National Assembly for Wales election, 2011




















National Assembly for Wales election, 2011








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All 60 seats to the National Assembly for Wales
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
42.2% Decrease 1.5%





























































































































 
First party
Second party
 

Carwyn Jones 2011 (cropped).jpg

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Leader

Carwyn Jones

Nick Bourne
Party

Labour

Conservative
Leader's seat

Bridgend

Mid and West Wales (Defeated)
Last election
26 seats
12 seats
Seats won

30
14
Seat change

Increase4

Increase2
Constituency Vote

401,677
237,388
% and swing

42.3% Increase10.1%
25.0% Increase2.6%
Regional Vote

349,935
213,773
% and swing

36.9% Increase7.3%
22.5% Increase1.0%

 
Third party
Fourth party
 

Ieuan Wyn Jones 2011 (cropped).jpg

Kirsty Williams 2011 (cropped).jpg
Leader

Ieuan Wyn Jones

Kirsty Williams
Party

Plaid Cymru

Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat

Ynys Môn

Brecon and Radnorshire
Last election
15 seats
6 seats
Seats won
11
5
Seat change

Decrease4

Decrease1
Constituency Vote
182,907
100,259
% and swing
19.3% Decrease3.1%
10.6% Decrease4.2%
Regional Vote
169,799
76,349
% and swing
17.9% Decrease3.1%
8.0% Decrease3.7%




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The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours.








First Minister before election

Carwyn Jones
Labour



Elected First Minister

Carwyn Jones
Labour





























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The National Assembly for Wales election 2011 was an election for the National Assembly. The poll was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 and decided the incumbency for all the assembly's seats. It was the fourth election for seats in the National Assembly for Wales (previous elections having been held in 1999, 2003 and 2007), and the second election taken under the rules of the Government of Wales Act 2006.[1][2]


The election resulted in gains for the incumbent Welsh Labour Party, which gained four seats compared to the previous election and now has 30 seats, exactly half of the Assembly. The party also secured a swing in its favour of over 10 percentage points. The Welsh Conservatives emerged as the largest opposition party with 14 seats, a net gain of two, but party leader Nick Bourne lost his seat. The junior party in the government coalition, the nationalist Plaid Cymru, suffered a drop in its vote and lost 4 seats. The Welsh Liberal Democrats lost significantly in the popular vote and returned five AMs, a loss of one.


British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens living in Wales aged eighteen or over on election day were entitled to vote. The deadline to register to vote in the election was midnight on 14 April 2011, though anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on 26 April 2011 to register.[3]


It was held on the same day as elections for Northern Ireland's 26 local councils, the Scottish Parliament and Northern Irish Assembly elections, a number of local elections in England and the United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum.




Contents






  • 1 Electoral method


  • 2 Results


    • 2.1 Votes summary




  • 3 Opinion polls


    • 3.1 Constituency Vote (FPTP)


    • 3.2 Regional Vote (AMS)




  • 4 Constituency and regional summary


    • 4.1 Constituency nominations


    • 4.2 Regional lists


      • 4.2.1 Mid and West Wales


      • 4.2.2 North Wales


      • 4.2.3 South Wales Central


      • 4.2.4 South Wales East


      • 4.2.5 South Wales West






  • 5 Target seats for the main parties


    • 5.1 Labour Targets


    • 5.2 Plaid Cymru Targets


    • 5.3 Conservative Targets


    • 5.4 Liberal Democrat Targets




  • 6 New members


  • 7 Defeated members


  • 8 Retiring members


  • 9 See also


  • 10 References





Electoral method


In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes in a mixed member system. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the 'first past the post' system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation. The overall result is approximately proportional.



