| 词条 | Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name = Blaenau Gwent |parliament = uk |map1 = BlaenauGwent2007 |map2 = |map_entity = Wales |map_year = |year = 1983 |abolished = |type = County |elects_howmany = One |previous = Abertillery, Brecon and Radnor and Ebbw Vale[1] |next = | population = 69,814 (2011 census)[2] |electorate = 53,791 (December 2010)[3] |mp = Nick Smith |party = Labour Party (UK) |region = Wales |county = Gwent |european = Wales |towns = Ebbw Vale, Abertillery, Brynmawr, Tredegar |national = South Wales East }} Blaenau Gwent is a constituency in South Wales created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Nick Smith of the Labour Party.{{#tag:ref|A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.|group= n}} History
Blaenau Gwent incorporates most of the area of Aneurin Bevan's old constituency and other areas as population expansion has been low or negative following the 1960s. The constituency was created in 1983, twenty-three years after Bevan's death, from the upper part of the former Abertillery constituency, the town of Brynmawr from Brecon and Radnor, and Bevan's old Ebbw Vale seat with the exception of the area of the Rhymney Community (formerly Rhymney Urban District). The then-Labour party leader Michael Foot, who had won Ebbw Vale in the by-election following Bevan's death, was the seat's first MP.
Until 2005, the constituency statistically ranked in the top 20 safest Labour seats in the country by size of majority and by continuous representation by candidates from that party. In the 1983 and 1992 general elections, it was Labour's safest seat. In the 2010 general election, Labour candidate Nick Smith gained the seat with a 29.2% swing from Independent back to Labour; as one of three seats Labour gained in that election where its government fell. The 2015 result made the seat the 30th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[4]
At the 2005 general election the Labour Welsh Assembly Member Peter Law ran as an independent and won the seat. He had resigned from the Labour Party in protest at the imposition of an all-women candidates' shortlist following the retirement of incumbent MP Llew Smith, and overturned a 19,313 (60%) Labour majority with a significant 9,121 (25%) majority. In 2006 the Labour Party decided not to require an all-women shortlist at the next general election.[5] Law died of a brain tumour on 25 April 2006, prompting a by-election in the seat on 29 June. Labour failed to regain the seat as Law's former campaign manager, Dai Davies, was elected to replace him, beating Owen Smith, the Labour candidate who later became MP for Pontypridd.
The Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats have both been very weak in the seat.From 1987 until 2017 neither had ever won 10% of the vote and the Conservatives had never achieved one eighth of the total votes cast. However, in 2015 the Conservatives achieved just under 15% of the vote, with Plaid Cymru in second place after Labour. In 2005 the Liberal Democrats received their lowest share of the vote in the United Kingdom and the Conservatives their second lowest, and both lost their deposits, though this particular election saw unusual circumstances. The 2010 result was one of few where an Independent candidate kept their deposit, winning in excess of 5% of the votes cast, and pushed one of the main three parties into fourth place; the independent Blaenau Gwent People's Voice group fielded no candidate in 2015. Three non-Labour candidates exceeded 5% of the vote (the deposit threshold) in 2015, the foremost locally being UKIP; the Lib Dem and Green candidates failed to retain their deposits. BoundariesThe constituency boundaries are analogous to those of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The main towns are Ebbw Vale, Abertillery, Brynmawr and Tredegar. Members of Parliament
ElectionsElections in the 2010s{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2017: Blaenau Gwent}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Nick Smith|votes=18,787|percentage=58.0|change=+0.0|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Nigel Copner|votes=6,880|percentage=21.2|change=+12.2|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tracey West|votes=4,783|percentage=14.8|change=+4.0|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Dennis May|votes=973|percentage=3.0|change=-14.9|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Vicki Browning|votes=666|percentage=2.1|change=N/A|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Cameron Sullivan|votes=295|percentage=0.9|change=−1.0|}}{{Election box majority||votes = 11,907 |percentage = 36.8 |change = -3.3 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 32,419 |percentage = 63.3 |change =+1.6 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 51,176 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = -6.1 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2015: Blaenau Gwent[7] }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Nick Smith |votes = 18,380 |percentage = 58.0 |change = +5.6 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = Susan Boucher |votes = 5,677 |percentage = 17.9 |change = +16.4 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Tracey West[8] |votes = 3,419 |percentage = 10.8 |change = +3.8 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Plaid Cymru |candidate = Steffan Lewis |votes = 2,849 |percentage = 9.0 |change = +4.9 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Mark Pond |votes = 738 |percentage = 2.3 |change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Samuel Rees |votes = 620 |percentage = 2.0 |change = −8.2 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 12,703 |percentage = 40.1 |change = +5.3 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 31,683 |percentage = 61.7 |change = −0.1 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 51,335 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = −5.4 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2010: Blaenau Gwent[9][10] }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Nick Smith |votes = 16,974 |percentage = 52.4 |change = +20.