Islwyn (Senedd constituency)

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

Islwyn (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɪslʊɨn]) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd 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.

Islwyn
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Islwyn shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MS	Rhianon Passmore
Electoral region	South Wales East

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Islwyn Westminster constituency.

The other seven constituencies of the South Wales East electoral region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, 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.

Assembly Members and Members of the Senedd

Election		Member	Party	Portrait
	1999	Brian Hancock	Plaid Cymru
	2003	Irene James	Labour
	2011	Gwyn R Price	Labour
	2016	Rhianon Passmore	Labour

Results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Islwyn^[1]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Rhianon Passmore[a]	9,962	40.7	-4.3	10,845	46.1	+1.6
	Independent	Kevin Etheridge	4,723	19.3	New	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys Mills	3,930	16.1	-3.4	4,072	17.3	+0.6
	Conservative	Gavin Chambers	3,894	15.9	+7.9	4,837	20.6	+12.3
	Abolish	Michael Ford	568	2.3	New	1,190	5.1	+1.3
	UKIP	Neil Hamilton	507	2.1	-20.1	621	2.6	-18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Townsend	476	1.9	-0.8	572	2.4	+0.1
	Gwlad					462	2.0	New
	Reform UK	James Wells	421	1.7	New	452	1.9	New
	No More Lockdowns					194	0.8	New
	Propel					113	0.5	New
	Communist					87	0.4	+0.2
	TUSC					55	0.2	-0.2
Majority			5,239	21.4	−1.4
Turnout			24,613[2]	42.48	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

Regional Ballot void votes: 198. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (57), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (141)

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Constituency[3]			Regional[4]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhianon Passmore	10,050	45.0	−12.9	9,935	44.5	-7.1
	UKIP	Joe Smyth	4,944	22.2	New	4,683	21.0	+15.7
	Plaid Cymru	Lyn Ackerman	4,349	19.5	−2.2	3,740	16.7	-0.7
	Conservative	Paul Williams	1,775	8.0	−3.9	1,853	8.3	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Kidner	597	2.7	−0.4	512	2.3	-0.8
	Green	Katy Beddoe	594	2.7	New	449	2.0	-0.1
	Abolish					844	3.8	New
	Monster Raving Loony					126	0.6	New
	TUSC					98	0.4	New
	National Front					51	0.2	New
	Communist					46	0.2	-0.1
Majority			5,106	22.8	−13.4
Turnout			22,309	40.8	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Constituency[5]			Regional[6]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyn R Price	12,116	57.9	+20.2	10,804	51.6
	Plaid Cymru	Steffan Lewis	4,527	21.7	+0.1	3,640	17.4
	Conservative	David Chipp	2,497	11.9	+4.3	2,161	10.3
	BNP	Peter Whalley	1,115	5.3	New	944	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Sullivan	653	3.1	−1.7	657	3.1
	UKIP					1,102	5.3
	Socialist Labour					680	3.2
	Green					444	2.1
	Welsh Christian					355	1.7
	English Democrat					87	0.4	New
	Communist					63	0.3
Majority			7,589	36.2	+26.8
Turnout			20,908	38.3	−4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.1

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 134^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[8]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene James	8,883	37.7	−18.2	9,925	42.3	-11.0
	Independent	Kevin Etheridge	6,665	28.3	New
	Plaid Cymru	Alan Pritchard	5,084	21.6	+2.7	5,049	21.5	+4.3
	Conservative	Paul Williams	1,797	7.6	−1.5	2,283	9.7	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Maguire	1,135	4.8	−1.3	1,482	6.3	-1.6
	UKIP					1,221	5.2	+3.2
	BNP					1,213	5.2	+3.5
	Green					629	2.7	-0.5
	Independent - Colin Hobbs					612	2.6	New
	Socialist Labour					428	1.8	-0.8
	Welsh Christian Party					375	1.6	New
	English Democrat					108	0.5	New
	CPA					76	0.3	New
	Communist					70	0.3	New
Majority			2,218	9.4	−26.3
Turnout			23,564	43.0	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+23.3

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[9]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene James	11,246	55.2	+15.8	10,874	53.3	+10.7
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Hancock	3,926	19.3	−22.7	3,516	17.2	-25.4
	Tinker Against the Assembly	Paul Taylor	2,201	10.8	New
	Conservative	Terri-Anne Matthews	1,848	9.1	+2.3	2,283	11.2	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Huw Price	1,268	6.2	−3.6	1,607	7.9	-1.7
	Green					656	3.2	Unknown
	Socialist Labour					524	2.6	Unknown
	UKIP					415	2.0	New
	BNP					337	1.7	New
	Cymru Annibynnol					144	0.7	New
	ProLife Alliance					50	0.2	New
Majority			7,320	35.9	N/A
Turnout			20,489	39.6	−7.7
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing	+19.4

2003 Electorate: 51,170
Regional ballots rejected: 316

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Hancock	10,042	42.0	N/A	10,209	42.6	N/A
	Labour	Shane Williams	9,438	39.4	N/A	8,604	35.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline J. Bennett	2,351	9.8	N/A	2,299	9.6	N/A
	Conservative	Chris Stevens	1,621	6.8	N/A	1,640	6.9	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Ian Thomas	475	2.0	N/A	100	0.4	N/A
	Others					1,085	4.5	N/A
Majority			604	2.6	N/A
Turnout			23,927	42.48[10]	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)