Results


  • Overall turnout: 42.2%































































































































































































































































































































e • d Welsh Assembly election, 2011
Parties

Additional member system
Total seats
Constituency
Region
Votes
%
+/−
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−
Seats
+/−
Total
+/−
%


Labour
401,677
42.3
+10.1
28
+4
349,935
36.9
+7.3
2
±0

30
+4
50.0


Conservative
237,388
25.0
+2.6
6
+1
213,773
22.5
+1.0
8
+1

14
+2
23.3


Plaid Cymru
182,907
19.3
–3.1
5
–2
169,799
17.9
–3.1
6
–2

11
–4
18.3


Liberal Democrats
100,259
10.6
–4.2
1
–2
76,349
8.0
−3.7
4
+1

5
–1
8.3


UKIP

N/A

N/A

N/A
0
0
43,756
4.6
+0.7
0
0

0
0
0.0


Green
1,514
0.2

N/A
0
0
32,649
3.4
-0.1
0
0

0
0
0.0


Socialist Labour

N/A

N/A

N/A
0
0
23,020
2.4
+1.1
0
0

0
0
0.0


BNP
7,056
0.7

N/A
0
0
22,610
2.4
–1.9
0
0

0
0
0.0


Welsh Christian

N/A

N/A

N/A
0
0
8,947
0.9
±0.0
0
0

0
0
0.0


Communist

N/A

N/A

N/A
0
0
2,676
0.3
-0.1
0
0

0
0
0.0


English Democrat
744
0.1
–0.1
0
0
1,904
0.2
±0.0
0
0

0
0
0.0


Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts

N/A

N/A

N/A
0
0
1,639
0.2

N/A
0
0

0
0
0.0


Monster Raving Loony

N/A

N/A

N/A
0
0
1,237
0.1

N/A
0
0

0
0
0.0


Independent
12,478
1.3
–1.1
0
–1
1,094
0.1
–0.9
0
0

0
–1
0.0


Llais Gwynedd
3,225
0.3

N/A
0
0

N/A

N/A

N/A
0
0

0
0
0.0

Putting Llanelli First
2,004
0.2

N/A
0
0

N/A

N/A

N/A
0
0

0
0
0.0
  Total 949,252 40   949,388   20 60  

(source:[4])



Votes summary


























































Popular Vote
Labour
36.90%
Conservative
22.50%
Plaid Cymru
17.90%
Liberal Democrats
8.00%
UKIP
4.60%
Green
3.40%
Socialist Labour
2.40%
BNP
2.40%
Other
1.90%


































Parliament seats
Labour
50.00%
Conservative
23.33%
Plaid Cymru
18.33%
Liberal Democrats
8.33%




Opinion polls



Constituency Vote (FPTP)







































































































































Date(s)
conducted
Polling organisation/client Lab Cons Plaid Lib Dem Others Lead
5 May 2011 Welsh Assembly election results, 2011 42.3% 25.0% 19.3% 10.6% 2.8%
17.3%
4 May 2011 YouGov/ITV Wales 47% 20% 18% 9% 6% 27%
2 May 2011 YouGov/ITV Wales 45% 21% 18% 8% 7% 24%
14 April 2011 YouGov/ITV Wales 49% 20% 17% 8% 6% 29%
7 April 2011 rmg:Clarity/Western Mail 51% 20% 17% 8% 5% 31%
30 March 2011 YouGov/ITV Wales 47% 21% 17% 8% 6% 26%
8 March 2011 YouGov/ITV Wales 48% 20% 19% 7% 7% 28%
26 January 2011 YouGov/ITV Wales 45% 21% 21% 7% 6% 24%
22 December 2010 YouGov/ITV Wales 44% 23% 21% 6% 6% 21%
24 November 2010 YouGov/ITV Wales 44% 21% 21% 9% 6% 23%
27 November 2010 YouGov/ITV Wales 44% 19% 21% 9% 8% 23%
3 May 2007 National Assembly for Wales election, 2007 32.2% 22.4% 22.4% 14.8% 8.2%
9.8%


Regional Vote (AMS)









































































































































