Torfaen (UK Parliament constituency)
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Torfaen | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Torfaen in Wales.
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Preserved county | Gwent |
Electorate | 61,806 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Cwmbran, Pontypool, Blaenavon |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Pontypool |
Overlaps | |
Welsh Assembly | South Wales East |
European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Torfaen is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post system.
Contents
Boundaries
The area is a Labour Party stronghold with a majority of around 9,000, with the community of New Inn the only strong Conservative area. It voted Labour even amidst the huge Conservative majorities of 1983 and 1987. The area covers the new town of Cwmbran, Pontypool and its surrounding districts and stretches as far north as Blaenavon.
Members of Parliament
The seat has been represented since 1987 by Paul Murphy of the Labour Party.
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1983 | Leo Abse | Labour | |
1987 | Paul Murphy | Labour | |
2015 | Nick Thomas-Symonds | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nick Thomas-Symonds[4] | 16,938 | 44.6 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Graham Smith | 8,769 | 23.1 | +3.1 | |
UKIP | Ken Beswick[5] | 7,203 | 19.0 | +16.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Boydd Hackley-Green | 2,169 | 5.7 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alison Willott | 1,271 | 3.4 | -13.2 | |
Green | Matt Cooke[6] | 746 | 2.0 | +0.8 | |
Socialist Labour | John Cox | 697 | 1.8 | n/a | |
Communist | Mark Griffiths | 144 | 0.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 8,169 | 21.5 | -3.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,937 | 61.3 | -0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Murphy | 16,847 | 44.8 | −12.1 | |
Conservative | Jonathan H. Burns | 7,541 | 20.0 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | David P. Morgan | 6,264 | 16.6 | +0.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Rhys G. ab Elis | 2,005 | 5.3 | −0.9 | |
BNP | Jennifer Noble | 1,657 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Fred Wildgust | 1,419 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
UKIP | Gareth Dunn | 862 | 2.3 | −0.9 | |
Independent | Richard J. Turner-Thomas | 607 | 1.6 | −0.5 | |
Green | Owen Clarke | 438 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 9,306 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 37,640 | 61.5 | +2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.2 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Murphy | 20,472 | 56.9 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Nick Ramsay | 5,681 | 15.8 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Veronica Watkins | 5,678 | 15.8 | +4.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Aneurin J.M. Preece | 2,242 | 6.2 | −1.5 | |
UKIP | David J. Rowlands | 1,145 | 3.2 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Richard J. Turner-Thomas | 761 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 14,791 | 41.1 | |||
Turnout | 35,979 | 59.3 | +1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Murphy | 21,883 | 62.1 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | Jason Philip Evans | 5,603 | 15.9 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Masters | 3,936 | 11.2 | −1.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Stephen Paul Smith | 2,720 | 7.7 | +5.3 | |
UKIP | Brenda Muriel Vipass | 657 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Socialist Alliance | Stephen Bell | 443 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,280 | 46.2 | |||
Turnout | 35,242 | 57.7 | −14.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Murphy | 29,863 | 69.1 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Neil Parish | 5,327 | 12.3 | −8.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jean E. Gray | 5,249 | 12.1 | −1.0 | |
Referendum | Deborah J. Holler | 1,245 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Robert W. Gough | 1,042 | 2.4 | −0.2 | |
Green | Roger W. Coghill | 519 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 24,536 | 56.7 | |||
Turnout | 43,245 | 71.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Murphy | 30,352 | 64.1 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Mark C. Watkins | 9,598 | 20.3 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm G. Hewson | 6,178 | 13.1 | −6.9 | |
Plaid Cymru (Green) | John I. Cox | 1,210 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 20,754 | 43.8 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,338 | 77.5 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Murphy | 26,577 | 58.7 | +11.4 | |
Liberal | Graham Robert Blackburn | 9,027 | 19.9 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Robert Ian Neilson Gordon | 8,632 | 19.1 | −3.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Jill Evans | 577 | 1.2 | −0.9 | |
Green | Melvin John Witherden | 450 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,550 | 38.8 | |||
Turnout | 45,263 | 75.6 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leo Abse | 20,678 | 47.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Graham Robert Blackburn | 12,393 | 28.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | P.J. Martin | 9,751 | 22.3 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | P.M.R. Cox | 896 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,285 | 19.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,718 | 74.4 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/torfaen/
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/torfaen/
- ↑ http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/11563245.Greens_announce_candidate_for_Torfaen/
- ↑ BBC News Election Coverage - Torfaen
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