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BRIEFING PAPER Number CBP 7594, 19 May 2016

National Assembly for By Lukas Audickas

Wales Elections: 2016

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Party summaries 3. Candidates 4. Results 5. Turnout 6. Composition of the Assembly 7. Appendix

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Contents

Summary 5 Seats and votes by party 1999 to 2016 6 1. Introduction 7 2. Party summaries 9 Conservative 9 Labour 10 Liberal Democrats 11 12 UK Independence Party 13 Green party 14 Other Parties 14 3. Candidates 15 4. Results 16 Percentage share of the vote, by party, 2011 and 2016 16 National Assembly for Wales elections: 5 May 2016 17 National Assembly for Wales elections: 5 May 2011 18 5. Turnout 19 6. Composition of the Assembly 20 Parties and regions 20 Ethnicity 20 Gender 20 7. Appendix 21 7.1 Constituency Ballot 21 Table 1: Constituency results - votes and turnout by constituency 21 Table 2: Constituency results - seats by majority (from highest to lowest percentage majority) 22 Table 3: Constituency results - party share of vote by constituency, and majority 23 Table 4: Change in share of the vote and turnout by constituency 24 Table 5: Constituency results - votes and shares by region and party 25 Table 6: Constituency ballot results - change in share of the vote by region 25 Table 7: Difference in turnout and party share of vote between constituency and regional ballots by region 25 Table 8: Constituency results - party share of vote by constituency 26 Table 9: Largest and smallest constituency majorities by party 27 Table 10: Constituencies with highest and lowest turnout in each region 27 Table 11: Highest and lowest shares of constituency vote 28 7.2 Regional ballot 29 Table 12: Regional results - votes and turnout by constituency 29 Table 13: Regional results - change in party share of vote and turnout by constituency 30 Table 14: Regional ballot results - votes and turnout by party and region 31 Table 15: Regional ballot results - party share of vote by party and region 31 Table 16: Regional ballot results - change in share of the vote by region 31 7.3 Assembly Members elected 32 Table 17: Seats won by seat type, party and region 32 Table 18a: Assembly Members elected, May 2016 33 Table 18b: Assembly Members elected, May 2016 34 Tables and underlying data in this briefing are available as Excel files via: http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7594

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Summary

Labour fell short of a majority winning 29 of the 60 seats in the National Assembly. The seats won by each party were as follows:

• Conservatives 11 • Labour 29 • Liberal Democrats 1 • Plaid Cymru 12 • UKIP 7

Labour’s share of the vote fell to 33.2%, from 39.6% in 2011, but it remained the largest party in the National Assembly. Plaid Cymru have overtook the Conservatives as second largest party with 20.7%, up from 18.6%. The Conservatives polled 20.0%, 3.8% points less than in 2011. The UK Independence Party’s share has risen by 10.4% points to 12.7%, compared to 2.3% in 2011. The Liberal Democrat’ share fell to 7.1% from 9.3%, and the Green Party polled 2.7%, up from 1.8%.

Average turnout across all the constituencies and regions was 45.4%, up by 4.0% points from 2011. The highest turnout was in North (56.8%) and Brecon & Radnorshire (56.5). The lowest turnout was in Alyn & Deeside where 34.6% voted.

Following the elections, the Assembly comprises 35 men and 25 women. The overall women representation have increased by one, compared to 2011. It is three fewer than in 2007 and five fewer than in the 2003, when there was an equal number of men and women elected.

There are currently two known ethnic minority Assembly Members. was first elected for Plaid Cymru in 2007 and then for the Conservatives in 2011 and in 2016; was elected for Labour in 2011 and re-elected in 2016. Results in Brief (Constituency + Regional)

Votes 2011 2016

Conservative 451,162 23.8% 406,443 20.0% Asembly members Labour 751,612 39.6% 673,061 33.1% by gender Liberal Democrat 176,608 9.3% 143,669 7.1% 40 Men Women Plaid Cymru 352,706 18.6% 420,922 20.7% 35 UKIP 43,256 2.3% 259,176 12.7% Green 34,163 1.8% 55,413 2.7% 30 Others 88,634 4.7% 75,439 3.7% 25 Seats 2011 2016 Change 20 Conservative 14 11 -3 Labour 30 29 -1 15 Liberal Democrat 5 1 -4 10 Plaid Cymru 11 12 +1 5 UKIP 0 7 +7 Green 0 0 0 0 Others 0 0 0 2011 2016 Turnout 41.4% 45.4% +4.0% 6 National Assembly for Wales Elections: 2016

National Assembly for Wales seats and votes by party 1999 to 2016 Share of seats by party 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 Seats and votes by party 1999 to 2016 50% Conservative (Conservative) Seats 9 11 12 14 11 40%

Constituency 1 1 5 6 6 30% Regional 8 10 7 8 5 20% Share 16.2% 19.6% 21.9% 23.8% 20.0% 10%

Constituency 15.8% 19.9% 22.4% 25.0% 21.1% 0% Regional 16.5% 19.2% 21.5% 22.5% 18.8%

Labour 50% (Labour)

Seats 28 30 26 30 29 40%

Constituency 27 30 24 28 27 30% Regional 1 0 2 2 2 20% Share 36.5% 38.3% 30.9% 39.6% 33.1% 10% Constituency 37.6% 40.0% 32.2% 42.3% 34.7% 0% Regional 35.4% 36.6% 29.6% 36.9% 31.5%

Liberal Democrat 50% (Liberal Democrat ) Seats 6 6 6 5 1 40% Constituency 3 3 3 1 1 30% Regional 3 3 3 4 0 20% Share 13.0% 13.4% 13.3% 9.3% 7.1% 10% Constituency 13.5% 14.1% 14.8% 10.6% 7.7% Regional 12.5% 12.7% 11.7% 8.0% 6.5% 0%

Plaid Cymru 50% Seats 17 12 15 11 12 (Plaid Cymru) 40% Constituency 9 5 7 5 6 Regional 8 7 8 6 6 30%

Share 29.5% 20.5% 21.7% 18.6% 20.7% 20%

Constituency 28.4% 21.2% 22.4% 19.3% 20.5% 10%

Regional 30.5% 19.7% 21.0% 17.9% 20.8% 0%

UK Independence Party Seats - 0 0 0 7 50% (UKIP) Constituency - 0 0 0 0 40% Regional - 0 0 0 7 30%

Share - 2.9% 2.9% 2.3% 12.7% 20%

Constituency - 2.3% 1.8% 0.0% 12.5% 10% Regional - 3.5% 3.9% 4.6% 13.0% 0% Green Seats 0 0 0 0 0 50% (Green) Constituency 0 0 0 0 0 40% Regional 0 0 0 0 0 30% Share 0.1% 1.8% 1.7% 1.8% 2.7% 20% Constituency 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 2.5% Regional 2.5% 3.5% 3.5% 3.4% 3.0% 10%

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1. Introduction

The fifth set of elections to the National Assembly for Wales took place on Thursday, 5 May 2016, simultaneously with elections to the , elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, local authority elections in England, authority elections and Elections for Police and Crime Commissioners across England and Wales. The system for electing members to the National Assembly is known as the Additional Member System. Voters are given two ballot papers. The first is used to elect each of 40 constituency Assembly Members (AMs) under the traditional first-past-the-post system. The second ballot paper is used to elect four AMs from each of five electoral regions. These Regional seats are additional members are elected so that the total representation from assigned as follows: each geographical area, including those members elected under first- past-the-post, corresponds more closely to the share of the votes cast The votes for each party for each political party in the region. are summed, and divided by the number of seats the 2016 was the first Assembly election when all three UK-wide parties: party has already gained in Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrats lost seats. This was the constituencies plus influenced by UKIP’s performance, securing seven seats, their first the one. The first seat is then National Assembly. awarded to the party with Labour maintained the status of the largest party in the Assembly, but the most votes. The fell one seat short of a working majority. This was Labour’s second process is repeated, taking worse performance, in terms of seats won, after 2007 when they won the newly assigned seat 24 seats (5 fever than in 2016). into account until all The Conservatives, for the first time, did not increase their seat count regional seats are filled. loosing 3 seats. Plaid Cymru regained their status as second largest party in the Assembly, with 0.7% points of votes share and one more seat than the Conservative. Measured by number of seats gained, it was the most successful Assembly election for UKIP and the worst for the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats have lost four Assembly Members and secured just one seat.

Data in this publication: Data in this research paper for the number of votes cast in each ballot and for the electorates in each constituency and region has been provided by local authorities and may differ from figures reported in the media. Turnout is measured as the number of valid votes divided by the electorate. Some Returning Officers include rejected ballots in their calculation of turnout, leading to higher measures of turnout than those reported here.

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National Assembly for Wales constituency ballot winners: 2016

9 Commons Library Briefing, 17 May 2016 Conservative The Conservatives2. Party polled summaries 20.0% of the Map 1: Conservative vote share total vote, 21.1% of the constituency vote Conservativeand 18.8 % of the regional vote. They lost three seats, taking their total representation in the Assembly down to 11 AMs, making them the third largest party. Their highest share of the vote was in . This was also the region where their share of the constituency vote decreased the most (by 4.6% points, from 30.7% in 2011 to 26.0%). The Conservatives’ share of the constituency vote decreased most in Ynys Mon, where it fell by 17.7 % points, from 29.2% to 11.5%. This was the first Assembly election when the Conservatives have not increased their vote share. Prior to 2016 they were the only party in the Assembly to have consistently increased the share of the vote in subsequent Assembly elections. From 1999 to 2011 their share of the total vote increased at every Assembly election by an average of 2.5% points, before dropping by

3.8% points in 2016.