Date(s)
conducted
Polling organisation/client Lab Cons Plaid Lib Dem UKIP Green Others Lead
5 May 2011 Welsh Assembly election results, 2011 (regional) 36.9% 22.5% 17.9% 8.0% 4.6% 3.4% 6.7%
14.4%
14 April 2011 YouGov/ITV Wales 44% 20% 18% 8% 4% 2% 4% 24%
30 March 2011 YouGov/ITV Wales 45% 20% 16% 8% 6% 2% 2% 25%
8 March 2011 YouGov/ITV Wales 45% 20% 18% 5% 5% 4% 2% 25%
26 January 2011 YouGov/ITV Wales 41% 20% 21% 8% 4% 2% 4% 20%
22 December 2010 YouGov/ITV Wales 42% 22% 21% 5% 5% 3% 2% 20%
24 November 2010 YouGov/ITV Wales 41% 20% 20% 9% 4% 3% 4% 21%
27 October 2010 YouGov/ITV Wales 40% 18% 23% 9% 6% 2% 3% 17%
27 October 2010 YouGov/ITV Wales 40% 18% 23% 9% 6% 2% 3% 17%
3 May 2007 National Assembly for Wales election, 2007 (regional) 29.6% 21.4% 21.0% 11.7% 4.0% 3.5% 8.8%
8.2%


Constituency and regional summary



Constituency nominations


NB: candidates in BOLD text were the incumbent assembly members. Non incumbents are represented in italics. Members elected 2011 are highlighted with party colours.




















































































































































































































































































































































































Constituency

Conservative

Labour

Liberal Democrats

Plaid Cymru
Others
Result

Aberavon

TJ Morgan

David Rees

Helen Ceri Clarke

Paul Nicholls Jones

Labour HOLD

Aberconwy

Janet Finch-Saunders

Eifion Wyn Williams

Mike Priestley

Iwan Huws


Conservative GAIN

Alyn and Deeside

John Bell

Carl Sargeant

Peter Williams

Shane Brennan

Mike Whitby (British National Party)
Labour HOLD

Arfon

Aled Davies

Christina Rees

Rhys Jones

Alun Ffred Jones

Plaid Cymru HOLD

Blaenau Gwent

Bob Haywood

Alun Davies

Martin Blakebrough

Darren Jones

Jayne Sullivan (Independent)
Brian Urch (British National Party)

Labour GAIN

Brecon and Radnorshire

Chris Davies

Chris Lloyd

Kirsty Williams

Gary Price

LD HOLD

Bridgend

Alex Williams

Carwyn Jones

Briony Davies

Tim Thomas

Labour HOLD

Caerphilly

Owen Meredith

Jeff Cuthbert

Kay David

Ron Davies

Anthony King (British National Party)
Labour HOLD

Cardiff Central

Matt Smith

Jenny Rathbone

Nigel Howells

Chris Williams

Mathab Khan (Independent)

Labour GAIN

Cardiff North

Jonathan Morgan

Julie Morgan

Matt Smith

Ben Foday


Labour GAIN

Cardiff South and Penarth

Ben Gray

Vaughan Gething

Sian Anne Cliff

Liz Musa

Labour HOLD

Cardiff West

Craig Williams

Mark Drakeford

David Morgan

Neil McEvoy

Labour HOLD

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

Henrietta Hensher

Antony Jones

Will Griffiths

Rhodri Glyn Thomas

Plaid Cymru HOLD

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

Angela Burns

Christine Gwyther

Selwyn Runnett

Nerys Evans

Conservative HOLD

Ceredigion

Luke Evetts

Richard Boudier

Elizabeth Evans

Elin Jones

Chris Simpson (Welsh Green Party)
Plaid Cymru HOLD

Clwyd South

Paul Rogers

Ken Skates

Bruce Roberts

Mabon ap Gwynfor

Labour HOLD

Clwyd West

Darren Millar

Crispin Jones

Brian Cossey[5]

Eifion Lloyd Jones

Conservative HOLD

Cynon Valley

Daniel Saxton[6]

