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Welsh Assembly Elections RESEARCH PAPER 99/51 Welsh Assembly 12 MAY 1999 Elections: 6 May 1999 This paper presents a summary of the results of the first elections to the Welsh Assembly which took place on 6 May 1999. The paper gives information on voting patterns and turnout for Wales as a whole and for constituencies and electoral regions. The data used for this paper are taken from press reports and must be regarded as provisional. A revised version of the paper will be published when the final results become available. Readers may also be interested in Research Paper 99/50 which covers the elections to Scottish Parliament and Research Paper 99/52 which looks at the local elections in Great Britain. Bryn Morgan SOCIAL AND GENERAL STATISTICS SECTION HOUSE OF COMMONS LIBRARY Recent Library Research Papers include: 99/36 The Right to Buy 30.03.99 99/37 Economic Indicators 01.04.99 99/38 Genetically Modified Crops and Food 31.03.99 99/39 The Health Bill [HL] [Bill 77 of 1998-99] 08.04.99 99/40 The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [HL] [Bill 74 of 1998-99] 14.04.99 99/41 The Football (Offences and Disorder) Bill [Bill 17 of 1998-99] 14.04.99 99/42 The Road Haulage Industry: costs and taxes 19.04.99 99/43 Disability Rights Commission Bill [HL] [Bill 73 of 1998-99] 20.04.99 99/44 Unemployment by Constituency - March 1999 21.04.99 99/45 Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill [Bill 18 of 1998-99] 22.04.99 99/46 Local Elections - Proposals for Reform 28.04.99 99/47 Economic Indicators 04.05.99 99/48 Kosovo: Operation "Allied Force" 29.04.99 99/49 The Northern Ireland (Location of Victims' Remains) Bill 07.05.99 99/50 The Scottish Parliament Elections: 6 May 1999 11.05.99 Research Papers are available as PDF files: • to members of the general public on the Parliamentary web site, URL: http://www.parliament.uk • within Parliament to users of the Parliamentary Intranet, URL: http://hcl1.hclibrary.parliament.uk Library Research Papers are compiled for the benefit of Members of Parliament and their personal staff. 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ISSN 1368-8456 CONTENTS I Introduction 5 Tables 1 Welsh Assembly elections: 6 May 1999 6 2 Votes cast and seats won by electoral region 7 3 Change in constituency votes and seats won compared with The 1997 General Election 8 4 Difference between share of list and constituency votes by electoral region 8 5 Top-up seats won by round 9 6 Candidates finishing in first, second, third and fourth places 9 7 Highest and lowest turnouts by electoral region 10 8 Largest and smallest majorities by party 11 9 Highest and lowest shares of the constituency vote by major party 12 10 Largest increases and decreases in share of constituency vote by major party compared with the 1997 General Election 13 Appendices I Constituency Results 14 II Operation of the electoral system 17 III Members of the Welsh Assembly 18 RESEARCH PAPER 99/51 I Introduction This paper presents some analyses of the first elections to the Welsh Assembly. The figures are based on those reported by the Press Association and other press sources. The tables must, therefore, be regarded as provisional until more definitive figures are published. Along with the Scottish Parliament elections, these first elections to the Welsh Assembly are the first in Great Britain to be conducted under the Additional Member System. In Wales voters were given two ballot papers: one used to elect each of 40 members under the first-past-the-post system1 and the second to elect four members from each of five electoral regions2. These additional members were elected so that the total representation from each area, including those Members elected under first-past-the-post, corresponds as closely as possible with the share of votes cast for each party in the region. Appendix II looks at the operation of the voting system. Labour gained the highest share of the vote in both parts of the election and the most number of seats of any party with 28. Plaid Cymru gained 17 seats, the Conservative 9 and the Liberal Democrats 6. Tables 1 to 10 show the results at a national and regional level. They also compare the results in the first-past-the-post section of the vote with those in the 1997 General Election. Tables in Appendix I give results for individual constituencies in the first-past- the-post section of the election. Appendix II gives an example of the operation of the system for allocating additional members while Appendix III lists the newly elected Members of the Welsh Assembly. Turnout is put at around 46% in both the constituency and regional parts of the election. Tables 1 to 10 show the results at a national and regional level. They also compare the results in the first-past-the-post section of the vote with those in the 1997 General Election. Tables in Appendix I give results for individual constituencies in the first-past- the-post section of the election. Appendix II gives an example of the operation of the system for allocating additional members while Appendix III lists the newly elected Members of the Welsh Assembly. For further details on the electoral system, readers may wish to consult Library Research Paper 98/113 Voting Systems: The Government's Proposals. 