Seats won Share of the vote Constituency Regional Total Constituency Regional Total

Mid and West Wales 3 0 3 23.1% 20.6% 21.9% North Wales 2 1 3 26.0% 29.4% 24.1% Central 0 2 2 20.2% 18.3% 19.2% South Wales East 1 1 2 18.6% 17.2% 17.9% South Wales West 0 1 1 16.8% 15.0% 15.9%

Total 6 5 11 21.1% 18.8% 20.0%

ChangeChange in inshare share of of the the vote vote between between 20112016 andand 2016 2016 by by region region Conservative'sConservative share share ofof votes andand seats seats 50% Constituency ballot Mid and West Wales Regional ballot 40% Vote share North Wales % Seats South Wales Central 30%

South Wales East 20%

South Wales West 10% All regions 0% -15% -10% -5% 0% +5% +10%+15% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 10 National Assembly for Wales Elections: 2016 Labour This was the third Assembly election Map 2: Labour vote share that LabourLabour did not secure a working majority of seats.

Labour gained the highest share of the vote with 33.1% of the total vote, 34.7% of the constituency vote and 31.5% of the regional vote. Labour also won the highest number of seats (29), one fewer, compared with the 2011 election. Labour’s share of the vote decreased by 7.6% points in the constituency ballot and by 5.4% in the regional ballot. Their highest share of the vote in any region was in South Wales West. This was also the region where their constituency vote share deceased the most, by 9.7% points, from 55.1% in 2011 to 45.4%. Labour’s highest share of the vote in any constituency was in Ogmore, where they won 55.2% of the constituency ballot. The largest decline in support for Labour was reported in constituency, where they lost 27.3% of constituency votes compared to 2011. Seats won Share of the vote Constituency Regional Total Constituency Regional Total

Mid and West Wales 1 2 3 17.6% 19.4% 18.5% North Wales 5 0 5 32.6% 28.1% 30.3% South Wales Central 7 0 7 40.7% 33.9% 37.3% South Wales East 7 0 7 39.8% 38.3% 39.1% South Wales West 7 0 7 45.4% 39.5% 42.5%

Total 27 2 29 34.7% 31.5% 33.1%

ChangeChange in inshare share of of the the vote vote between between 20162011 and 20162016 by by region region Labour'sLabour share share of ofvotes votes and and seats seats Vote share % Seats 50% Mid and West Wales Constituency ballot 40% North Wales Regional ballot

South Wales Central 30%

South Wales East 20% South Wales West 10% All regions 0% -15% -10% -5% 0% +5% +10%+15% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 11 Commons Library Briefing, 17 May 2016 LiberalLiberal DemocratsDemocrat Map 3: Liberal Democrat vote share The Liberal Democrats received 7.1% of the totalLiberal vote, 7.7% Democrats of the constituency vote and 6.5% of the regional vote, winning only one seat. Overall, this is 2.2% points less and four seats fewer than in 2011. This was the worst performance for the Liberal Democrats in any Assembly election so far. It is a notable change from their long-term position in Wales, which had been relatively stable. In Assembly elections prior to 2011 the Liberal Democrats consistently polled between 13.0% and 13.5% of the total vote, before losing 4.0% points in 2011. The largest reduction in the Liberal Democrats’ share of the vote took place in Newport East, where their share of the constituency vote fell by 11.9% points, from 19.1% in 2011 to 7.2%. Across the whole of the South Wales East region, which includes the Newport constituencies, the Liberal Democrats’ share of the constituency vote fell by 4.0% points. The Liberal Democrats gained support in only two constituencies: Brecon & Radnorshire and South. Their largest gain was in Brecon & Radnorshire, where their share of the vote increased by 9.3% points, from 43.1% in 2011 to 52.4%.

Seats won Share of the vote Constituency Regional Total Constituency Regional Total

Mid and West Wales 1 0 1 16.7% 10.9% 13.8% North Wales 0 0 0 4.6% 4.6% 4.6% South Wales Central 0 0 0 7.3% 6.4% 6.9% South Wales East 0 0 0 3.5% 3.5% 3.5% South Wales West 0 0 0 5.0% 6.5% 5.7%

Total 1 0 1 7.7% 6.5% 7.1%

Change in share of the vote between 2011 and 2016 by region Liberal Democrat share of votes and seats 50% Constituency ballot Mid and West Wales Vote share Regional ballot 40% % Seats North Wales

South Wales Central 30%

South Wales East 20%

South Wales West 10% All regions 0% -15% -10% -5% 0% +5% +10% +15% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 12 National Assembly for Wales Elections: 2016 Plaid Cymru Map 4: Plaid Cymru vote share Plaid Cymru polled 20.7% of the total vote, 20.5% of the constituency vote and 20.8% of the regional vote and became the second largest party after overtaking the Conservatives by 0.7% points. They gained one seat, taking their total representation in the Assembly to 12 AMs. Plaid Cymru’s highest share of the vote in any region was in Mid and West Wales, where they polled 26.9% of total constituency vote. The largest increase in regional vote share was recordedPlaid Cymruin South Wales Central region, where it rose by 7.2% points, from 13.7 in 2011 to 20.9%. Plaid Cymru’s share of the constituency vote increased most in Blaenau , where it rose by 31.2% points, from 5.4% to 36.6%.

Seats won Share of the vote Constituency Regional Total Constituency Regional Total

Mid and West Wales 3 1 4 26.9% 26.3% 26.6% North Wales 2 1 3 24.5% 12.6% 23.9% South Wales Central 1 1 2 18.6% 20.9% 19.7% South Wales East 0 1 1 16.3% 15.3% 15.8% South Wales West 0 2 2 15.2% 17.2% 16.2%

Total 6 6 12 20.5% 20.8% 20.7%

Change in share of the vote between 2011 and 2016 by region Plaid Cymru share of votes and seats 50% Constituency ballot Vote share Mid and West Wales Regional ballot 40% % Seats North Wales

South Wales Central 30%

South Wales East 20%

South Wales West 10% All regions 0% -15% -5% +5% +15% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 13 Commons Library Briefing, 17 May 2016 UK Independence Party Map 5: UK Independence Party vote share For the first time the UK Independence Party was elected to The National Assembly for Wales. UKIP UKpolled Independence 12.7% of the total Party vote, 12.5% of the constituency vote, 13.0% of the regional vote, and won seven seats. Overall, this is 10.5% of vote. The best performance for UKIP in any Assembly election so far. UKIP’s highest share of the vote in any region was in South Wales East, where they received 18.1%. UKIP did not field any constituency candidates in the 2011 election. They gained their highest share of the constituency vote (22.6%) in constituency.

UKIP increased their share of the regional ballot in every region. Their regional vote share across Wales increased by 8.4% points from 4.6% in 2011 to 13.0%. Their strongest regional performance was in South Wales East, where they polled 17.8% of the regional vote.

Seats won Share of the vote Constituency Regional Total Constituency Regional Total

Mid and West Wales 0 1 1 10.8% 11.6% 11.2% North Wales 0 2 2 10.7% 12.5% 11.6% South Wales Central 0 1 1 9.8% 10.4% 10.1% South Wales East 0 2 2 18.0% 17.8% 8.9% South Wales West 0 1 1 14.0% 13.7% 13.8%

Total 0 7 7 12.5% 13.0% 12.7%

Change in share of the vote between 2011 and 2016 by region UKIP share of votes and seats 50% Mid and West Wales Constituency ballot Vote share North Wales 40% Regional ballot % Seats South Wales Central 30%

South Wales East 20%

South Wales West 10% All regions 0% -20% -10% 0% +10% +20% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 14 National Assembly for Wales Elections: 2016 Green The Green Party raised had candidates in a majority Share of the vote of constituencies and in all five regions, but did not Constituency Regional Total win any seats. They received 2.7% of the total vote, 2.5% of the Mid and West Wales 3.1% 3.8% 3.4% constituency vote and 3.0% of the regional vote. North Wales 1.5% 3.1% 1.9% Green party South Wales Central 2.8% 3.4% 3.1% Overall, Other this is 0.9%Parties points more than in 2011, the South Wales East 2.4% 2.5% 2.5% best performance of the Greens compared to any South Wales West 2.5% 2.6% 2.5% prior Assembly election. Total 2.5% 3.0% 2.7% The Green Party’s share of the regional vote fell from 3.4% to 3.0%. However, their share of Change in share of the vote between 2011 and 2016 by region constituency vote increased notably, from 0.2% in 2011 to 2.5%. Constituency ballot Regional ballot The Green Party performed the best in Mid and West Wales and Cardiff Central constituencies, with 6.2% and North Wales 5.9% of regional vote respectively. South Wales Central 20% Green Party vote share Green Party vote share South Wales East 10%10% South Wales West All regions 0%0% 19991999 20032003 20072007 20112011 20162016 -10% 0% +10% Other parties