Christine Chapman

Ian Walton

Dafydd Trystan Davies

Labour HOLD

Delyn

Matthew Wright

Sandy Mewies

Michele Jones

Carrie Harper

Labour HOLD

Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Simon Baynes[7]

Martyn Singleton

Steve Churchman

Lord Elis-Thomas

Louise Hughes (Llais Gwynedd)
Plaid Cymru HOLD

Gower

Caroline Jones

Edwina Hart

Peter May

Darren Price

Labour HOLD

Islwyn

David Chipp

Gwyn Price

Tom Sullivan

Steffan Lewis

Peter Whalley (British National Party)
Labour HOLD

Llanelli

Andrew Morgan

Keith Davies

Cheryl Philpott

Helen Mary Jones

Sian Caiach (Putting Llanelli First)

Labour GAIN

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

Chris O'Brien

Huw Lewis

Amy Kitcher

Noel Turner

Tony Rogers (Independent)
Labour HOLD

Monmouth

Nick Ramsay

Mark Whitcutt

Janet Ellard

Fiona Cross

Steve Uncles (English Democrats)
Conservative HOLD

Montgomeryshire

Russell George

Nick Colbourne[8]

Wyn Williams

David Senior


Conservative GAIN

Neath

Alex Powell

Gwenda Thomas

Matthew McCarthy

Alun Llewellyn

Mike Green (British National Party)
Labour HOLD

Newport East

Nick Webb

John Griffiths

Ed Townsend

Chris Paul

Labour HOLD

Newport West

David Williams

Rosemary Butler

Elizabeth Newton
Lyndon Binding

Labour HOLD

Ogmore

Martyn Hughes

Janice Gregory

Gerald Francis

Danny Clark

Labour HOLD

Pontypridd

Joel James

Mick Antoniw

Mike Powell

Ioan Bellin

Ken Owen (Independent))
Labour HOLD

Preseli Pembrokeshire

Paul Davies

Terry Mills

Bob Kilmister

Rhys Sinnett

Conservative HOLD

Rhondda

James Eric Jefferys

Leighton Andrews

George Summers

Sera Evans-Fear

Labour HOLD

Swansea East

Dan Boucher

Michael Hedges

Sam Samuel

Dic Jones

Joanne Shannon (British National Party)
Labour HOLD

Swansea West

Stephen Jenkins

Julie James

Rob Speht

Carl Harris

Labour HOLD

Torfaen

Natasha Asghar

Lynne Neagle

Will Griffiths

Jeff Rees

Susan Harwood (British National Party)
Elizabeth Haynes (Independent))
Labour HOLD

Vale of Clwyd

Ian Gunning

Ann Jones

Heather Prydderch

Alun Lloyd Jones

Labour HOLD

Vale of Glamorgan

Angela Jones-Evans

Jane Hutt

Damian Chick

Ian Johnson

Labour HOLD

Wrexham

John Marek

Lesley Griffiths

Bill Brereton

Marc Jones

Labour HOLD

Ynys Môn

Paul Williams

Joe Lock[9]

Rhys Taylor

Ieuan Wyn Jones

Plaid Cymru HOLD


Regional lists



Mid and West Wales


























































































































British National Party

Communist Party of Britain

Welsh Conservative Party

Green Party of England and Wales

Welsh Labour

Welsh Liberal Democrats

Plaid Cymru

Socialist Labour Party

UK Independence Party

Welsh Christian Party
1.

Kay Thomas

Catrin Ashton

Nick Bourne

Leila Kiersch

Joyce Watson

William Powell

Simon Thomas

Liz Screen

Christine Williams

Jeff Green
2.

Watcyn Richards

Rick Newnham

Lisa Francis

Marilyn Elson

Rebecca Evans

Mark Cole

Rhys Davies

Adam Kelsey

Clive Easton

Adam Bridgman
3.

Roger Phillips

Barbara Thomas

Ian Harrison

Pat McCarthy

Matthew Dorrance

Edward Wilson

Llywelyn Rees

Barry Giddings

David W Rowlands

Martin Wiltshire
4.

