Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)

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Caerphilly County constituency
Caerphilly shown within Wales
Created:	1918
MP:	Wayne David
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Gwent
EP constituency:	Wales

Caerphilly 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Alfred Onions	Labour
	1921	Morgan Jones	Labour
	1939	Ness Edwards	Labour
	1968	Fred Evans	Labour
	1979	Ednyfed Hudson Davies	Labour
	1981		SDP
	1983	Ron Davies	Labour
	2001	Wayne David	Labour

[edit] Election results

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] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gwent

v • d • e Constituencies in Wales Labour Aberavon · Alyn and Deeside · Bridgend · Caerphilly · Cardiff North · Cardiff South and Penarth · Cardiff West · Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire · Clwyd South · Conwy · Cynon Valley · Delyn · Gower · Islwyn · Llanelli · Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney · Neath · Newport East · Newport West · Ogmore · Pontypridd · Rhondda · Swansea East · Swansea West · Torfaen · Vale of Clwyd · Vale of Glamorgan · Wrexham · Ynys Môn Liberal Democrat Brecon and Radnorshire · Cardiff Central · Ceredigion · Montgomeryshire Conservative Clwyd West · Monmouth · Preseli Pembrokeshire Plaid Cymru Caernarfon · Carmarthen East and Dinefwr · Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Independent Blaenau Gwent Wales European constituency: Labour (2) · Conservative (1) · Plaid Cymru (1)