Other political parties (not included in party Share of the vote summaries above) and independent candidates Constituency Regional Total received 3.7% of the total vote, 1.0% of the Mid and West Wales 1.8% 7.3% 4.6% constituency vote and 6.4% of the regional vote. North Wales 0.1% 6.9% 3.5% None of these parties secured any constituency or South Wales Central 0.6% 6.7% 3.6% regional seats. South Wales East 1.3% 5.4% 3.3% The highest increase in share of regional votes for South Wales West 2.5% 5.5% 3.4% other parties (3.1%) was recorded in Mid and West Total 1.0% 6.4% 3.7% Wales region. Whereas, in South Wales East the regional ballot share fell the most, by 3.3% points. Change in share of the vote between 2011 and 2016 by region Other parties’ share of constituency votes generally did not increase in any of the regions. The highest Constituency ballot Regional ballot decrease, of 7.7% points, was recorded in the Mid and West Wales South Wales East region. North Wales None of the other individual political parties gained South Wales Central more than 1% of constituency vote. South Wales East The Abolish The Welsh Assembly Party, was the only South Wales West other party to receive more than 1% of regional votes. They received 4.4% of total regional votes.. All regions

-10% 0% +10%

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3. Candidates Constituency and Over 300 of regional and nearly 250 of constituency candidates stood regional candidates 100% for election to The National Assembly for Wales on 5 May 2016. by gender On average, across Wales there were 6.2 candidates per constituency. 80% Women Men This is just above the UK average (6.1), comparing to the last general election in 2015. 60% 1 Data collection 40% The gender of candidates is not systematically recorded and data is only available from the third party sources. Information about National 20% Assembly for Wales election candidates is collected using Democracy 0% Club data. The gender of some candidates was assigned on the basis of Regional Constituency their first name in absence of other information. cadidates candidates Gender by region The gender balance among regional and Regional candidates by gender and party constituency candidates was roughly the same. Green Party From all the regional and constituency candidates UK Independence Party around one-third (34%) were women. Plaid Cymru The South Wales Central regions had the most Liberal Democrats proportional gender balance among candidates. Labour Party There, around 41% of candidates were women. Conservative There was a similar gender balance was in the 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 South Wales West region, where 61% of Regional candidates by gender and region candidates were male. The largest gender disparity was recoded in the South Wales East region where South Wales West 30% of candidates were women. South Wales East South Wales Central Gender by party North Wales The had the most equal gender Mid and West Wales distribution among regional candidates. Half (50%) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 of the Green Party regional candidates were Constituency candidates by gender and women. Labour Party had the highest number of party women on its regional lists (60%). Green Party UK Independence Party Two-fifths (42%) of Green Party constituency Plaid Cymru candidates were females. Followed by 38% Liberal Liberal Democrats Democrats and 37% Labour’s candidates. Labour Party 30% of UK Independence Party and around 34% of Conservative Conservative regional candidates were women. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 The Conservative Party had the lowest proportion of female constituency candidates. Less than a quarter (23%) of their candidates were women.

1 Democracy Club (2016) Member of the National Assembly for Wales

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4. Results

The reference table below provides regional and constituency results for the National Assembly for Wales Election in 2016 and 2011. This compares regional and constituency ballot results by percentage share of vote. For detailed results by party refer to “Party Summary” section (pp. 7-12) Percentage share of the vote, by party, 2011 and 2016

2016 Assembly election Constituency Region All votes

Conservative 21.1% 18.8% 20.0% Labour 34.7% 31.5% 33.1% Liberal Democrat 7.7% 6.5% 7.1% Plaid Cymru 20.5% 20.8% 20.7% UKIP 12.5% 13.0% 12.7% Green 2.5% 3.0% 2.7% Others 1.0% 6.4% 3.7% Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

2011 Assembly election Constituency Region All votes

Conservative 25.0% 22.5% 23.8% Labour 42.3% 36.9% 39.6% Liberal Democrat 10.6% 8.0% 9.3% Plaid Cymru 19.3% 17.9% 18.6% UKIP 0.0% 4.6% 2.3% Green 0.2% 3.4% 1.8% Others 2.7% 6.7% 3.7% Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Change 2011-2016 Constituency Region All votes

Conservative -3.9% -3.7% -3.8% Labour -7.6% -5.4% -6.5% Liberal Democrat -2.9% -1.6% -2.2% Plaid Cymru +1.3% +3.0% +2.1% UKIP +12.5% +8.5% +10.5% Green +2.3% -0.5% +0.9% Others -1.7% -0.2% 0.0% 17 Commons Library Briefing, 17 May 2016

The table below summarises the 2016 regional and constituency ballot results. This table also includes total number of candidates by party and seat distribution. National Assembly for Wales elections: 5 May 2016

Constituency ballot Candidates Votes % of total Seats won Change

Conservative 40 215,597 21.1% 6 0 Labour 40 353,865 34.7% 27 -1 Liberal Democrat 40 78,165 7.7% 1 0 Plaid Cymru 40 209,374 20.5% 6 +1 UKIP 38 127,038 12.5% 0 0 Green 36 25,202 2.5% 0 0 Others 14 10,139 1.0% 0 0 Total 248 1,019,380 100.0% 40

Regional ballot Candidates Votes % of total Seats won Change

Conservative 35 190,846 18.8% 5 -3 Labour 20 319,196 31.5% 2 0 Liberal Democrat 33 65,504 6.5% 0 -4 Plaid Cymru 59 211,548 20.8% 6 0 UKIP 20 132,138 13.0% 7 +7 Green 24 30,211 3.0% 0 0 Others 114 65,300 6.4% 0 0 Total 305 1,014,743 100.0% 20

Total Candidates Votes % of total Seats won Change

Conservative 75 406,443 20.0% 11 -3 Labour 60 673,061 33.1% 29 -1 Liberal Democrat 73 143,669 7.1% 1 -4 Plaid Cymru 99 420,922 20.7% 12 +1 UKIP 58 259,176 12.7% 7 +7 Green 60 55,413 2.7% 0 0 Others 128 75,439 3.7% 0 0 Total 553 2,034,123 100.0% 60

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The final reference table in this section looks at 2011 election results. It includes total number of candidates by party and seat distribution.

National Assembly for Wales elections: 5 May 2011

Constituency ballot Candidates Votes % of total Seats won

Conservative 40 237,389 25.0% 6 Labour 40 401,677 42.3% 28 Liberal Democrat 40 100,259 10.6% 1 Plaid Cymru 40 182,907 19.3% 5 UKIP - - - 0 Green 1 1,514 0.2% 0 Others 16 25,507 2.7% 0 Total 177 949,253 100.0% 40

Regional ballot Candidates Votes % of total Seats won

Conservative 42 213,773 22.5% 8 Labour 20 349,935 36.9% 2 Liberal Democrat 25 76,349 8.0% 4 Plaid Cymru 20 169,799 17.9% 6 UKIP - * 43,256 4.6% 0 Green - * 32,649 3.4% 0 Others 115 * 63,127 6.7% 0 Total 222 948,888 100.0% 20

Total Candidates Votes % of total Seats won

Conservative 82 451,162 23.8% 14 Labour 60 751,612 39.6% 30 Liberal Democrat 65 176,608 9.3% 5 Plaid Cymru 60 352,706 18.6% 11 UKIP - * 43,256 2.3% 0 Green - * 34,163 1.8% 0 Others 131 * 88,634 4.7% 0 Total 399 1,898,141 100.0% 60 Note: * Number of Regional UKIP and Green candidates is included in total count for others 19 Commons Library Briefing, 17 May 2016

5. Turnout

Turnout is measured as the number of valid Map 6: National Assembly for Wales - votes divided by the electorate. 2016 Turnout The overall turnout across Wales in both the constituency and regional ballots was 45.4%, up by 4.0% points from 2011. The highest turnout was in Cardiff North and Brecon & Radnorshire, where 56.8% and 56.5% of the electorate cast valid ballots. The lowest turnout was in Alyn & Deeside, where 34.6% of eligible voters participated. The region with the highest turnout was Mid and West Wales, with a turnout of 51.4% (2.8% points increase since 2011). The region with the lowest turnout was South Wales East, where turnout was 42.7% (4.2% points increase since 2011).

Increase in turnout by region, 2011-2016 Total South Wales West South Wales East South Wales Central North Wales Mid and West Wales

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8%

Constituencies within each region with the highest and lowest turnout

Region Constituency Turnout

Highest turnout South Wales Central Cardiff North 56.8% Mid and West Wales Brecon & Radnorshire 56.5% North Wales Arfon 50.9% South Wales West Gower 49.8% South Wales East Monmouth 48.9%

Lowest turnout South Wales Central 38.2% Mid and West Wales 46.8% North Wales Alyn & Deeside 34.6% South Wales West East 35.7% South Wales East Newport East 37.1%

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6. Composition of the Assembly Parties and regions A majority of constituency seats in South Wales Map 7: National Assembly for Wales – Central, South Wales East and South Wales West 2016 Constituency seat winners regions are held by Labour Members. This party won 21 out of 23 constituency seats in these areas. The remaining two seats are held by Plaid Cymru (Rhondda) and Conservatives (Monmouth). Constituency seats in Mid and West Wales region is more diversely distributed: both Plaid Cymru and Conservatives secured three seats each. In Lianelli and Brecon & Radnorshire constituencies Labour and Liberal Democrats had the largest majorities. Four of constituency seats in the North Wales region are held by Labour. Conservatives and Plaid Cymru have two seats each.