Gary Tumulty

Clive Eliassen

Gareth Ratcliffe

Neil Lewis

Iqbal Malik

Steffan John

Ellen ap Gwynn

Robert Board

Nick Powell

Sue Green
5.



Keith Evans

Ken Simpkin


Gemma Bowker




6.



Stephen Kaye

Rachael Sweeting






7.



Dan Munford







8.



Evan Price










  • RESULT: Labour - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Liberal Democrats - 1 seat
    (Change: LibDem GAIN 1 seat from Conservative)


  • Nick Bourne, Welsh Conservative Party leader, lost his seat



North Wales

















































































































































British National Party

Communist Party of Britain

Welsh Conservative Party

Green Party of England and Wales

Independent

Welsh Labour

Welsh Liberal Democrats

Plaid Cymru

Socialist Labour Party

UK Independence Party

Welsh Christian Party
1.

John Walker

Glyn Davies

Mark Isherwood

Dorienne Robinson

Jason Weyman

Gwyneth Thomas

Aled Roberts (Disqualified, then reinstated)[10]

Llyr Huws Griffiths

Kathrine Jones

Nathan Gill

Ralph Kinch
2.

Richard Barnes

Trevor Jones

Antoinette Sandbach

Timothy Foster


David Phillips

Eleanor Burnham

Heledd Fychan

David Jones

Warwick Nicholson

Louise Wynne-Jones
3.

Ian Si’Ree

Rhian Cartwright

Janet Haworth

Peter Haig


Diane Green

Mark Young

Dyfed Edwards

Robert English

Andrew Haigh

Lindsay Griffiths
4.

Clive Jefferson

Graham Morgan

Julian Thompson-Hill

Ann Were


Colin Hughes

Anne Williams

Liz Saville Roberts

John Mcleod

Elwyn Williams

Neil Bastow
5.



Ranil Jayawardena




Victor Babu




6.



Samantha Cotton








7.



Martin Peet








8.



Sam Rowlands








9.



John Broughton










  • RESULT: Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Liberal Democrats - 1 seat
    (No change)


South Wales Central








































































































































































































British National Party

Welsh Conservative Party

Welsh Christian Party

Green Party of England and Wales

Plaid Cymru

Socialist Labour Party

Official Monster Raving Loony Party

Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts

UK Independence Party

Communist Party of Britain

Welsh Labour

Welsh Liberal Democrats
1.

Gareth Connors

Andrew R.T. Davies

John Harrold

Jake Griffiths

Leanne Wood

Andrew Jordan

Mark Beech

Ross Saunders

Kevin Philip Mahoney

Robert David Griffiths

Jane Brencher

John Dixon (Disqualified)[10]
2.

Mary John

David Melding

Clive Bate

Sam Coates

Chris Franks

Adrian Dumphy

Pinkandorevil Gem

Sarah Mayo

Simon Christopher David Zeigler

Gwen Griffiths

Craig Jones

Eluned Parrott (sworn in 6 July 2011)
3.

Keith Fairhurst

Lyn Hudson

Donald Watson

John Matthews

Delme Bowen

Diana Whitley-Jones


Brian Lewis

Lawrence Douglas Gwynn

Fran Rawlings

Alex Thomas

Rachael Hitchinson
4.
Edward O’Sullivan

Richard Howard Hopkins

Derek Thomson

Matt Townsend

Richard Grigg

Harry Parfitt


Helen Jones

Anthony John Jenkins

Clive Griffiths

John David Drysdale

Elgan Morgan
5.


Christopher Williams


Teleri Clark




Andrew Price




Andrew Sherwood
6.


Kyle Robert Smith






Filipa Machado




7.

Axel Kaehne






Leanne Francis




8.


Helen Hancock






Rae Lewis-Ayling




9.








Nagina Kabul




10.








Glyn Matthews




11.








Keiron Hopkins




12.








