Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)

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Caerphilly
County constituency
Caerphilly shown within Wales
Created: 1918
MP: Wayne David
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
Preserved county: Gwent
EP constituency: Wales

Caerphilly is a county constituency centred on the town of Caerphilly in South Wales. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency has always elected Labour MPs.

Contents

Election Member Party
1918 Alfred Onions Labour
1921 Morgan Jones Labour
1939 Ness Edwards Labour
1968 Fred Evans Labour
1979 Ednyfed Hudson Davies Labour
1981 SDP
1983 Ron Davies Labour
2001 Wayne David Labour

General Election 2005: Caerphilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wayne David 22,190 56.6 -1.6
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 6,831 17.4 -3.6
Conservative Stephen Watson 5,711 14.6 +3.2
Liberal Democrat Ashgar Ali 3,861 9.8 +0.4
Forward Wales Graeme Beard 636 1.6 +1.6
Majority 15,359 39.2
Turnout 39,229 58.6 +0.9
Labour hold Swing +1.0
General Election 2001: Caerphilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wayne David 22,597 58.2 -9.6
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 8,172 21.0 +11.4
Conservative David Simmonds 4,415 11.4 +0.6
Liberal Democrat Rob Roffe 3,649 9.4 +1.2
Majority 14,425 37.2
Turnout 38,833 57.7 -12.4
Labour hold Swing


Constituencies in Wales
Labour

Aberavon | Alyn and Deeside | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff North | Cardiff South and Penarth | Cardiff West | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Clwyd South | Conwy | Cynon Valley | Delyn | Gower | Islwyn | Llanelli | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Neath | Newport East | Newport West | Ogmore | Pontypridd | Rhondda | Swansea East | Swansea West | Torfaen | Vale of Clwyd | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham | Ynys Môn
Liberal Democrat

Brecon and Radnorshire | Cardiff Central | Ceredigion | Montgomeryshire
Conservative

Clwyd West | Monmouth | Preseli Pembrokeshire
Plaid Cymru

Caernarfon | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Independent

Blaenau Gwent
Wales European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (1) | Plaid Cymru (1)


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