Monmouth (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 51°48′50″N 2°42′47″W / 51.814°N 2.713°W

Monmouth
National Assembly for Wales constituency
Monmouth shown within the South Wales East electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current National Assembly for Wales constituency
Created	1999
Party	Conservative
AM	Nick Ramsay
Preserved county	Monmouthshire

Monmouth is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member (AM) 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.

The current AM is Nick Ramsay of the Conservative Party.

Boundaries

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

The other seven constituencies of the South Wales East electoral region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, 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.

Members of the National Assembly for Wales

Election		Member	Party
	1999-2007	David Thomas Charles Davies	Conservative
	2007-present	Nick Ramsay	Conservative

Results

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Monmouth[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Debby Blakebrough	1,932	6.2%	+6.2
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Clark	1,824	5.8%	-1.7
	Labour	Catherine Fookes	8,438	26.9%	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica German	1,474	4.7%	-5.1
	English Democrats	Stephen Morris	146	0.5%	-2.0
	UKIP	Tim Price	3,092	9.8%	+9.8
	Conservative	Nick Ramsay	13,585	43.3%	-7.0
	Green	Chris Were	910	2.9%	+2.9
Majority			5147	16.4%	-4.0%
Turnout			31401	48.9%	+2.8%

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Monmouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Ramsay	15,087	50.3	−1.8
	Labour	Mark Whitcutt[2]	8,970	29.9	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Ellard	2,937	9.8	−5.0
	Plaid Cymru	Fiona Cross[3]	2,263	7.5	+0.5
	English Democrats	Steve Uncles	744	2.5	−0.2
Majority			6,117	20.4	−8.2
Turnout			30,001	46.1	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.2

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Monmouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Ramsay	15,389	52.0	−5.5
	Labour	Richard Giles Clark	6,920	23.4	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui A. Sullivan	4,359	14.7	+4.0
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Thomas Clark	2,093	7.1	+2.2
	English Democrats	Robert Edward Abrams	804	2.7	N/A
Majority			8,469	28.6	-2.0
Turnout			29,565	46.9	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.0

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Monmouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Thomas Charles Davies	15,989	57.5	+16.6
	Labour	Sian C. James	7,479	26.9	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alison L. Willott	2,973	10.7	−3.9
	Plaid Cymru	Stephen V. Thomas	1,355	4.9	−1.3
Majority			8,510	30.6	+22.0
Turnout			27,796	44.2	−6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.0

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Monmouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Thomas Charles Davies	12,950	40.9	N/A
	Labour	Cherry R.P. Short	10,238	32.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Chris P. Lines	4,639	14.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Marc A. Hubbard	1,964	6.2	N/A
	Tourism and Farmers Party of Wales	Anthony Carrington	1,911	6.0	N/A
Majority			2,712	8.6	N/A
Turnout			31,702	51.1	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "Wales elections > Aberavon". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
2. http://www.markwhitcutt4monmouth.co.uk
3. http://www.english.plaidcymru.org/fiona-cross/