Rowena Mason






  • RESULT: Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Liberal Democrats - 1 seat


South Wales East



































































































































British National Party

Communist Party of Britain

Welsh Conservative Party

English Democrats

Green Party of England and Wales

Welsh Labour

Welsh Liberal Democrats

Plaid Cymru

Socialist Labour Party

UK Independence Party

Welsh Christian Party
1.

Laurence Reid

Tommy Roberts

William Graham

Laurence Williams

Christopher Were

Debbie Wilcox

Veronica German

Jocelyn Davies

Alyson O'Connell

David J Rowlands

Dave Owen
2.

Jennie Noble

Roy Evans

Mohammad Asghar

Kim Burelli

Pippa Bartolotti

Anthony Hunt

Phil Hobson

Lindsay Whittle

Susan Lesley Deare

Neil (Jock) Greer

Steve McCreery
3.

John Voisey

Julian Jones

Caroline Oag

Robin Tilbrook

Owen Clarke

Karen Wilkie

Bob Griffin

Bleddyn Hancock

Alan Brian Cowdell

Peter Osbourne

Raphael Martin
4.

Jennifer Matthys

Angharad Khan-Raja

Benjamin Smith

Teresa Canon

Alan Williams

Hefin David

Alison Willott

Jonathan Clark

Joyce Irene Giblin

Gareth Dunn

Tracey Martin
5.



Paul Pavia

Mike Tibby



Brendan D'Cruz




6.



Susannah Beatson-Hird








7.



Paul Williams








8.



Paul Stafford










  • RESULT: Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 2 seats
    (Change: PC GAIN 1 seat from LibDem)


South Wales West



























































































































































































British National Party

Communist Party of Britain

Welsh Conservative Party

Green Party of England and Wales

Welsh Labour

Welsh Liberal Democrats

Plaid Cymru

Socialist Labour Party

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

UK Independence Party

Welsh Christian Party
1.

Clive Bennett

John Morrissey

Suzy Davies

Keith Ross

Alana Davies

Peter Black

Bethan Jenkins

David Leonard Davies

Ronnie Job

David Bevan

David Griffths
2.

Adam Walker

Laura Picand

Byron Davies

Huw Evans

Geraint Hopkins

Stuart Rice

David Lloyd

Derek Roy Isaacs

Owen Herbert

John Atkinson

Dick Van Steenis
3.

Sion Owens

David Brown

Altaf Hussain

Delyth Margaret Miller

Marie John

Cheryl Green

Myfanwy Davies

Shangara Singh Bhatoe

Mark Evans

Tim Jenkins

Maggie Harrold
4.

Adam Lloyd

Dan Cole

Helen Baker

Andrew Paul Chyba

Edward Jones

Wayne Morgan

Linet Purcell

Ranjit Singh Bhatoe

Les Woodward

David Rodgers

Ray Bridgman
5.



Matthew Voisey



Frank Little



Claire Job


6.



Steve Gallagher






Alec Thraves


7.



Dayne Powell






Caroline Butchers


8.



Gareth Williams






Dave Phillips


9.









Helen Stew


10.









Martin White


11.









Rob Williams


12.









Rob Owen




  • RESULT: Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; LibDem - 1 seat
    (Change: Conservative GAIN 1 seat from Plaid Cymru)


Target seats for the main parties


Below are listed all the constituencies which required a swing of less than 7.5% from the 2007 result to change hands.



