Results: Merthyr to Preseli Pembs

MERTHYR TYDFIL & RHYMNEY: Part of the South Wales East Region

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Lewis, Huw	Labour	10,483	54.26%
Rogers, Tony	Independent	3,432	17.76%
Kitcher, Amy	Liberal Democrat	2,480	12.84%
Turner, Noel	Plaid Cymru	1,701	8.80%
O’Brien, Chris	Conservative	1,224	6.34%

Turnout: 19,320 (35.11%)

Labour hold

7,051 majority

2007 Assembly election result

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Lewis, Huw	Labour	7,776	37.0
Kitcher, Amy	Liberal Democrat	3,195	15.2
Tovey, Clive	Independent	2,622	12.5
Jones, Glyndwr	Plaid Cymru	2,519	12.0
Edwards, Jeff	Independent	1,915	9.1
Howard, Giles	Conservative	1,151	5.5
Greer, Jock	Independent	844	4.0
Hadley, Vivienne	Independent	809	3.8
Williams, Richard	Independent	162	0.8

Electorate: 54,712  Turnout: 43.1%

MONMOUTH: Part of the South Wales East Region

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Ramsey, Nick	Conservative	15,087	50.29%
Whitcutt, Mark	Labour	8,970	29.90%
Ellard, Janet	Liberal Democrat	2,937	9.79%
Cross, Fiona	Plaid Cymru	2,263	7.54%
Uncles, Steve	English Democrat	744	2.48%

Turnout: 30,001 (46.26%)

Conservative hold

6,117 majority

2007 Assembly election result

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Ramsay, Nick	Conservative	15,389	52.1
Clark, Richard	Labour	6,920	23.4
Sullivan, Jacqui	Liberal Democrat	4,359	14.7
Clark, Jonathan	Plaid Cymru	2,093	7.1
Abrams, Ed	English Democrat	804	2.7

Electorate: 62,738  Turnout: 47.1%

MONTGOMERY: Part of the Wales Mid and West Region

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
George, Russell	Conservative	10,026	43.72%
Williams, Wyn	Liberal Democrat	7,702	33.58%
Colbourne, Nick	Labour	2,609	11.38%
Senior, David	Plaid Cymru	2,596	11.32%

Turnout: 22,933 (47.11%)

Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

2,324 majority

2007 Assembly election results

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Bates, Mick	Liberal Democrat	8,704	39.0
Munford, Dan	Conservative	6,725	30.2
Thomas, David	Plaid Cymru	3,076	13.8
Lawson, Bruce	UKIP	2,251	10.1
Maycock, Rachel	Labour	1,554	6.9

Electorate 48,337 Turnout: 46.1%

 NEATH: Part of South Wales West Region

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Thomas, Gwenda	Labour	12,736	53.40%
Llewelyn, Alun	Plaid Cymru	6,346	26.61%
Powell, Alex	Conservative	2,780	11.66%
Green, Michael	BNP	1,004	4.21%
McCarthy, Mathew	Liberal Democrat	983	4.12%

Turnout: 23,849 (41.45%)

Labour hold

6,390 majority

2007 Assembly election result

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Thomas, Gwenda	Labour	10,934	43.4
Llewelyn, Alun	Plaid Cymru	8,990	35.7
Sivertsen, Andrew	Conservative	2,956	11.7
Waye, Sheila	Liberal Democrat	2,320	9.2

Electorate: 58,038 Turnout: 43.4%

NEWPORT EAST: Part of the South Wales East Region

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Griffiths, John	Labour	9,888	50.81%
Whitcutt, Mark	Conservative	4,500	23.12%
Ellard, Janet	Liberal Democrat	3,703	19.03%
Cross, Fiona	Plaid Cymru	1,369	7.03%

Turnout: 19,460 (35.30%)

Labour hold

5,388 majority

2007 Assembly election result

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Griffiths, John	Labour	6,395	32.1
Townsend, Ed	Liberal Democrat	5,520	27.7
Fox, Peter	Conservative	4,512	22.7
Puw, Trefor	Plaid Cymru	1,696	8.5
Harris, James	Independent	1,354	6.8
Blundell, Michael	English Democrat	429	2.2

Electorate: 61,937 Turnout: 42.2%

NEWPORT WEST: Part of the South Wales East Region

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Butler, Rosemary	Labour	12,011	52.19%
Williams, David	Conservative	7,791	33.85%
Binding, Lyndon	Plaid Cymru	1,626	7.07%
Newton, Liz	Liberal Democrat	1,586	6.89%

Turnout: 23,014 (36.43%)

Labour hold

4,220 majority

2007 Assembly election result

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Butler, Rosemary	Labour	9,582	40.5
Evans, Mathew	Conservative	8,181	34.6
Flanagan, Nigel	Liberal Democrat	2,813	11.9
Hancock, Brian	Plaid Cymru	2,449	10.4
Constantine, Andrew	English Democrat	634	2.7

Electorate: 58,701 Turnout: 40.3%

 OGMORE: Part of South Wales West Region

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Gregory, Janice	Labour	12,955	63.93%
Clark, Danny	Plaid Cymru	3,379	16.67%
Hughes, Martin	Conservative	2,945	14.53%
Francis, Gerald	Liberal Democrat	985	4.86%

Turnout: 20,264 (36.55%)

Labour hold

9,576 majority

2007 Assembly election result

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Gregory, Janice	Labour	11,761	51.7
Caiach, Sian	Plaid Cymru	3,861	17.0
Lloyd-Nesling, Norma	Conservative	2,663	11.7
Smith, Steve	Independent	2,337	10.3
Plant, Martin	Liberal Democrat	2,144	9.4

Electorate: 55,602 Turnout: 40.9%

PONTYPRIDD: Part of the South Wales Central Region

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Antoniw, Mick	Labour	11,864	50.85%
Powell, Mick	Liberal Democrat	4,170	17.87%
James, Joel	Conservative	3,659	13.45%
Bellin, Ioan	Plaid Cymru	3,139	10.14%
Owen, Ken	ND	501	2.15%

Turnout: 23,333 (38.87%)

Labour hold

7,694 majority

2007 Assembly election results

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Davidson, Jane	Labour	9,836	41.9
Powell, Mike	Liberal Democrat	6,449	27.4
Grigg, Richard	Plaid Cymru	4,181	17.8
Charles, Janice	Conservative	3,035	12.9

Electorate 64,461  Turnout: 41.7%

PRESELI PEMBROKESHIRE: Part of the Wales Mid and West Region

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Davies, Paul	Conservative	11,541	42.40%
Mills, Tony	Labour	9,366	34.41%
Sinnett, Rhys	Plaid Cymru	4,226	15.53%
Kilmister, Rob	Liberal Democrat	2,085	7.66%

Turnout: 22,933 (47.11%)

Conservative hold

2,175majority

2007 Assembly election results

	Party	Votes Cast	Percentage
Davies, Paul	Conservative	11,086	38.6
Dunwoody, Tamsin	Labour	7,881	27.4
Osmond, John	Plaid Cymru	7,101	24.7
Davies, Hywel	Liberal Democrat	2,652	9.2

Electorate 56,430 Turnout: 50.9%