Monmouth (Senedd constituency)

Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox constituency Monmouth (Template:Langx) 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

Template:Maplink 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
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	1999	David Davies	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	2007	Nick Ramsay	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	March 2021		Independent
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	2021	Peter Fox	Conservative

Results

Elections in the 2020s

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 3,845 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 10.7 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 35,883 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | hold !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | || |-

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

Template:AMS election box begin Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link |- class="vcard" | style="color:inherit; background-color: ; width: 5px;" | | class="org" style="width: 130px" | !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn" | Debby Blakebrough | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 1,932 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 6.2 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link |- class="vcard" | style="color:inherit; background-color: ; width: 5px;" | | class="org" style="width: 130px" | !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn" | Stephen Morris | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 146 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 0.5 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 5,147 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 16.4 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 31,401 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 48.9 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | hold !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | || |-

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|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 6,117 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 20.4 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 30,001 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 46.1 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | hold !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | −4.2 || |-

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Regional ballots rejected at the count: 226

Elections in the 2000s

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 8,469 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 28.6 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 29,565 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 46.9 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | hold !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | −1.0 || |-

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|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 8,510 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 30.6 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 27,796 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 44.2 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | hold !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | +11.0 || |-

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2003 Electorate: 62,451
Regional ballots rejected: 294

Elections in the 1990s

Template:AMS election box begin Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link |- class="vcard" | style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9" | | class="org" style="width:130px" | Tourism and Farmers Party of Wales !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn" | Anthony Carrington | style="text-align:right;" | 1,911 | style="text-align:right;" | 6.0 | style="text-align:right;" | |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 2,712 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 8.6 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 31,702 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 51.1 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" colspan="5" | win (new seat) |- |-

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