Labour Targets
























































Rank
Constituency
Winning party 2007
Swing to gain
Labour's place 2007
Result
1

Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire


Conservative
0.17
2nd
Conservative hold
2

Clwyd West


Conservative
3.05
2nd
Conservative hold
3

Preseli Pembrokeshire


Conservative
5.58
2nd
Conservative hold
4

Llanelli


Plaid Cymru
7.04
2nd

Labour gain
5

Cardiff North


Conservative
7.19
2nd

Labour gain


Plaid Cymru Targets
























































Rank
Constituency
Winning party 2007
Swing to gain
PC's place 2007
Result
1

Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire


Conservative
0.44
3rd
Conservative hold
2

Clwyd West


Conservative
3.33
3rd
Conservative hold
3

Neath


Labour
3.36
2nd
Labour hold
4

Caerphilly


Labour
4.38
2nd
Labour hold
5

Preseli Pembrokeshire


Conservative
6.92
3rd
Conservative hold


Conservative Targets









































































































































Rank
Constituency
Winning party 2007
Swing to gain
Con's place 2007
Result
1

Vale of Glamorgan


Labour
0.13
2nd
Labour hold
2

Vale of Clwyd


Labour
0.21
2nd
Labour hold
3

Delyn


Labour
1.18
2nd
Labour hold
4

Gower


Labour
2.17
2nd
Labour hold
5

Clwyd South


Labour
2.87
2nd
Labour hold
6

Newport West


Labour
2.96
2nd
Labour hold
7

Aberconwy


Plaid Cymru
4.09
2nd

Conservative gain
8

Montgomeryshire


Liberal Democrats
4.44
2nd

Conservative gain
9

Newport East


Labour
4.73
3rd
Labour hold
10

Cardiff South & Penarth


Labour
5.15
2nd
Labour hold
11

Bridgend


Labour
5.21
2nd
Labour hold
12

Wrexham


Labour
5.78
3rd
Labour hold
13

Swansea West


Labour
6.58
3rd
Labour hold
14

Cardiff West


Labour
6.88
2nd
Labour hold


Liberal Democrat Targets
























































Rank
Constituency
Winning party 2007
Swing to gain
LD's place 2007
Result
1

Newport East


Labour
2.20
2nd
Labour hold
2

Swansea West


Labour
3.30
2nd
Labour hold
3

Wrexham


Labour
6.05
4th
Labour hold
4

Ceredigion


Plaid Cymru
6.57
2nd
Plaid Cymru hold
5

Pontypridd


Labour
7.11
2nd
Labour hold


New members


23 of the members elected to the Assembly in the election were not members of the previous Assembly.




  • Mick Antoniw, Labour, Pontypridd


  • Byron Davies, Welsh Conservative, South Wales West electoral region


  • Keith Davies, Labour, Llanelli


  • Suzy Davies, Welsh Conservative, South Wales West electoral region


  • Mark Drakeford, Labour, Cardiff West


  • Rebecca Evans, Labour, Mid and West Wales electoral region


  • Janet Finch-Saunders, Welsh Conservative, Aberconwy


  • Russell George, Welsh Conservative, Montgomeryshire


  • Vaughan Gething, Labour, Cardiff South and Penarth


  • Llyr Huws Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru, North Wales electoral region


  • Michael Hedges, Labour, Swansea East


  • Julie James, Labour, Swansea West


  • Julie Morgan, Labour, Cardiff North


  • Eluned Parrott, Liberal Democrat, South Wales Central electoral region


  • William Powell, Liberal Democrat, Mid and West Wales electoral region


  • Gwyn Price, Labour, Islwyn


  • Jenny Rathbone, Labour, Cardiff Central


  • David Rees, Labour, Aberavon


  • Aled Roberts, Liberal Democrat, North Wales electoral region (see below)


  • Antoinette Sandbach, Welsh Conservative, North Wales electoral region


  • Ken Skates, Labour, Clwyd South


  • Simon Thomas, Plaid Cymru, Mid and West Wales electoral region


  • Lindsay Whittle, Plaid Cymru, South Wales East electoral region


On 17 May it was discovered that two of the newly elected AMs, John Dixon and Aled Roberts, held posts which disqualified them from election to the Assembly. Although they had formally taken their seats at the first meeting on 11 May,[11] they were then removed from membership of Assembly.[12] Both resigned the posts which had given rise to the disqualification. After taking legal advice, the Presiding Officer Rosemary Butler was told that she must formally declare their seats vacant on Friday 27 May, which would mean the candidates placed second on the list being elected unless motions were tabled to reinstate the two.[13] Motions to reinstate Dixon and Roberts were subsequently tabled, and the Assembly Commission issued a press statement explaining the legal situation as they saw it.[14]


