Caerphilly (Assembly constituency)

Not to be confused with Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency).

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

Results

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Caerphilly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Creak
	Labour	Hefin David
	UKIP	Samuel Gould
	Plaid Cymru	Lindsay Whittle
Majority
Turnout

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Caerphilly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Cuthbert	12,521	49.0	+14.4
	Plaid Cymru	Ron 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	Mrs. Laura A. Jones	2,570	10.2	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rob W. Roffe	1,281	5.1	−7.3
	Independent	Mrs. Anne Blackman	1,204	4.8	N/A
	Independent	Rev. Avril A. Dafydd-Lewis	930	3.7	N/A
	UKIP	Mrs. 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	Ron Davies	12,602	44.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Robert W. Gough	9,741	34.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Michael German	3,543	12.4	N/A
	Conservative	Mrs. 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)