Caerphilly (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency).

Caerphilly
Caerffili
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Caerphilly shown as one of the 40
Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd county constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSHefin David
Electoral regionSouth 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.

Boundaries

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Map
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.

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 Ron Davies Labour
2003 Jeffrey Cuthbert
2016 Hefin David

Results

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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 +4.0
Plaid Cymru Delyth Jewell 8,211 28.4 -1.1 8,277 28.5 +2.6
Conservative Steven Mayfield 5,013 17.3 +8.4 5,172 17.8 +7.7
Abolish Stephen Jones 1,119 3.9 New 1,134 3.9 +0.8
Green 1,074 3.7 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Steven Aicheler 787 2.7 +1.3 644 2.2 +0.3
Reform UK Tim Price 495 1.7 New 342 1.2 New
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
  1. ^ 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 -9.3
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 8,009 29.5 −0.2 7,013 25.9 -0.4
UKIP Sam Gould 5,954 22.0 New 5,555 20.5 +16.7
Conservative Jane Pratt 2,412 8.9 −4.3 2,728 10.1 -1.7
Green Andrew Creak 770 2.8 New 651 2.4 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Aladdin Ayesh 386 1.4 -2.8 526 1.9 -1.7
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 +6.7
Plaid Cymru Ronald Davies 7,597 29.7 +3.9 6,717 26.3 +2.2
Conservative Owen Meredith 3,368 13.2 +1.9 3,016 11.8 -0.3
Liberal Democrats Kay David 1,062 4.2 −1.9 917 3.6 -2.3
BNP Anthony King 1,022 4.0 New 1,042 4.1 -1.0
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 -9.8
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 6,739 25.8 −2.2 6,287 24.1 +0.9
Independent Ronald Davies 5,806 22.2 New
Conservative Richard Foley 2,954 11.3 +1.2 3,149 12.1 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Huw Price 1,596 6.1 +1.1 1,601 6.1 -1.4
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 +9.5
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 6,919 27.4 −6.8 5,893 23.2 -13.6
Conservative Laura Anne Jones 2,570 10.2 +2.4 2,895 11.4 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Rob W. Roffe 1,281 5.1 −7.3 1,907 7.5 -4.8
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 New
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 N/A
Plaid Cymru Robert Gough 9,741 34.2 N/A 10,508 36.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike German 3,543 12.4 N/A 3,496 12.3 N/A
Conservative Mary Taylor 2,213 7.8 N/A 2,542 8.9 N/A
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)

Notes

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  1. ^ Caerphilly Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. ^ "The Senedd Election Results Caerphilly Constituency". Caerphilly. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Wales elections > Caerphilly". 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 > Caerphilly". 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. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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