The Liberal Democrats withdrew the motion to reinstate John Dixon on 5 July 2011, after the assembly standards commissioner Gerard Elias QC made clear that he had failed to take notice of the relevant rules. On 6 July, Eluned Parrott was sworn in as an AM in his place, and the Assembly voted to readmit Aled Roberts, as evidence showed that he had been directed to out-of-date information in Welsh.[15]



Defeated members


8 incumbent AMs were defeated at the polls.




  • Eleanor Burnham, Liberal Democrat, North Wales electoral region


  • Nick Bourne, Welsh Conservative, Mid and West Wales electoral region


  • Nerys Evans, Plaid Cymru, Mid and West Wales electoral region


  • Chris Franks, Plaid Cymru, South Wales Central electoral region


  • Veronica German, Liberal Democrat, South Wales East electoral region


  • Helen Mary Jones, Plaid Cymru, Llanelli


  • Dai Lloyd, Plaid Cymru, South Wales West electoral region


  • Jonathan Morgan, Welsh Conservative, Cardiff North



Retiring members


The following incumbent AMs did not offer themselves for re-election:




  • Lorraine Barrett, Welsh Labour, Cardiff South and Penarth


  • Mick Bates, Independent (elected Liberal Democrat), Montgomeryshire


  • Alun Cairns, Welsh Conservative, South Wales West electoral region


  • Jane Davidson, Welsh Labour, Pontypridd


  • Andrew Davies, Welsh Labour, Swansea West


  • Brian Gibbons, Welsh Labour, Aberavon


  • Irene James, Welsh Labour, Islwyn


  • Gareth Jones, Plaid Cymru, Aberconwy


  • Trish Law, Independent, Blaenau Gwent


  • Val Lloyd, Welsh Labour, Swansea East


  • Rhodri Morgan, Welsh Labour, Cardiff West


  • Jenny Randerson, Liberal Democrat, Cardiff Central


  • Janet Ryder, Plaid Cymru, North Wales electoral region


  • Karen Sinclair, Welsh Labour, Clwyd South


  • Brynle Williams, Welsh Conservative, North Wales electoral region (died 1 April 2011).



See also



  • Scottish Parliament general election, 2011

  • Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011



References





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  2. ^ Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 section 5


  3. ^ The deadline for the receipt and determination of anonymous electoral registration applications was the same as the publication date of the notice of alteration to the Electoral Register (i.e. the fifth working day before election day).


  4. ^ Assembly national votes and seats by party, and links to constituency results - BBC


  5. ^ http://www.yesforwales.com/site/?p=952


  6. ^ "Probe into Tory candidates' sexist jokes on Facebook". BBC News. 9 February 2011.


  7. ^ http://www.simonbaynes.co.uk/


  8. ^ http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Montgomeryshire-Labour-Party/161201273907180?v=info


  9. ^ http://www.theonlinemail.co.uk/bangor-and-anglesey-news/local-bangor-and-anglesey-news/2011/02/02/labour-student-to-fight-assembly-election-on-anglesey-66580-28092774/


  10. ^ ab "Police investigation into two disqualified Lib Dem AMs". BBC News. 19 May 2011.


  11. ^ "Record of Proceedings". National Assembly for Wales. 12 May 2011.


  12. ^ "Two Welsh AMs temporarily disqualified on technicality". BBC News Online. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.


  13. ^ Powys, Betsan (25 May 2011). "The Lib Dem two and the no-named day motion". BBC News Online.


  14. ^ "Statement from the National Assembly for Wales Commission". National Assembly for Wales. 25 May 2011.


  15. ^ "Barred Lib Dem Aled Roberts regains Welsh assembly seat". BBC News. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.











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