Caerphilly (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 51°34′44″N 3°13′05″W / 51.579°N 3.218°W

Caerphilly

Welsh Assembly county constituency
Caerphilly shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created:	1999
Electoral region:	South Wales East
AM:	Hefin David
Party:	Labour

Caerphilly is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member 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.

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 National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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

Period		Member	Party
	1999	Ron Davies	Labour
	2003	Jeffrey Cuthbert	Labour
	2016	Hefin David	Labour

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	+22
	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
Turnout				43.3	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Caerphilly[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff 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	Jeff Cuthbert	9,026	34.6	−10.8
	Plaid Cymru	Lindsay Whittle	6,739	25.8	−2.2
	Independent	Ron Davies	5,805	22.2	N/A
	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	Jeff Cuthbert	11,893	47.1	+2.9
	Plaid Cymru	Lindsay Whittle	6,919	27.4	−6.8
	Conservative	Laura A. 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	Rev. 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	Michael James 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

1. http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/CaerphillyDocs/Elections/NAW-Notice-of-poll-and-situation-of-polling-st-(1).aspx. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. https://twitter.com/CaerphillyObsvr/status/728429709567008768
3. "Wales elections > Caerphilly". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.