Torfaen (Assembly constituency)

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

Torfaen 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 Torfaen Westminster constituency.

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

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–present	Lynne Neagle	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Torfaen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Steven Jenkins
	UKIP	Susan Boucher
	Labour	Lynne Neagle
	Conservative	Graham Smith
	Plaid Cymru	Matthew Woolfall-Jones
Majority
Turnout

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Torfaen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Neagle	10,318	46.2	+3.5
	Independent	Elizabeth Haynes	4,230	18.9	N/A
	Conservative	Natasha Batool Asghar	3,306	14.8	−4.7
	Plaid Cymru	Jeff Rees	2,716	12.2	+0.3
	BNP	Susan Harwood	906	4.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Will Griffiths	852	3.8	−7.6
Majority			6,088	27.3	+4.1
Turnout			22,328	36.2	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Torfaen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Neagle	9,921	42.7	−9.2
	Conservative	Graham Stephen Smith	4,525	19.5	+3.2
	Blaenau Gwent PV	Ian Michael Williams	3,348	14.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys Gwyn ab Ellis	2,762	11.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Mervyn Legg	2,659	11.4	−2.6
Majority			5,396	23.2	-12.4
Turnout			23,215	37.1	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.2

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Torfaen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Neagle	10,152	51.9	+13.9
	Conservative	Nick Ramsay	3,188	16.3	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael German	2,746	14.0	+3.1
	Plaid Cymru	Aneurin J.M. Preece	2,092	10.7	−0.2
	UKIP	David J. Rowlands	1,377	7.0	N/A
Majority			6,964	35.6	+14.5
Turnout			19,555	31.7	−7.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Torfaen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Neagle	9,080	38.0	N/A
	Independent Labour	Michael B. Gough	3,795	15.9	N/A
	Independent	Mrs. Ingrid A. Nut	2,828	11.8	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Noel G. Turner	2,614	10.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs. Jean E. Gray	2,614	10.9	N/A
	Conservative	Mrs. Kay P. Thomas	2,152	9.0	N/A
	Local Socialist	Stephen P. Smith	839	3.5	N/A
Majority			5,285	22.1	N/A
Turnout			23,922	39.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)