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group |candidate = Dai Davies |votes = 6,458 |percentage = 19.9 |change = −38.2 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Matt Smith |votes = 3,285 |percentage = 10.1 |change = +5.9{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Liz Stevenson |votes = 2,265 |percentage = 7.0 |change = +4.7 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Plaid Cymru |candidate = Rhodri Davies |votes = 1,333 |percentage = 4.1 |change = −2.4 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = British National Party |candidate = Anthony King |votes = 1,211 |percentage = 3.7 |change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = Michael Kocan |votes = 488 |percentage = 1.5 |change = +1.0 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Alyson O'Connell |votes = 381 |percentage = 1.2 |change = +1.2 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 10,516 |percentage = 32.5 |change = N/A }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 32,395 |percentage = 61.8 |change = −4.4 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 52,442 }}{{Election box gain with party link| |loser = Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +29.2 }}{{Election box end}} Elections in the 2000s{{Election box begin ||title=Blaenau Gwent by-election, 2006 }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Dai Davies[11]{{#tag:ref|Dai Davies, Peter Law's former agent, stood as an independent with the support of the Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group.|group= n}} |votes = 12,543 |percentage = 46.2 |change = -12.0 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Owen Smith |votes = 10,055 |percentage = 37.0 |change = +4.7 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Plaid Cymru |candidate = Steffan Lewis |votes = 1,755 |percentage = 6.5 |change = +4.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Amy Kitcher |votes = 1,477 |percentage = 5.4 |change = +1.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Margrit Williams |votes = 1,013 |percentage = 3.7 |change = +1.3 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party |candidate = Alan "Howling Laud" Hope |votes = 318 |percentage = 1.2 |change = +1.2 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,488 |percentage = 9.1 |change = −16.8 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 27,161 |percentage = 50.5 |change = −14.4 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 52,512 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Independent (politician) |swing = −8.4 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2005: Blaenau Gwent[12][13] }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Peter Law |votes = 20,505 |percentage = 58.2 |change = +58.2 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Maggie Jones |votes = 11,384 |percentage = 32.3 |change = −39.7 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Brian Thomas |votes = 1,511 |percentage = 4.3 |change = −5.0 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Plaid Cymru |candidate = John Price |votes = 843 |percentage = 2.4 |change = −8.8 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Phillip Lee |votes = 816 |percentage = 2.4 |change = −5.2 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = Peter Osborne |votes = 192 |percentage = 0.5 |change = +0.5 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 9,121 |percentage = 25.9 |change = N/A }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 35,251 |percentage = 66.1 |change = +6.6 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 53,301 }}{{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Independent (politician) |loser = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2001: Blaenau Gwent[14] }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Llew Smith |votes = 22,855 |percentage = 72.0 |change = −7.4 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Plaid Cymru |candidate = Adam Rykala |votes = 3,542 |percentage = 11.2 |change = +5.9 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Charles Townsend |votes = 2,945 |percentage = 9.3 |change = +0.6 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Huw Williams |votes = 2,383 |percentage = 7.5 |change = +0.9 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 19,313 |percentage = 60.8 |change = −9.9 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 31,725 |percentage = 59.5 |change = −12.8 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 53,353 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}} Elections in the 1990s{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1997: Blaenau Gwent[15]}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Llew Smith |votes = 31,493 |percentage = 79.5 |change = +0.5 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Geraldine Layton |votes = 3,458 |percentage = 8.7 |change = +2.3 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Margrit A. Williams |votes = 2,607 |percentage = 6.6 |change = −3.2 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Plaid Cymru |candidate = Jim B. Criddle |votes = 2,072 |percentage = 5.2 |change = +0.4 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 28,035 |percentage = 70.7 |change = +1.5 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 39,630 |percentage = 72.3 |change = -5.8 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 54,815 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1992: Blaenau Gwent[16][17] }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Llew Smith |votes = 34,333 |percentage = 79.0 |change = +3.