Islwyn (Senedd Cymru constituency)

Islwyn 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.

Islwyn
Senedd Cymru county constituency
Islwyn shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd Cymru county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MS	Rhianon Passmore
Electoral region	South Wales East

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Islwyn Westminster constituency.

The other seven constituencies of the South Wales East electoral region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, 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

Election		Member	Party	Portrait
	1999	Brian Hancock	Plaid Cymru
	2003	Irene James	Labour
	2011	Gwyn R Price	Labour
	2016	Rhianon Passmore	Labour

Results

Elections in the 2010s

Islwyn (Assembly vote share 1999-2016)

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Islwyn[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhianon Passmore	10,050	45.0	−12.9
	UKIP	Joe Smyth	4,944	22.2	+22.2
	Plaid Cymru	Lyn Ackerman	4,349	19.5	−2.2
	Conservative	Paul Williams	1,775	8.0	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Kidner	597	2.7	−0.4
	Green	Katy Beddoe	594	2.7	+2.7
Majority			5,106
Turnout			22,309	40.8	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Islwyn[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyn R Price	12,116	57.9	+20.2
	Plaid Cymru	Steffan Lewis	4,527	21.7	+0.1
	Conservative	David Chipp	2,497	11.9	+4.3
	BNP	Peter Whalley	1,115	5.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Sullivan	653	3.1	−1.7
Majority			7,589	36.3	+26.9
Turnout			20,908	38.3	−4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.1

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene James	8,883	37.7	−18.2
	Independent	Kevin Etheridge	6,665	28.3	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Alan Pritchard	5,084	21.6	+2.7
	Conservative	Paul Williams	1,797	7.6	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Maguire	1,135	4.8	−1.3
Majority			2,218	9.4	−26.3
Turnout			23,564	43.0	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+23.3

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene James	11,246	55.2	+16.1
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Hancock	3,926	19.3	−22.7
	Tinker Against the Assembly	Paul Taylor	2,201	10.8	N/A
	Conservative	Terri-Anne Matthews	1,848	9.1	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Huw Price	1,268	6.2	−3.6
Majority			7,320	35.7
Turnout			20,489	39.6	−7.7
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing	+19.4

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Hancock	10,042	42.0	N/A
	Labour	Shane Williams	9,438	39.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline J. Bennett	2,351	9.8	N/A
	Conservative	Chris Stevens	1,621	6.8	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Ian Thomas	475	2.0	N/A
Majority			604	2.5	N/A
Turnout			23,927	47.3	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

References

1. "Wales elections > Islwyn". BBC News. 6 May 2016.
2. "Wales elections > Islwyn". BBC News. 6 May 2011.