Caerphilly (Senedd constituency) explained

Caerphilly
Constituency Type:Senedd county constituency
Parl Name:Senedd
Year:1999
Parts Label:Electoral region
Parts:South Wales East
Member Label:MS
Member:Hefin David
Party Label:Party
Party:Labour

Caerphilly is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is additionally 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, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, 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.

Results

Elections in the 2020s

Regional Ballot void votes: 145. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (71), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (4), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (145)

Elections in the 2010s

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 143[1]

Elections in the 2000s

2003 Electorate: 68,152
Regional ballots rejected: 316

Elections in the 1990s

Notes

51.579°N -3.218°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election . Electoral Commission . 27 November 2021.