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = David Melding |votes = 4,266 |percentage = 9.8 |change = −1.7 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Alistair Burns |votes = 2,774 |percentage = 6.4 |change = −2.5 }}{{Election box candidate for alliance| |party = Plaid Cymru |side = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Alun Davies |votes = 2,099 |percentage = 4.8 |change = +1.1 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 30,067 |percentage = 69.2 |change = +4.8 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 43,472 |percentage = 78.1 |change = +0.9 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 55,638 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +2.4 }}{{Election box end}} Elections in the 1980s{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1987: Blaenau Gwent[18]}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Michael Foot |votes = 32,820 |percentage = 75.9 |change = +5.9 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Andrew Taylor |votes = 4,959 |percentage = 11.5 |change = +0.3 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = David McBride |votes = 3,847 |percentage = 8.9 |change = −6.2 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Plaid Cymru |candidate = Stephen Morgan |votes = 1,621 |percentage = 3.7 |change = +0.0 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 27,861 |percentage = 64.4 |change = +9.5 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 43,247 |percentage = 77.2 |change = +0.4 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 56,011 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +2.8 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1983: Blaenau Gwent[19] }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Michael Foot |votes = 30,113 |percentage = 70.0 |change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Gareth Atkinson |votes = 6,488 |percentage = 15.1 |change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Talmai Morgan |votes = 4,816 |percentage = 11.2 |change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Plaid Cymru |candidate = Stephen Morgan |votes = 1,624 |percentage = 3.7 |change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 23,625 |percentage = 54.9 |change = N/A }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 43,041 |percentage = 76.8 |change = N/A }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 55,948 }}{{Election box new seat win| |winner = Labour Party (UK) }}{{Election box end}} See also
Notes1. ^{{cite web|title='Blaenau Gwent', June 1983 up to May 1997 |url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83066.htm |website=ElectionWeb Project |publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited |accessdate=10 March 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311020334/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83066.htm |archivedate=11 March 2016 |df= }} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507747&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473|title=Blaenau Gwent: Usual Resident Population, 2011 |website=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=31 January 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=14666|title=Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view|date=1 December 2010|work=2011 Electorate Figures|publisher=StatsWales|accessdate=13 March 2011}} 4. ^List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29 5. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1522032/No-welcome-in-these-valleys-for-Labour.html|title=No welcome in these valleys for Labour|last=Tweedie|first=Neil|date=23 June 2006|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=31 August 2017}} 6. ^{{Rayment-hc|b|3|date=March 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=17 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archivedate=17 October 2015}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.conservatives.com/OurTeam/Prospective_Parliamentary_Candidates/West_Tracey.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-02-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219123014/https://www.conservatives.com/OurTeam/Prospective_Parliamentary_Candidates/West_Tracey.aspx |archivedate=2015-02-19 |df= }} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=17 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archivedate=26 July 2013}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=Election 2010: Blaenau Gwent|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/w32.stm|accessdate=31 January 2015|agency=BBC}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/7990008.Your_election_candidates___so_far/|title=Your election candidates - so far|website=South Wales Argus}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}} 13. ^{{cite news|title=Election 2005, Result: Blaenau Gwent|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/68.stm|accessdate=31 January 2015|agency=BBC|date=6 May 2005}} 14. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}} 15. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}} 16. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|accessdate=2010-12-06}} 18. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}} 19. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}} Notes and references{{Reflist}}External links
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