Regional seats are less dominated by Labour. UKIP has the highest number of regional seats (7), followed by the Plaid Cymru (6) and Conservatives (5). Labour had gained two regional seats. Ethnicity There are currently two known ethnic minority Assembly members2. Mohammad Asghar was first elected for Plaid Cymru in 2007 and was re-elected for the Conservatives in 2011 and in 2016. He became the first AM to cross the floor of the Assembly in December 2009. Vaughan Gething was elected for Labour in 2011 and was re-elected in 2016. He is the second minority ethnic candidate to be elected to the Assembly. Assembly members by gender, 1999-2016 Gender Women Men Following the elections, the Assembly comprises 1999 35 men and 25 women. The overall women representation have increased by one, compared 2003 to 2011. It is three fewer than in 2007 and five 2007 fewer than in the 2003, when there was an equal 2011 number of men and women elected. 2016

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

2 Ethnicity of Assembly Members is not systematically recorded. It is a self-defined factor, and information about it is only available from third-party sources. 21 Commons Library Briefing, 17 May 2016

7. Appendix 7.1 Constituency Ballot Table 1: Constituency results - votes and turnout by constituency

CON LAB LD PC UKIP GRN Others Total Electorate Turnout Majority

Mid and West Wales Brecon and Radnorshire 7,728 2,703 15,898 1,180 2,161 697 0 30,367 53,793 56.5% 8,170 Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr 4,489 5,727 837 14,427 3,474 797 0 29,751 55,395 53.7% 8,700 West and South 10,355 6,982 699 5,459 3,300 804 1,638 29,237 56,886 51.4% 3,373 Ceredigion 2,075 1,902 9,606 12,014 2,665 1,223 0 29,485 52,540 56.1% 2,408 Dwyfor Meirionnydd 1,655 6,800 577 10,962 0 743 1,259 20,236 43,279 46.8% 8,156 Llanelli 1,937 10,267 355 9,885 4,132 427 1,113 28,116 59,651 47.1% 382 Montgomeryshire 9,875 1,389 6,536 2,410 2,458 932 0 23,600 48,674 48.5% 3,339 11,123 7,193 1,677 3,957 3,286 1,161 0 28,397 56,414 50.3% 3,930

North Wales Aberconwy 7,646 6,039 781 6,892 0 680 0 22,038 44,953 49.0% 754 Alyn and Deeside 4,558 9,922 980 1,944 3,765 527 0 21,696 62,697 34.6% 5,364 Arfon 1,655 6,800 577 10,962 0 0 0 19,994 39,252 50.9% 4,162 Clwyd South 4,846 7,862 2,289 3,861 2,827 474 0 22,159 54,169 40.9% 3,016 Clwyd West 10,831 5,246 831 5,768 2,985 565 0 26,226 57,641 45.5% 5,063 Delyn 5,898 9,480 1,718 2,269 3,794 0 0 23,159 53,489 43.3% 3,582 Vale of Clwyd 8,792 9,560 758 2,096 2,975 0 0 24,181 56,322 42.9% 768 Wrexham 6,227 7,552 1,140 2,631 2,393 411 0 20,354 51,548 39.5% 1,325 Ynys Mon 2,904 4,278 334 13,788 3,212 389 262 25,167 50,345 50.0% 9,510

South Wales Central Cardiff Central 2,317 10,016 9,199 1,951 1,223 1,150 212 26,068 57,177 45.6% 817 Cardiff North 13,099 16,766 1,130 2,278 2,509 824 846 37,452 65,927 56.8% 3,667 Cardiff South and 6,353 13,274 1,345 4,320 3,716 1,268 0 30,276 76,110 39.8% 6,921 Cardiff West 5,617 11,381 868 10,205 2,629 1,032 228 31,960 66,040 48.4% 1,176 Cynon Valley 1,177 9,830 335 3,836 3,460 598 0 19,236 50,292 38.2% 5,994 3,884 9,986 2,979 4,659 3,322 508 0 25,338 58,277 43.5% 5,327 Rhondda 528 8,432 173 11,891 2,203 259 0 23,486 49,758 47.2% 3,459 Vale of 13,878 14,655 938 3,871 3,662 794 0 37,798 71,177 53.1% 777

South Wales East 1,334 8,442 300 7,792 3,423 0 0 21,291 50,575 42.1% 650 Caerphilly 2,412 9,584 386 8,009 5,954 770 0 27,115 62,449 43.4% 1,575 1,775 10,050 597 4,349 4,944 594 0 22,309 54,465 41.0% 5,106 and Rhymney 1,331 9,763 1,122 3,721 4,277 469 0 20,683 45,227 45.7% 5,486 Monmouth 13,585 8,438 1,474 1,824 3,092 910 2,078 31,401 64,197 48.9% 5,147 Newport East 3,768 9,229 1,481 1,386 4,333 491 0 20,688 55,750 37.1% 4,896 Newport West 8,042 12,157 880 1,645 3,842 814 371 27,751 62,169 44.6% 4,115 Torfaen 3,931 9,688 628 2,860 5,190 681 0 22,978 60,246 38.1% 4,498

South Wales West Aberavon 1,342 10,578 1,248 4,176 3,119 389 0 20,852 49,039 42.5% 6,402 6,543 12,166 1,087 2,569 3,919 567 0 26,851 60,195 44.6% 5,623 Gower 10,153 11,982 1,033 2,982 3,300 737 0 30,187 60,637 49.8% 1,829 2,179 9,468 746 6,545 3,780 589 2,056 25,363 55,370 45.8% 2,923 Ogmore 2,587 12,895 698 3,427 3,233 516 0 23,356 54,669 42.7% 9,468 Swansea East 1,729 10,726 1,574 2,744 3,274 529 0 20,576 57,594 35.7% 7,452 Swansea West 3,934 9,014 2,012 3,225 3,058 883 76 22,202 54,601 40.7% 5,080

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Table 2: Constituency results - seats by majority (from highest to lowest percentage majority)

Elected Majority Constituency candidate 1st 2nd Votes Rank % Rank

Ogmore Huw Irranca-Davies LAB PC 9,468 2 40.5% 1 Ynys Mon PC LD 9,510 1 37.8% 2 Swansea East LAB UKIP 7,452 5 36.2% 3 Cynon Valley LAB PC 5,994 8 31.2% 4 Aberavon LAB PC 6,402 7 30.7% 5 Carmarthenshire East and PC LAB 8,700 3 29.2% 6 Dinefwr Brecon and Radnorshire LD CON 8,170 4 26.9% 7 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney LAB UKIP 5,486 10 26.5% 8 Alyn and Deeside LAB CON 5,364 11 24.7% 9 Newport East John Griffiths LAB UKIP 4,896 17 23.7% 10 Islwyn LAB UKIP 5,106 14 22.9% 11 Swansea West LAB CON 5,080 15 22.9% 12 Cardiff South and Penarth Vaughan Gething LAB CON 6,921 6 22.9% 13 Pontypridd LAB PC 5,327 12 21.0% 14 Bridgend LAB CON 5,623 9 20.9% 15 Arfon Sian Gwenllian PC LD 4,162 19 20.8% 16 Dwyfor Meirionnydd Dafydd Elis-Thomas PC LD 4,162 19 20.6% 17 Torfaen LAB UKIP 4,498 18 19.6% 18 Clwyd West CON PC 5,063 16 19.3% 19 Monmouth CON LD 5,147 13 16.4% 20 Delyn LAB CON 3,582 24 15.5% 21 Newport West LAB CON 4,115 21 14.8% 22 Rhondda PC LD 3,459 25 14.7% 23 Montgomeryshire CON LD 3,339 27 14.1% 24 Preseli Pembrokeshire Paul Windsor Davies CON LD 3,930 22 13.8% 25 Clwyd South LAB CON 3,016 28 13.6% 26 Carmarthen West and South CON LAB 3,373 26 11.5% 27 Pembrokeshire Neath LAB PC 2,923 29 11.5% 28 Cardiff North LAB CON 3,667 23 9.8% 29 Ceredigion PC LD 2,408 30 8.2% 30 Wrexham LAB CON 1,325 33 6.5% 31 Gower Rebecca Evans LAB CON 1,829 31 6.1% 32 Caerphilly LAB PC 1,575 32 5.8% 33 Cardiff West LAB PC 1,176 34 3.7% 34 Aberconwy Janet Finch-Saunders CON PC 754 38 3.4% 35 Vale of Clwyd LAB CON 768 37 3.2% 36 Cardiff Central LAB LD 817 35 3.1% 37 Blaenau Gwent LAB PC 650 39 3.1% 38 LAB CON 777 36 2.1% 39 Llanelli LAB PC 382 40 1.4% 40 23 Commons Library Briefing, 17 May 2016

Table 3: Constituency results - party share of vote by constituency, and majority

CON LAB LD PC UKIP GRN Others Total Majority Mid and West Wales Brecon and Radnorshire 25.4% 8.9% 52.4% 3.9% 7.1% 2.3% 0.0% 100.0% 26.9% Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr 15.1% 19.2% 2.8% 48.5% 11.7% 2.7% 0.0% 100.0% 29.2% Carmarthen West and South 35.4% 23.9% 2.4% 18.7% 11.3% 2.7% 5.6% 100.0% 11.5% Pembrokeshire Ceredigion 7.0% 6.5% 32.6% 40.7% 9.0% 4.1% 0.0% 100.0% 8.2% Dwyfor Meirionnydd 8.2% 33.6% 2.9% 54.2% 0.0% 3.7% 6.2% 108.7% 40.3% Llanelli 6.9% 36.5% 1.3% 35.2% 14.7% 1.5% 4.0% 100.0% 1.4% Montgomeryshire 41.8% 5.9% 27.7% 10.2% 10.4% 3.9% 0.0% 100.0% 14.1% Preseli Pembrokeshire 39.2% 25.3% 5.9% 13.9% 11.6% 4.1% 0.0% 100.0% 13.8%

