Monmouth (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with other constituencies listed at Monmouth constituency.

Monmouth Mynwy
Senedd constituency for the Senedd
Monmouth shown within the South Wales East electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd constituency
Created	1999
Party	Conservative
MS	Peter Fox
Preserved county	Monmouthshire

Monmouth (Welsh : Mynwy) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also 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

Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Monmouth UK Parliament 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 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
	1999	David Davies	Conservative
	2007	Nick Ramsay	Conservative
	March 2021 [1]		Independent
	2021	Peter Fox	Conservative

Results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Monmouth ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Fox	15,332	42.7	-0.6	13,643	38.2	+1.0
	Labour	Catrin Maby	11,487	32.0	+5.1	10,562	29.6	+4.0
	Plaid Cymru	Hugh Kocan	2,085	5.8	±0.0	3,003	8.4	-0.1
	Green	Ian Chandler	2,000	5.6	+2.7	2,938	8.2	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Watkins	1,892	5.3	+0.6	2,043	5.7	-0.3
	Abolish	Mark Reckless [a]	1,174	3.3	New	2,065	5.8	-0.1
	Independent	Nick Ramsay [b]	1,293	3.6	N/A
	Reform UK	Susan Boucher	349	1.0	New	334	0.9	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)	Elspeth Hill	181	0.5	New	186	0.5	New
	Gwlad	Laurence Williams	90	0.3	New	169	0.5	New
	UKIP					549	1.5	-10.3
	Propel					103	0.3	New
	Communist					76	0.2	±0.0
	TUSC					25	0.1	-0.1
Majority			3,845	10.7	−5.7
Turnout			35,883
	Conservative hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency Incumbent member for this constituency

Regional Ballot void votes: 265. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (49), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (216)

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Monmouth

Party		Candidate	Constituency [3]			Regional [4]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Ramsay	13,585	43.3	−7.0	11,604	37.2	-5.1
	Labour	Catherine Fookes	8,438	26.9	−3.0	7,998	25.6	-1.6
	UKIP	Tim Price	3,092	9.8	New	3,668	11.8	+6.8
	Independent	Debby Blakebrough	1,932	6.2	New
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Clark	1,824	5.8	−1.7	2,646	8.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica German	1,474	4.7	−5.1	1,872	6.0	-1.8
	Green	Chris Were	910	2.9	New	1,202	3.9	-0.4
	English Democrat	Stephen Morris	146	0.5	−2.0
	Abolish					1,853	5.9	New
	Monster Raving Loony					172	0.6	New
	TUSC					76	0.2	New
	Communist					67	0.2	0.0
	National Front					44	0.1	New
Majority			5,147	16.4	−4.0
Turnout			31,401	48.9	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Monmouth

Party		Candidate	Constituency [5]			Regional [6]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Ramsay	15,087	50.3	−1.7	12,717	42.3	-3.9
	Labour	Mark Whitcutt [7]	8,970	29.9	+6.5	8,173	27.2	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Ellard	2,937	9.8	−4.9	2,361	7.8	-3.5
	Plaid Cymru	Fiona Cross [8]	2,263	7.5	+0.4	1,891	6.3	+0.4
	English Democrat	Steve Uncles	744	2.5	−0.2	935	3.1	+1.0
	UKIP					1,560	5.2	+1.5
	Green					1,293	4.3	+0.1
	BNP					499	1.7	-1.3
	Socialist Labour					331	1.1	-0.3
	Welsh Christian					252	0.8	+0.1
	Communist					75	0.2	+0.2
Majority			6,117	20.4	−8.2
Turnout			30,001	46.1	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.2

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 226 ^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Monmouth

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional [10]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Ramsay	15,389	52.0	−5.5	13,692	46.2	-0.6
	Labour	Richard Clark	6,920	23.4	−3.5	6,104	20.6	-4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui A. Sullivan	4,359	14.7	+4.0	3,357	11.3	+0.5
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Clark	2,093	7.1	+2.2	1,761	5.9	+0.1
	English Democrat	Robert Abrams	804	2.7	New	633	2.1	New
	Green					1,236	4.2	-0.2
	UKIP					1,099	3.7	+0.2
	BNP					874	3.0	+1.2
	Socialist Labour					402	1.4	-0.1
	Welsh Christian Party					216	0.7	New
	Independent – Colin Hobbs					186	0.6	New
	CPA					45	0.2	New
	Communist					2	0.0	New
Majority			8,469	28.6	−2.0
Turnout			29,565	46.9	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.0

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Monmouth

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional [11]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Thomas Charles Davies	15,989	57.5	+16.6	12,969	46.8	+6.4
	Labour	Sian James	7,479	26.9	−5.4	6,901	24.9	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Willott	2,973	10.7	−3.9	2,988	10.8	-3.1
	Plaid Cymru	Stephen V. Thomas	1,355	4.9	−1.3	1,599	5.8	-5.4
	Green					1,206	4.4	Unknown
	UKIP					964	3.5	Unknown
	BNP					491	1.8	New
	Socialist Labour					408	1.5	Unknown
	Cymru Annibynnol					111	0.4	New
	ProLife Alliance					82	0.3	New
Majority			8,510	30.6	+22.0
Turnout			27,796	44.2	−6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.0

2003 Electorate: 62,451
Regional ballots rejected: 294

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Monmouth

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Thomas Charles Davies	12,950	40.9	N/A	12,771	40.4	N/A
	Labour	Cherry R.P. Short	10,238	32.3	N/A	9,498	30.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Chris P. Lines	4,639	14.6	N/A	4,399	13.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Marc Hubbard	1,964	6.2	N/A	3,528	11.2	N/A
	Tourism and Farmers Party of Wales	Anthony Carrington	1,911	6.0	N/A
	United Socialist					Unknown	Unknown	N/A
	Others					1,431	4.5	N/A
Majority			2,712	8.6	N/A
Turnout			31,702	51.1	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "Election 2021: Nick Ramsay leaves Welsh Tories to stand as independent". BBC News. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
2. Mosalski, Ruth; Burkitt, Sian (7 May 2021). "Senedd election 2021 result for Monmouth: Conservatives hold seat". Wales Online. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
3. "Wales elections > Monmouth". 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 > Monmouth". 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. http://www.markwhitcutt4monmouth.co.uk Archived 7 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
8. "Fiona Cross". Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
9. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
10. "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.
11. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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