Monmouth (Senedd constituency)

Constituency of the Senedd

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

Results

Elections in the 2020s

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

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

Elections in the 2000s

2003 Electorate: 62,451
Regional ballots rejected: 294

Elections in the 1990s

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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