North Wales Aberconwy 34.7% 27.4% 3.5% 31.3% 0.0% 3.1% 0.0% 100.0% 3.4% Alyn and Deeside 21.0% 45.7% 4.5% 9.0% 17.4% 2.4% 0.0% 100.0% 24.7% Arfon 8.3% 34.0% 2.9% 54.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 20.8% Clwyd South 21.9% 35.5% 10.3% 17.4% 12.8% 2.1% 0.0% 100.0% 13.6% Clwyd West 41.3% 20.0% 3.2% 22.0% 11.4% 2.2% 0.0% 100.0% 19.3% Delyn 25.5% 40.9% 7.4% 9.8% 16.4% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 15.5% Vale of Clwyd 36.4% 39.5% 3.1% 8.7% 12.3% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 3.2% Wrexham 30.6% 37.1% 5.6% 12.9% 11.8% 2.0% 0.0% 100.0% 6.5% Ynys Mon 11.5% 17.0% 1.3% 54.8% 12.8% 1.5% 1.0% 100.0% 37.8%

South Wales Central Cardiff Central 8.9% 38.4% 35.3% 7.5% 4.7% 4.4% 0.8% 100.0% 3.1% Cardiff North 35.0% 44.8% 3.0% 6.1% 6.7% 2.2% 2.3% 100.0% 9.8% Cardiff South and Penarth 21.0% 43.8% 4.4% 14.3% 12.3% 4.2% 0.0% 100.0% 22.9% Cardiff West 17.6% 35.6% 2.7% 31.9% 8.2% 3.2% 0.7% 100.0% 3.7% Cynon Valley 6.1% 51.1% 1.7% 19.9% 18.0% 3.1% 0.0% 100.0% 31.2% Pontypridd 15.3% 39.4% 11.8% 18.4% 13.1% 2.0% 0.0% 100.0% 21.0% Rhondda 2.2% 35.9% 0.7% 50.6% 9.4% 1.1% 0.0% 100.0% 14.7% Vale of Glamorgan 36.7% 38.8% 2.5% 10.2% 9.7% 2.1% 0.0% 100.0% 2.1%

South Wales East Blaenau Gwent 6.3% 39.7% 1.4% 36.6% 16.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 3.1% Caerphilly 8.9% 35.3% 1.4% 29.5% 22.0% 2.8% 0.0% 100.0% 5.8% Islwyn 8.0% 45.0% 2.7% 19.5% 22.2% 2.7% 0.0% 100.0% 22.9% Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 6.4% 47.2% 5.4% 18.0% 20.7% 2.3% 0.0% 100.0% 26.5% Monmouth 43.3% 26.9% 4.7% 5.8% 9.8% 2.9% 6.6% 100.0% 16.4% Newport East 18.2% 44.6% 7.2% 6.7% 20.9% 2.4% 0.0% 100.0% 23.7% Newport West 29.0% 43.8% 3.2% 5.9% 13.8% 2.9% 1.3% 100.0% 14.8% Torfaen 17.1% 42.2% 2.7% 12.4% 22.6% 3.0% 0.0% 100.0% 19.6%

South Wales West Aberavon 6.4% 50.7% 6.0% 20.0% 15.0% 1.9% 0.0% 100.0% 30.7% Bridgend 24.4% 45.3% 4.0% 9.6% 14.6% 2.1% 0.0% 100.0% 20.9% Gower 33.6% 39.7% 3.4% 9.9% 10.9% 2.4% 0.0% 100.0% 6.1% Neath 8.6% 37.3% 2.9% 25.8% 14.9% 2.3% 8.1% 100.0% 11.5% Ogmore 11.1% 55.2% 3.0% 14.7% 13.8% 2.2% 0.0% 100.0% 40.5% Swansea East 8.4% 52.1% 7.6% 13.3% 15.9% 2.6% 0.0% 100.0% 36.2% Swansea West 17.7% 40.6% 9.1% 14.5% 13.8% 4.0% 0.3% 100.0% 22.9%

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Table 4: Change in share of the vote and turnout by constituency

Turnout Change in share of vote 2011-2016 2011 2016 Change CON LAB LD PC UKIP GRN Others Mid and West Wales Brecon and Radnorshire 52.9% 56.5% +3.5% -7.9% -8.0% +9.3% -2.8% +7.1% +2.3% 0.0% Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr 51.3% 53.7% +2.4% -5.2% -10.8% -2.0% +3.6% +11.7% +2.7% 0.0% Carmarthen West and South 48.2% 51.4% +3.2% -0.4% -6.6% -1.5% -11.1% +11.3% +2.7% +5.6% Pembrokeshire Ceredigion 51.0% 56.1% +5.1% -2.4% -2.3% -2.6% -0.6% +9.0% -1.1% 0.0% Dwyfor Meirionnydd 46.4% 46.8% +0.3% -12.3% +21.0% -2.0% +7.6% 0.0% +3.7% -9.3% Llanelli 44.3% 47.1% +2.8% -4.2% -3.2% -0.8% -4.3% +14.7% +1.5% -3.7% Montgomeryshire 47.1% 48.5% +1.4% -1.9% -5.5% -5.9% -1.1% +10.4% +3.9% 0.0% Preseli Pembrokeshire 47.1% 50.3% +3.2% -3.2% -9.1% -1.8% -1.6% +11.6% +4.1% 0.0%

North Wales Aberconwy 45.1% 49.0% +3.9% +0.7% +1.7% -10.6% +5.0% 0.0% +3.1% 0.0% Alyn and Deeside 36.9% 34.6% -2.3% -7.1% -6.9% -3.1% +1.4% +17.4% +2.4% -4.2% Arfon 43.0% 50.9% +8.0% -4.2% +7.8% -1.6% -1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Clwyd South 36.8% 40.9% +4.1% -7.3% -6.9% +0.5% -1.1% +12.8% +2.1% 0.0% Clwyd West 43.4% 45.5% +2.1% -2.0% -6.4% -4.2% -1.0% +11.4% +2.2% 0.0% Delyn 43.0% 43.3% +0.3% -8.2% -5.2% -0.2% -2.8% +16.4% 0.0% 0.0% Vale of Clwyd 41.0% 42.9% +1.9% +3.0% -11.2% -1.6% -2.6% +12.3% 0.0% 0.0% Wrexham 34.9% 39.5% +4.6% +3.7% -7.7% -8.8% -1.0% +11.8% +2.0% 0.0% Ynys Mon 48.7% 50.0% +1.3% -17.7% -9.2% -1.8% +13.4% +12.8% +1.5% +1.0%

South Wales Central Cardiff Central 36.7% 45.6% +8.9% -6.2% +0.5% -2.4% +0.3% +4.7% +4.4% -1.3% Cardiff North 51.4% 56.8% +5.4% -7.4% -2.8% -1.6% +0.7% +6.7% +2.2% +2.3% Cardiff South and Penarth 36.6% 39.8% +3.2% -6.5% -6.4% -5.7% +2.2% +12.3% +4.2% 0.0% Cardiff West 43.2% 48.4% +5.2% -8.3% -11.5% -4.3% +11.9% +8.2% +3.2% +0.7% Cynon Valley 36.0% 38.2% +2.3% -2.0% -10.9% -0.9% -7.3% +18.0% +3.1% 0.0% Pontypridd 38.9% 43.5% +4.6% -0.4% -11.4% -6.1% +4.9% +13.1% +2.0% -2.1% Rhondda 38.1% 47.2% +9.1% -2.6% -27.3% -1.7% +21.1% +9.4% +1.1% 0.0% Vale of Glamorgan 46.4% 53.1% +6.7% +0.7% -8.6% -2.1% -1.9% +9.7% +2.1% 0.0%

South Wales East Blaenau Gwent 38.0% 42.1% +4.1% +1.0% -24.3% -0.4% +31.2% +16.1% 0.0% -23.5% Caerphilly 41.2% 43.4% +2.2% -4.3% -13.6% -2.7% -0.2% +22.0% +2.8% -4.0% Islwyn 38.1% 41.0% +2.9% -4.0% -12.9% -0.4% -2.2% +22.2% +2.7% -5.3% Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 35.1% 45.7% +10.6% +0.1% -7.1% -7.4% +9.2% +20.7% +2.3% -17.8% Monmouth 46.3% 48.9% +2.7% -7.0% -3.0% -5.1% -1.7% +9.8% +2.9% +4.1% Newport East 35.3% 37.1% +1.8% -4.9% -6.2% -11.9% -0.3% +20.9% +2.4% 0.0% Newport West 36.4% 44.6% +8.2% -4.9% -8.4% -3.7% -1.1% +13.8% +2.9% +1.3% Torfaen 36.5% 38.1% +1.6% +2.3% -4.0% -1.1% +0.3% +22.6% +3.0% -23.0%