1 Based on the existing 40 Parliamentary Constituencies 2 Based on the constituencies used for the 1994 European Elections 5 RESEARCH PAPER 99/51 Table 1 Welsh Assembly elections: 6 May 1999 Votes Lost Seats Candidates(a) Number % of total deposits(b) won Constituencies Conservative 40 162,133 15.8% 3 1 Labour 40 384,671 37.6% 27 Liberal Democrat 40 137,857 13.5% 2 3 Plaid Cymru 40 290,572 28.4% 9 United Socialist 9 3,967 0.4% 9 Independent 17 30,544 3.0% 6 Independent Labour 2 4,134 0.4% 1 Communist 2 609 0.1% 2 Green 1 1,002 0.1% 1 Others 8 7,736 0.8% 6 Total 199 1,023,225 100.0% 30 40 Regional lists Conservative 5 168,206 16.5% 0 8 Labour 5 361,657 35.5% 0 1 Liberal Democrat 5 128,008 12.5% 0 3 Plaid Cymru 5 312,048 30.6% 0 8 Green 5 25,858 2.5% 5 Natural Law Party 5 3,861 0.4% 5 Socialist Labour 3 10,720 1.1% 3 United Socialist 4 3,590 0.4% 4 Communist 2 1,366 0.1% 2 Others 5 4,673 0.5% 5 Total 44 1,019,987 100.0% 24 20 Total seats won Conservative 9 Labour 28 Liberal Democrat 6 Plaid Cymru 17 Total 60 (a) For the regional lists these figures show the number of lists entered by the party (b) The deposit for the election was £500 per constituency candidate and £500 per list. A deposit was lost if the candidate or list failed to gain at least 5% of the vote in the area that they were standing. 6 RESEARCH PAPER 99/51 Table 2 Votes cast and seats won by electoral region Con Lab LDem PC Other Total Turnout Share of constituency votes North Wales 19.0% 35.5% 10.1% 32.3% 3.0% 100.0% 45.2% Mid & West Wales 15.2% 26.2% 17.6% 35.6% 5.4% 100.0% 54.3% South Wales West 11.4% 42.2% 13.0% 26.2% 7.2% 100.0% 42.9% South Wales Central 16.5% 41.4% 14.9% 25.9% 1.3% 100.0% 45.5% South Wales East 16.2% 44.2% 11.5% 20.9% 7.2% 100.0% 44.0% Wales 15.8% 37.6% 13.5% 28.4% 4.7% 100.0% 46.3% Share of regional votes North Wales 19.4% 34.2% 10.3% 32.3% 3.9% 100.0% 45.1% Mid & West Wales 16.7% 24.5% 14.4% 38.5% 5.8% 100.0% 54.2% South Wales West 12.6% 42.3% 11.1% 30.4% 3.7% 100.0% 42.4% South Wales Central 16.2% 36.9% 14.3% 27.0% 5.6% 100.0% 45.5% South Wales East 16.8% 41.5% 12.2% 24.3% 5.3% 100.0% 43.9% Wales 16.5% 35.5% 12.5% 30.6% 4.9% 100.0% 46.1% Constituency seats won North Wales 060309 Mid & West Wales022408 South Wales West070007 South Wales Central061108 South Wales East160108 Wales 12739040 Top-up seats won North Wales 201104 Mid & West Wales210104 South Wales West101204 South Wales Central200204 South Wales East101204 Wales 8138020 Total seats won North Wales 2614013 Mid & West Wales2325012 South Wales West1712011 South Wales Central2613012 South Wales East2613012 Wales 9 28 6 17 0 60 7 RESEARCH PAPER 99/51 Table 3 Change in constituency votes and seats won compared with the 1997 General Election Con Lab LDem PC Other Change in share of constituency votes (percentage points) North Wales -5.2% -11.4% -1.6% +18.2% -0.0% Mid & West Wales -5.5% -11.5% -0.8% +15.5% +2.6% South Wales West -3.6% -23.4% +2.3% +20.5% +4.3% South Wales Central -3.8% -16.7% +3.0% +20.3% -2.7% South Wales East -0.5% -21.9% +2.1% +16.7% +3.8% Wales -3.7% -17.2% +1.1% +18.5% +1.4% Change in constituency seats won North Wales -1 +1 Mid & West Wales -2 +2 South Wales West South Wales Central -2 +1 +1 South Wales East +1 -2 +1 Wales +1-7+1+5 Table 4 Difference between share of list and constituency votes by electoral region Percentage points Difference Con Lab LDem PC Other in turnout North Wales +0.3% -1.3% +0.1% -0.1% +0.9% -0.2% Mid & West Wales +1.5% -1.7% -3.2% +3.0% +0.4% -0.1% South Wales West +1.2% +0.0% -1.9% +4.2% -3.5% -0.5% South Wales Central -0.2% -4.5% -0.5% +1.0% +4.2% +0.0% South Wales East +0.6% -2.7% +0.7% +3.3% -1.9% -0.0% Wales +0.6% -2.1% -0.9% +2.2% +0.2% -0.2% 8 RESEARCH PAPER 99/51 Table 5 Top-up seats won by round First Second Third Fourth North Wales Con LDem Con PC Mid & West Wales Con Con Lab PC South Wales West PC PC Con LDem South Wales Central Con PC PC Con South Wales East LDem PC Con PC Table 6 Candidates finishing in first, second, third and fourth places Constituency votes First Second Third Fourth Total place or Candidates lower Conservative 1 13 11 15 40 Labour 27 11 1 1 40 Liberal Democrat 3 1 13 23 40 Plaid Cymru
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