| Torfaen | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Map1: | Torfaen2024 |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Map Entity: | Wales |
| Year: | 1983 |
| Type: | County |
| Party: | Welsh Labour |
| Region: | Wales |
| European: | Wales |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Electorate: | 70,591 (March 2020)[1] |
| Towns: | Cwmbran, Pontypool, Blaenavon |
Torfaen is a constituency in Wales represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Nick Thomas-Symonds, a member of the Labour Party who also serves as the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office under the government of Keir Starmer. It was established for the 1983 general election.
The constituency was to retain its name and gain wards, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[2]
The area is traditionally a Labour Party stronghold with a majority of around 9,000. The community of New Inn is the only strong Conservative area. It voted Labour even amidst the huge Conservative majorities of 1983 and 1987. However, 2019 saw the lowest Labour majority in Torfaen in the seat's history, of only 3,742 votes, perhaps due to the constituency registering a strong Leave vote in the 2016 EU membership referendum. The area covers the new town of Cwmbran, Pontypool, and its surrounding districts and stretches as far north as Blaenavon.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Leo Abse | Labour | ||
| 1987 | Paul Murphy | Labour | ||
| 2015 | Nick Thomas-Symonds | Labour | ||
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