South Wales West Aberavon 37.2% 42.5% +5.3% -7.9% -13.4% -0.8% +5.2% +15.0% +1.9% 0.0% Bridgend 40.7% 44.6% +3.9% -3.6% -10.9% -3.2% +0.9% +14.6% +2.1% 0.0% Gower 43.2% 49.8% +6.5% +3.7% -8.4% -6.5% -2.3% +10.9% +2.4% 0.0% Neath 41.5% 45.8% +4.4% -3.1% -16.1% -1.2% -0.8% +14.9% +2.3% +3.9% Ogmore 36.5% 42.7% +6.2% -3.5% -8.7% -1.9% -2.0% +13.8% +2.2% 0.0% Swansea East 31.4% 35.7% +4.3% -6.2% -6.2% -1.2% +0.9% +15.9% +2.6% -5.8% Swansea West 35.0% 40.7% +5.7% -6.3% -4.7% -7.7% +0.6% +13.8% +4.0% +0.3% 25 Commons Library Briefing, 17 May 2016

Table 5: Constituency results - votes and shares by region and party

CON LAB LD PC UKIP GRN Others Total Electorate Turnout

Mid and West Wales 50,742 38,606 36,524 58,898 23,625 6,784 4,010 219,189 426,632 51.4% North Wales 53,357 66,739 9,408 50,211 21,951 3,046 262 204,974 470,416 43.6% South Wales Central 46,853 94,340 16,967 43,011 22,724 6,433 1,286 231,614 494,758 46.8% South Wales East 36,178 77,351 6,868 31,586 35,055 4,729 2,449 194,216 455,078 42.7% South Wales West 28,467 76,829 8,398 25,668 23,683 4,210 2,132 169,387 392,105 43.2% All regions 215,597 353,865 78,165 209,374 127,038 25,202 10,139 1,019,380 2,238,989 45.5%

Mid and West Wales 23.1% 17.6% 16.7% 26.9% 10.8% 3.1% 1.8% 100.0% North Wales 26.0% 32.6% 4.6% 24.5% 10.7% 1.5% 0.1% 100.0% South Wales Central 20.2% 40.7% 7.3% 18.6% 9.8% 2.8% 0.6% 100.0% South Wales East 18.6% 39.8% 3.5% 16.3% 18.0% 2.4% 1.3% 100.0% South Wales West 16.8% 45.4% 5.0% 15.2% 14.0% 2.5% 1.3% 100.0% All regions 21.1% 34.7% 7.7% 20.5% 12.5% 2.5% 1.0% 100.0%

Table 6: Constituency ballot results - change in share of the vote by region

CON LAB LD PC UKIP GRN Others Total

Mid and West Wales -3.8% -5.8% -0.6% -2.4% +10.8% +2.4% -0.7% 0.0% North Wales -4.6% -5.4% -3.4% +1.6% +10.7% +1.5% 0.0% 0.4% South Wales Central -4.2% -9.2% -3.2% +3.9% +9.8% +2.8% 0.0% -0.1% South Wales East -2.9% -9.5% -4.0% +3.6% +18.0% +2.4% -4.2% 3.5% South Wales West -3.3% -9.7% -3.4% +0.1% +14.0% +2.5% 0.0% 0.1% All regions -3.9% -7.6% -2.9% +1.3% +12.5% +2.3% 0.0% 1.7%

Table 7: Difference in turnout and party share of vote between constituency and regional ballots by region

CON LAB LD PC UKIP GRN Others Turnout

Mid and West Wales +2.6% -1.8% +5.8% +0.6% -0.8% -0.7% -5.5% +0.8% North Wales +3.8% +4.4% +0.0% +1.2% -1.8% -0.9% -6.8% +0.1% South Wales Central +2.0% +6.8% +0.9% -2.4% -0.6% -0.7% -6.1% +0.1% South Wales East +1.5% +1.5% +0.0% +1.0% +0.3% -0.1% -4.2% +0.0% South Wales West +1.8% +5.8% -1.5% -2.0% +0.3% -0.1% -4.3% +0.1% All regions +2.3% +3.3% +1.2% -0.3% -0.6% -0.5% -5.4% +0.2% 26 National Assembly for Wales Elections: 2016

Table 8: Constituency results - party share of vote by constituency

CON LAB LD PC UKIP GRN Others Total Mid and West Wales Brecon and Radnorshire 25.4% 14.8% 30.2% 7.3% 8.8% 3.8% 9.7% 100.0% Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr 14.5% 20.0% 3.1% 43.2% 11.4% 2.7% 5.1% 100.0% Carmarthen West and 28.5% 24.2% 2.9% 21.0% 13.0% 3.0% 7.5% 100.0% Ceredigion 9.9% 10.2% 20.4% 37.2% 10.3% 6.2% 5.8% 100.0% Dwyfor Meirionnydd 16.6% 13.7% 3.6% 44.5% 11.4% 3.8% 6.3% 100.0% Llanelli 8.0% 37.4% 1.1% 30.8% 14.2% 1.9% 6.6% 100.0% Montgomeryshire 32.0% 8.9% 20.2% 12.2% 11.6% 5.1% 10.1% 100.0% Preseli Pembrokeshire 31.1% 23.7% 4.1% 17.0% 12.1% 4.3% 7.7% 100.0%

North Wales Aberconwy 26.3% 22.5% 3.8% 27.2% 10.6% 2.5% 7.1% 100.0% Alyn and Deeside 22.1% 38.7% 3.3% 9.2% 16.1% 2.1% 8.5% 100.0% Arfon 6.9% 24.2% 2.9% 50.3% 6.9% 3.5% 5.3% 100.0% Clwyd South 20.2% 31.3% 8.9% 18.6% 12.7% 2.4% 5.9% 100.0% Clwyd West 32.2% 19.9% 3.7% 23.1% 12.4% 2.2% 6.4% 100.0% Delyn 23.3% 34.6% 6.0% 11.6% 14.7% 1.8% 8.0% 100.0% Vale of Clwyd 29.2% 33.2% 2.3% 13.1% 12.5% 1.7% 7.9% 100.0% Wrexham 23.4% 32.6% 8.5% 13.1% 12.1% 3.0% 7.3% 100.0% Ynys Mon 13.7% 18.4% 2.3% 44.0% 13.7% 2.3% 5.7% 100.0%

South Wales Central Cardiff Central 10.2% 33.1% 28.2% 10.9% 5.9% 5.9% 5.8% 100.0% Cardiff North 29.4% 34.2% 5.0% 12.6% 8.6% 3.1% 7.2% 100.0% Cardiff South and Penarth 19.0% 37.3% 4.6% 14.9% 12.1% 4.9% 7.2% 100.0% Cardiff West 16.4% 29.9% 3.8% 30.6% 8.5% 4.3% 6.4% 100.0% Cynon Valley 6.4% 43.1% 2.0% 23.9% 16.2% 2.2% 6.1% 100.0% Pontypridd 13.8% 35.4% 5.3% 22.1% 13.6% 2.6% 7.3% 100.0% Rhondda 2.5% 32.3% 1.2% 48.1% 10.1% 1.5% 4.4% 100.0% Vale of Glamorgan 32.8% 30.1% 2.8% 13.3% 10.5% 2.6% 7.9% 100.0%

South Wales East Blaenau Gwent 5.4% 38.8% 1.5% 31.5% 15.8% 1.6% 5.3% 100.0% Caerphilly 10.1% 34.7% 1.9% 25.9% 20.5% 2.4% 4.5% 100.0% Islwyn 8.3% 44.5% 2.3% 16.7% 21.0% 2.0% 5.2% 100.0% Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 6.5% 46.7% 3.3% 16.4% 20.4% 2.0% 4.7% 100.0% Monmouth 37.2% 25.6% 6.0% 8.5% 11.8% 3.9% 7.1% 100.0% Newport East 19.0% 40.6% 5.9% 7.7% 19.7% 2.2% 5.0% 100.0% Newport West 26.1% 41.5% 3.6% 6.0% 14.8% 2.8% 5.2% 100.0% Torfaen 15.1% 40.2% 2.8% 12.6% 21.0% 2.3% 5.9% 100.0%

South Wales West Aberavon 6.2% 45.9% 5.4% 21.3% 14.5% 1.8% 4.9% 100.0% Bridgend 22.6% 36.3% 5.7% 12.6% 14.2% 2.7% 6.0% 100.0% Gower 27.2% 34.2% 5.8% 13.4% 10.4% 2.6% 6.5% 100.0% Neath 8.2% 37.8% 4.1% 26.6% 15.1% 2.7% 5.5% 100.0% Ogmore 10.3% 47.9% 3.6% 17.6% 13.9% 2.0% 4.7% 100.0% Swansea East 9.1% 42.4% 10.9% 14.9% 15.7% 2.3% 4.6% 100.0% Swansea West 15.8% 35.4% 10.9% 14.9% 12.9% 4.2% 6.0% 100.0%

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Table 9: Largest and smallest constituency majorities by party

Absolute Constituency majority Largest Conservative Monmouth 5,147 Labour Ogmore 9,468 Liberal Democrat Brecon and Radnorshire 8,170 Plaid Cymru Ynys Mon 9,510

Smallest Conservative Aberconwy 754 Labour Llanelli 382 Liberal Democrat Brecon and Radnorshire 8,170 Plaid Cymru Ceredigion 2,408

Percentage Constituency majority Largest Conservative Monmouth 16.4% Labour Ogmore 40.5% Liberal Democrat Brecon and Radnorshire 26.9% Plaid Cymru Ynys Mon 37.8%

Smallest Conservative Aberconwy 3.4% Labour Llanelli 1.4% Liberal Democrat Brecon and Radnorshire 26.9% Plaid Cymru Ceredigion 8.2%

