Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)
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Not to be confused with Caerphilly (Assembly constituency).
Coordinates: 51°34′44″N 3°13′05″W / 51.579°N 3.218°W
| Caerphilly | |
|---|---|
| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Caerphilly in Wales. |
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| Preserved county | Gwent |
| Electorate | 61,876 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach, Bargoed, Hengoed |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1918 |
| Member of Parliament | Wayne David (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Mid Glamorganshire |
| Overlaps | |
| Welsh Assembly | South Wales East |
| European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The Caerphilly constituency covers roughly the southern and eastern half of Caerphilly district, the part of the district traditionally located in Glamorgan. In the north-west of the constituency are communities such as Hengoed and Ystrad Mynach, travelling in a southeasterly direction through Caerphilly and Llanbradach to the rural outcrops bordering Cardiff.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Alfred Onions | Labour | |
| 1921 | Morgan Jones | Labour | |
| 1939 | Ness Edwards | Labour | |
| 1968 | Alfred Thomas Evans | Labour | |
| 1979 | Ednyfed Hudson Davies | Labour | |
| 1981 | SDP | ||
| 1983 | Ron Davies | Labour | |
| 2001 | Wayne David | Labour | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Caerphilly [3][4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Wayne David | 17,377 | 44.9 | -10.5 | |
| Conservative | Maria Caulfield | 6,622 | 17.1 | +2.4 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | 6,460 | 16.7 | -1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Kay David | 5,688 | 14.7 | +4.7 | |
| BNP | Laurence Reid | 1,635 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
| UKIP | Tony Jenkins | 910 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Majority | 10,755 | 27.8 | |||
| Turnout | 38,692 | 62.3 | +5.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -6.5 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| 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 | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Caerphilly[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ron Davies | 31,713 | 63.7 | +5.2 | |
| Conservative | Howard L. Philpott | 9,041 | 18.1 | −1.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Lindsay G. Whittle | 4,821 | 9.7 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stan W. Wilson | 4,247 | 8.5 | −5.6 | |
| Majority | 22,672 | 45.5 | +6.5 | ||
| Turnout | 49,822 | 77.2 | +0.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1910s
| General Election 1918: constituency of Caerphilly |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alfred Onions | 11,496 | |||
| Liberal | W Edmunds | 9,482 | |||
| Majority | 2,014 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=14666. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
- ^ Caerphilly, Caerphilly County Borough Council - candidates
- ^ Caerphilly BBC Election - Caerphilly
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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