Caerphilly (Senedd Cymru constituency)

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. 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.

Caerphilly
Senedd county constituency
Caerphilly shown as one of the 40
Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd county constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSHefin David
Electoral regionSouth Wales East

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, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West and Torfaen.

Voting

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

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999Ron DaviesLabour
2003Jeffrey CuthbertLabour
2016Hefin DavidLabour

Results

Elections in the 2010s

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Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Caerphilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hefin David 9,584 35.3 −13.6
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 8,009 29.5 −0.2
UKIP Sam Gould 5,954 22.0 +22.0
Conservative Jane Pratt 2,412 8.9 −4.3
Green Andrew Creak 770 2.8 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Aladdin Ayesh 386 1.4 -2.7
Majority 1,575 5.8 -13.5
Turnout 43.3 +1.8
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Caerphilly[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeffrey Cuthbert 12,521 49.0 +14.4
Plaid Cymru Ronald Davies 7,597 29.7 +3.9
Conservative Owen Meredith 3,368 13.2 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Kay David 1,062 4.2 −2.0
BNP Anthony King 1,022 4.0 N/A
Majority 4,924 19.3 +10.5
Turnout 25,570 41.5 −0.6
Labour hold Swing +5.2

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Caerphilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeffrey Cuthbert 9,026 34.6 −10.8
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 6,739 25.8 −2.2
Independent Ronald Davies 5,806 22.2 +22.2
Conservative Richard Foley 2,954 11.3 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Huw Price 1,596 6.1 +1.1
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 Votes % ±%
Labour Jeffrey Cuthbert 11,893 47.1 +2.9
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 6,919 27.4 −6.8
Conservative Laura Anne Jones 2,570 10.2 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Rob W. Roffe 1,281 5.1 −7.3
Independent Anne Blackman 1,204 4.8 N/A
Independent Avril A. Dafydd-Lewis 930 3.7 N/A
UKIP Brenda M. Vipass 590 2.3 N/A
Majority 4,974 19.6 +9.6
Turnout 25,387 36.8 −6.4
Labour hold Swing +4.9

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Caerphilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Davies 12,602 44.2 N/A
Plaid Cymru Robert W. Gough 9,741 34.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike German 3,543 12.4 N/A
Conservative Mary Taylor 2,213 7.8 N/A
Socialist Alliance Timothy Richards 412 1.5 N/A
Majority 2,861 10.0 N/A
Turnout 28,511 43.2 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

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