Table 10: Constituencies with highest and lowest turnout in each region

Region Constituency Turnout

Highest turnout Mid and West Wales Brecon & Radnorshire 56.5% North Wales Arfon 50.9% South Wales Central Cardiff North 56.8% South Wales East Monmouth 48.9% South Wales West Gower 49.8%

Lowest Turnout Mid and West Wales Dwyfor Meirionnydd 46.8% North Wales Alyn & Deeside 34.6% South Wales Central Cynon Valley 38.2% South Wales East Newport East 37.1% South Wales West Swansea East 35.7%

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Table 11: Highest and lowest shares of constituency vote

Highest Lowest

CON Monmouth 43.3% Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney 6.4% Montgomeryshire 41.8% Blaenau Gwent 6.3% Clwyd West 41.3% Cynon Valley 6.1% Preseli Pembrokeshire 39.2% Rhondda 2.2%

LAB Ogmore 55.2% Ynys Mon 17.0% Swansea East 52.1% Brecon & Radnorshire 8.9% Cynon Valley 51.1% Ceredigion 6.5% Aberavon 50.7% Montgomeryshire 5.9%

LD Brecon & Radnorshire 52.4% Blaenau Gwent 1.4% Cardiff Central 35.3% Ynys Mon 1.3% Ceredigion 32.6% Llanelli 1.3% Montgomeryshire 27.7% Rhondda 0.7%

PC Arfon 54.8% Cardiff North 6.1% Ynys Mon 54.8% Newport West 5.9% Dwyfor Meirionnydd 54.2% Monmouth 5.8% Rhondda 50.6% Brecon & Radnorshire 3.9%

UKIP Torfaen 22.6% Cardiff West 8.2% Islwyn 22.2% Brecon & Radnorshire 7.1% Caerphilly 22.0% Cardiff North 6.7% Newport East 20.9% Cardiff Central 4.7%

GRN Cardiff Central 4.4% Aberavon 1.9% Cardiff South & Penarth 4.2% Ynys Mon 1.5% Ceredigion 4.1% Llanelli 1.5% Preseli Pembrokeshire 4.1% Rhondda 1.1%

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7.2 Regional ballot Table 12: Regional results - votes and turnout by constituency

CON LAB LD PC UKIP GRN Others Total Electorate Turnout

Mid and West Wales Brecon and Radnorshire 7,625 4,446 9,069 2,181 2,655 1,145 2,909 30,030 53,793 55.8% Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr 4,288 5,930 919 12,825 3,393 787 1,521 29,663 55,395 53.5% Carmarthen West and South 8,035 6,805 808 5,902 3,657 837 2,122 28,166 56,886 49.5% Pembrokeshire Ceredigion 2,834 2,916 5,858 10,692 2,973 1,793 1,662 28,728 52,540 54.7% Dwyfor Meirionnydd 3,332 2,759 730 8,949 2,299 772 1,274 20,115 43,279 46.5% Llanelli 2,257 10,492 297 8,648 3,996 521 1,863 28,074 59,651 47.1% Montgomeryshire 7,483 2,080 4,742 2,856 2,718 1,185 2,355 23,419 48,674 48.1% Preseli Pembrokeshire 8,607 6,547 1,131 4,701 3,351 1,182 2,126 27,645 56,414 49.0%

North Wales Aberconwy 5,808 4,961 847 5,994 2,343 547 1,567 22,067 44,953 49.1% Alyn and Deeside 4,797 8,413 719 2,006 3,496 447 1,857 21,735 62,697 34.7% Arfon 1,369 4,831 582 10,028 1,376 706 1,056 19,948 39,252 50.8% Clwyd South 4,472 6,915 1,969 4,106 2,802 520 1,310 22,094 54,169 40.8% Clwyd West 8,422 5,213 969 6,048 3,232 579 1,685 26,148 57,641 45.4% Delyn 5,399 8,004 1,390 2,681 3,403 417 1,864 23,158 53,489 43.3% Vale of Clwyd 7,024 7,986 562 3,157 2,991 397 1,905 24,022 56,322 42.7% Wrexham 4,747 6,607 1,729 2,666 2,458 599 1,480 20,286 51,548 39.4% Ynys Mon 3,430 4,598 578 11,015 3,417 577 1,417 25,032 50,345 49.7%

South Wales Central Cardiff Central 2,642 8,595 7,337 2,831 1,526 1,536 1,518 25,985 57,177 45.4% Cardiff North 10,964 12,754 1,852 4,714 3,196 1,156 2,693 37,329 65,927 56.6% Cardiff South and Penarth 5,739 11,264 1,396 4,505 3,671 1,491 2,166 30,232 76,110 39.7% Cardiff West 5,205 9,521 1,222 9,741 2,698 1,375 2,030 31,792 66,040 48.1% Cynon Valley 1,227 8,295 385 4,601 3,120 426 1,177 19,231 50,292 38.2% Pontypridd 3,488 8,973 1,335 5,609 3,437 650 1,839 25,331 58,277 43.5% Rhondda 582 7,623 278 11,354 2,377 346 1,039 23,599 49,758 47.4% Vale of Glamorgan 12,338 11,341 1,070 5,002 3,933 969 2,981 37,634 71,177 52.9%

South Wales East Blaenau Gwent 1,158 8,260 328 6,716 3,373 344 1,120 21,299 50,575 42.1% Caerphilly 2,728 9,416 526 7,013 5,555 651 1,222 27,111 62,449 43.4% Islwyn 1,853 9,935 512 3,740 4,683 449 1,165 22,337 54,465 41.0% Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 1,340 9,666 692 3,399 4,230 404 968 20,699 45,227 45.8% Monmouth 11,604 7,998 1,872 2,646 3,668 1,202 2,212 31,202 64,197 48.6% Newport East 3,919 8,392 1,213 1,589 4,081 451 1,034 20,679 55,750 37.1% Newport West 7,228 11,493 985 1,669 4,092 788 1,440 27,695 62,169 44.5% Torfaen 3,488 9,264 656 2,914 4,842 542 1,363 23,069 60,246 38.3%

South Wales West Aberavon 1,298 9,556 1,128 4,446 3,019 370 1,022 20,839 49,039 42.5% Bridgend 6,043 9,724 1,519 3,375 3,804 712 1,618 26,795 60,195 44.5% Gower 8,220 10,310 1,738 4,044 3,128 799 1,951 30,190 60,637 49.8% Neath 2,067 9,570 1,040 6,736 3,810 682 1,402 25,307 55,370 45.7% Ogmore 2,409 11,171 848 4,097 3,246 455 1,090 23,316 54,669 42.6% Swansea East 1,866 8,724 2,248 3,056 3,236 471 953 20,554 57,594 35.7% Swansea West 3,511 7,848 2,425 3,296 2,853 931 1,324 22,188 54,601 40.6% 30 National Assembly for Wales Elections: 2016

Table 13: Regional results - change in party share of vote and turnout by constituency

Turnout Change in share of vote 2011-2016 2011 2016 Change CON LAB LD PC UKIP GRN Others Mid and West Wales Brecon and Radnorshire 52.8% 55.8% +3.0% -7.1% -3.2% +0.9% -0.1% +4.0% -0.6% +6.0% Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr 51.3% 53.5% +2.2% -3.3% -6.7% -0.8% +3.3% +7.6% -1.3% +1.1% Carmarthen West and South 48.2% 49.5% +1.3% -3.8% -3.4% -1.0% -3.8% +8.9% -0.1% +3.3% Pembrokeshire Ceredigion 51.0% 54.7% +3.7% -2.9% -0.3% -6.4% +0.7% +6.7% -0.0% +2.3% Dwyfor Meirionnydd 46.5% 46.5% -0.0% -5.9% -1.0% -1.1% -1.1% +7.6% -0.6% +2.1% Llanelli 44.3% 47.1% +2.8% -3.6% -1.4% -1.6% -3.9% +10.3% -0.4% +0.6% Montgomeryshire 47.1% 48.1% +1.1% -5.1% -2.0% -3.8% -0.3% +4.6% +0.6% +6.0% Preseli Pembrokeshire 47.2% 49.0% +1.8% -4.7% -6.9% -1.3% +1.5% +7.9% +0.3% +3.1%

North Wales Aberconwy 45.1% 49.1% +4.0% -4.0% -1.7% -4.3% +2.8% +5.9% +0.1% +1.2% Alyn and Deeside 36.9% 34.7% -2.2% -4.4% -4.1% -2.4% +0.3% +10.1% -0.1% +0.6% Arfon 43.0% 50.8% +7.8% -4.4% -0.2% -0.8% +2.8% +4.0% -0.9% -0.4% Clwyd South 36.8% 40.8% +4.0% -4.0% -6.2% +0.9% +1.5% +8.4% -0.1% -0.5% Clwyd West 43.4% 45.4% +1.9% -4.3% -3.2% -1.7% +0.4% +7.6% +0.3% +0.9% Delyn 42.8% 43.3% +0.5% -6.2% -3.0% -0.1% -1.6% +9.3% -0.1% +1.7% Vale of Clwyd 40.8% 42.7% +1.8% -0.6% -6.6% -1.4% +0.0% +7.2% +0.0% +1.4% Wrexham 34.9% 39.4% +4.4% -0.4% -4.6% -2.9% -0.0% +7.7% +0.9% -0.6% Ynys Mon 48.7% 49.7% +1.1% -10.7% -4.7% +0.0% +8.2% +7.7% +0.3% -0.7%

