative Mohammad Asghar
Conservative William Graham
Plaid Cymru Jocelyn Davies
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle
Party Constituency
seats
List votes (vote %) D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total
members
elected
Deviation
from
D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 6 67,998 (35.8%) 6 0 6 0
Conservative 1 37,935 (20.0%) 3 1 2 −1
Plaid Cymru 0 25,915 (13.6%) 2 2 2 0
Liberal Democrats 0 20,947 (11.0%) 1 1 1 0
BNP 0 8,940 (4.7%) 0 0 0 0
UKIP 0 8,725 (4.6%) 0 0 0 0
Green 0 5,414 (2.8%) 0 0 0 0
Independent 1 4,876 (2.6%) 0 0 1 +1
Socialist Labour 0 3,694 (1.9%) 0 0 0 0
Welsh Christian 0 2,498 (1.3%) 0 0 0 0
English Democrat 0 1,655 (0.9%) 0 0 0 0
Communist 0 979 (0.5%) 0 0 0 0
CPA 0 489 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0

On 8 December 2009, Mohammad Asghar, Plaid Cymru's list member for South Wales East, defected to the Conservative Party. This gave Plaid one AM, and the Conservatives two.[7]

2003 Welsh Assembly additional members[8]

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Party Constituency
seats
List votes (vote %) D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total
members
elected
Deviation
from
D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 7 76,522 (45.08%) 7 0 7 0
Conservative 1 34,231 (20.17%) 3 2 3 0
Plaid Cymru 0 21,384 (12.60%) 1 1 1 0
Liberal Democrats 0 17,661 (10.41%) 1 1 1 0
UKIP 0 5,949 (3.50%) 0 0 0 0
Green 0 5,291 (3.12%) 0 0 0 0
Socialist Labour 0 3,695 (2.18%) 0 0 0 0
BNP 0 3,210 (1.89%) 0 0 0 0
Cymru Annibynnol 0 1,226 (0.72%) 0 0 0 0
ProLife Alliance 0 562 (0.33%) 0 0 0 0

1999 Welsh Assembly additional members[8]

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Party Constituency
seats
List votes (vote %) D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total
members
elected
Deviation
from
D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 6 83,953 (41.45%) 6 0 6 0
Plaid Cymru 1 49,139 (24.26%) 3 2 3 0
Conservative 1 33,947 (16.76%) 2 1 2 0
Liberal Democrats 0 24,757 (12.22%) 1 1 1 0
Socialist Labour 0 4,879 (2.41%) 0 0 0 0
Green 0 4,055 (2.00%) 0 0 0 0
Socialist Alliance 0 903 (0.45%) 0 0 0 0
Natural Law 0 898 (0.44%) 0 0 0 0

Notes

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  1. ^ In 2005 Peter Law left the Labour Party in a row over candidate selection in Blaenau Gwent for that year's UK general election.
  2. ^ Still a member of the Brexit Party, but part of the Senedd Group 'Independent Group for Reform'
  3. ^ In 2017, Mark Reckless left UKIP and was admitted to the Conservative group in the Welsh Assembly, though not to the Conservative Party itself. For purposes of Assembly business, he was treated as a Conservative AM.
  4. ^ Steffan Lewis died on 11 January 2019 and was replaced five days later by Delyth Jewell, the next Plaid Cymru candidate on the list.[1]
  5. ^ In 2019, Reckless left the Conservative Group to become Independent.

References

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  1. ^ "Welsh AM Steffan Lewis dies aged 34". BBC News. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ "New AM following death of Steffan Lewis". BBC News. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Welsh Conservative MS Mohammad Asghar has died aged 74". Western Mail. 16 June 2020. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Laura Anne Jones confirmed as Member of the Senedd for South Wales East". Welsh Parliament. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Senedd Cymru Election Result - South Wales East Region" (PDF). Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  6. ^ "BBC NEWS | Politics | Vote 2007". news.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
  7. ^ "Plaid AM defects to Conservatives". BBC News. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Welsh National Assembly regional constituency: South Wales East [Archive]". 7 August 2011. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2020.