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South Wales East
Welsh Assembly regionResults
| Party | Elected | Seats | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party UKIP UKIP Wales | ElectedMark RecklessDavid Rowlands | Seats2 | Votes34,524 | 17.8% | Net percentage change in seats+12.5 |
| Party CON Welsh Conservative | ElectedOscar Asghar | Seats1 | Votes33,318 | 17.2% | Net percentage change in seats−2.4 |
| Party PC Plaid Cymru | ElectedSteffan Lewis | Seats1 | Votes29,686 | 15.3% | Net percentage change in seats+3.2 |
| Party LAB Welsh Labour | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes74,424 | 38.3% | Net percentage change in seats−7.3 |
| Party AWA Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes7,870 | 4.1% | Net percentage change in seats+4.1 |
| Party LD Welsh Liberal Democrat | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes6,784 | 3.5% | Net percentage change in seats−2.5 |
| Party GRN Wales Green Party | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes4,831 | 2.5% | Net percentage change in seats−0.2 |
| Party MRLP Monster Raving Loony Party | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes1,115 | 0.6% | Net percentage change in seats+0.6 |
| Party TUSC TUSC | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes618 | 0.3% | Net percentage change in seats+0.3 |
| Party CPB Welsh Communist Party | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes492 | 0.3% | Net percentage change in seats−0.1 |
| Party NF National Front | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes429 | 0.2% | Net percentage change in seats+0.2 |
Change compared with 2011 | |||||
Turnout
Turnout
41.8%Constituencies within South Wales East
Region Profile
The South Wales East region is made up of eight constituencies.
It elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. It includes the city of Newport and its population of more than 140,000 people. Larger towns include Caerphilly and the former mining town of Merthyr Tydfil - which is one of the most deprived towns in the UK. It also includes one of the most affluent parts of Wales - rural Monmouthshire. The constituencies which make up the South Wales East region are: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West and Torfaen. At the 2011 election, the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru both had 2 South Wales East regional AMs.