South Wales Central Cardiff Central 36.8% 45.4% +8.6% -5.9% +0.3% +2.4% +3.6% +2.5% -3.2% +0.4% Cardiff North 51.4% 56.6% +5.2% -6.9% -3.2% -1.0% +4.4% +4.6% -0.6% +2.8% Cardiff South and Penarth 36.9% 39.7% +2.8% -4.3% -4.1% -2.7% +4.2% +7.4% -1.0% +0.5% Cardiff West 43.2% 48.1% +4.9% -5.9% -7.6% -1.6% +14.1% +4.4% -4.2% +0.8% Cynon Valley 35.0% 38.2% +3.3% -1.2% -10.3% -0.8% +0.6% +15.8% -1.1% -3.1% Pontypridd 38.9% 43.5% +4.6% -0.4% -9.8% -5.2% +8.5% +8.6% -1.5% -0.1% Rhondda 38.1% 47.4% +9.4% -1.8% -22.3% -1.0% +23.6% +6.7% -1.0% -4.1% Vale of Glamorgan 46.3% 52.9% +6.5% -1.1% -5.3% -1.3% +0.9% +5.1% -1.2% +3.0%

South Wales East Blaenau Gwent 37.6% 42.1% +4.5% -1.6% -24.0% -1.7% +22.2% +10.8% -0.6% -5.2% Caerphilly 41.2% 43.4% +2.2% -1.7% -9.3% -1.6% -0.4% +16.6% +0.2% -3.8% Islwyn 38.1% 41.0% +2.9% -2.0% -7.1% -0.8% -0.6% +15.7% -0.1% -5.0% Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 35.1% 45.8% +10.7% -1.6% -9.2% -3.8% +4.2% +16.0% -0.4% -5.3% Monmouth 46.4% 48.6% +2.2% -5.1% -1.5% -1.8% +2.2% +6.6% -0.4% +0.1% Newport East 35.6% 37.1% +1.5% -2.6% -3.8% -6.4% +1.5% +13.8% +0.3% -2.9% Newport West 36.8% 44.5% +7.8% -3.0% -0.5% -2.1% -0.6% +8.9% -0.1% -2.6% Torfaen 36.5% 38.3% +1.8% -1.2% -7.7% -2.3% +0.9% +14.3% -0.4% -3.6%

South Wales West Aberavon 36.8% 42.5% +5.7% -4.7% -11.3% +0.8% +8.5% +10.6% -0.0% -3.9% Bridgend 40.4% 44.5% +4.1% -3.4% -6.2% -0.8% +3.0% +9.2% +0.3% -2.3% Gower 43.3% 49.8% +6.5% -0.7% -4.0% -1.8% +0.8% +6.1% -0.6% +0.2% Neath 41.6% 45.7% +4.1% -2.6% -10.3% +0.1% +2.7% +11.4% +0.8% -2.1% Ogmore 36.3% 42.6% +6.3% -1.9% -6.2% -0.2% +4.0% +9.6% +0.0% -5.5% Swansea East 31.6% 35.7% +4.1% -2.5% -9.6% +2.7% +3.5% +11.2% +0.2% -5.6% Swansea West 35.2% 40.6% +5.5%0 0% -4.8% -3.0% -2.6% +3.0% +8.4% -0.1% -0.9%

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Table 14: Regional ballot results - votes and turnout by party and region

CON LAB LD PC UKIP GRN Others Total Electorate Turnout

Mid and West Wales 44,461 41,975 23,554 56,754 25,042 8,222 15,832 215,840 426,632 50.6% North Wales 45,468 57,528 9,345 47,701 25,518 4,789 14,141 204,490 470,416 43.5% South Wales Central 42,185 78,366 14,875 48,357 23,958 7,949 15,443 231,133 494,758 46.7% South Wales East 33,318 74,424 6,784 29,686 34,524 4,831 10,524 194,091 455,078 42.7% South Wales West 25,414 66,903 10,946 29,050 23,096 4,420 9,360 169,189 392,105 43.1% All regions 190,846 319,196 65,504 211,548 132,138 30,211 65,300 1,014,743 2,238,989 45.3%

Table 15: Regional ballot results - party share of vote by party and region

CON LAB LD PC UKIP GRN Others Total

Mid and West Wales 20.6% 19.4% 10.9% 26.3% 11.6% 3.8% 7.3% 100.0% North Wales 22.2% 28.1% 4.6% 23.3% 12.5% 2.3% 6.9% 100.0% South Wales Central 18.3% 33.9% 6.4% 20.9% 10.4% 3.4% 6.7% 100.0% South Wales East 17.2% 38.3% 3.5% 15.3% 17.8% 2.5% 5.4% 100.0% South Wales West 15.0% 39.5% 6.5% 17.2% 13.7% 2.6% 5.5% 100.0% All regions 18.8% 31.5% 6.5% 20.8% 13.0% 3.0% 6.4% 100.0%

Table 16: Regional ballot results - change in share of the vote by region

CON LAB LD PC UKIP GRN Others Total

Mid and West Wales -4.6% -3.1% -1.9% -0.5% +7.2% -0.3% +3.1% 0.0% North Wales -4.6% -4.0% -1.3% +1.9% +7.5% +0.1% 0.0% -0.4% South Wales Central -3.7% -7.1% -1.5% +7.2% +6.4% -1.7% +1.2% 0.8% South Wales East -2.4% -7.3% -2.5% +3.2% +12.5% -0.2% +0.6% 3.9% South Wales West -2.8% -6.9% -0.5% +3.4% +9.4% +0.1% -0.4% 2.2% All regions -3.7% -5.4% -1.6% +3.0% +8.5% -0.5% -0.5% -0.3%

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7.3 Assembly Members elected Table 17: Seats won by seat type, party and region

Region Mid & West North South Wales South Wales South Wales Total Wales Wales Central East West Constituency seats Conservative 3 2 0 1 0 6 Labour 1 5 7 7 7 27 Liberal Democrat 1 0 0 0 0 1 Plaid Cymru 3 2 1 0 0 6 UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0 All parties 8 9 8 8 7 40

Regional seats Conservative 0 1 2 1 1 5 Labour 2 0 0 0 0 2 Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 Plaid Cymru 1 1 1 1 2 6 UK Independence Party 1 2 1 2 1 7 Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0 All parties 4 4 4 4 4 20

All seats Conservative 3 3 2 2 1 11 Labour 3 5 7 7 7 29 Liberal Democrat 1 0 0 0 0 1 Plaid Cymru 4 3 2 1 2 12 UK Independence Party 1 2 1 2 1 7 Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0 All parties 12 13 12 12 11 60

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Table 18a: Assembly Members elected, May 2016

Constituency Elected Member Party Mid and West Wales Brecon and Radnorshire * Kirsty Williams LD Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr Adam Price PC Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire * Angela Burns CON Ceredigion * Elin Jones PC Dwyfor Meirionnydd * Dafydd Elis-Thomas PC Llanelli Lee Waters LAB Montgomeryshire * Russell George CON Preseli Pembrokeshire * Paul Windsor Davies CON North Wales Aberconwy * Janet Finch-Saunders CON Alyn and Deeside * Carl Sargeant LAB Arfon Sian Gwenllian PC Clwyd South * Ken Skates LAB Clwyd West * Darren Millar CON Delyn Hannah Blythyn LAB Vale of Clwyd * Ann Jones LAB Wrexham * Lesley Griffiths LAB Ynys Mon * Rhun Ap Iorwerth PC South Wales Central Cardiff Central * Jenny Rathbone LAB Cardiff North * Julie Morgan LAB Cardiff South and Penarth * Vaughan Gething LAB Cardiff West * Mark Drakeford LAB Cynon Valley Vikki Howells LAB Pontypridd * Mick Antoniw LAB Rhondda * Leanne Wood PC Vale of Glamorgan * Jane Hutt LAB South Wales East Blaenau Gwent * Alun Davies LAB Caerphilly Hefin David LAB Islwyn Rhianon Passmore LAB Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Dawn Bowden LAB Monmouth * Nick Ramsay CON Newport East * John Griffiths LAB Newport West Jayne Bryant LAB Torfaen * Lynne Neagle LAB South Wales West Aberavon * David Rees LAB Bridgend * Carwyn Jones LAB Gower * Rebecca Evans LAB Neath Jeremy Miles LAB Ogmore Huw Irranca-Davies LAB Swansea East * Mike Hedges LAB Swansea West * Julie James LAB

* Assembly Member immediately prior to 2016 election. Of the 60 AMs elected 37 had been members 34 National Assembly for Wales Elections: 2016

Table 18b: Assembly Members elected, May 2016

Regional List Elected Member Party Mid and West Wales Neil Hamilton UKIP Mid and West Wales * LAB Mid and West Wales * Simon Thomas PC Mid and West Wales Eluned Morgan LAB North Wales * Mark Isherwood Con North Wales Llyr Gryffudd PC North Wales Ukip North Wales Ukip South Wales Central * Con South Wales Central * Andrew Davies Con South Wales Central Gareth Bennett UKIP South Wales Central Neil McEvoy PC South Wales East UKIP South Wales East David Rowlands UKIP South Wales East * Mohammed Asghar Con South Wales East PC South Wales West * Con South Wales West * Bethan Jenkins PC South Wales West Caroline Jones UKIP South Wales West David Rhys Lloyd PC * Assembly Member immediately prior to 2016 election. Of the 60 AMs elected 37 had been members

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