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Blaenau Gwent - History
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| Established | June 09, 1983 |
| Disbanded | July 05, 2024 |
| Last Modified | RP May 22, 2024 09:12pm |
| Description | The seat of Aneurin Bevan and Michael Foot, Blaenau Gwent is seen as one of Labour's safest. Labour has avoided an unusually tough battle this time. The popular local Labour assembly member had been planning to stand as an independent following a row over all-women shortlists. The left-wing MP Llew Smith is retiring and Maggie Jones was picked to fight the campaign. The constituency's Labour member of the Assembly, Peter Law, was threatening to run against Ms Jones as an independent and a motion was passed by the local party to boycott the selection process and refuse to campaign during the general election. Mr Law is a popular figure locally and like his Westminster counterpart, has had his share of rows with the leadership. But just before he was due to announce he would stand, Mr Law was diagnosed with a brain tumour and withdrew from the race. Labour said that, if Mr Law had stood as an independent, he would have expelled himself from the party.That would have lost Labour's slim majority in the assembly. But on hearing Mr Law's illness had forced him to withdraw, the party said he would not be expelled. Blaenau Gwent was built on coal and steel and is a working class seat with nearly half of the jobs in manufacturing. MPs in the seat of Ebbw Vale, renamed Blaenau Gwent, have been firmly on the left with NHS founder Bevan, MP between 1929 and 1960, succeeded by Michael Foot who in turn was followed by Mr Smith in 1992. Ebbw Vale's last steelworks closed in 2002 and the area has one of the worst unemployment levels in Britain. In the 2001 census, the area recorded one of the highest numbers of people in poor health and is the cheapest place in Britain to buy a house, with an average price of £44,000.
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| Date |
Type |
Results
[Show Primaries]
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| Dec 12, 2019 |
General Election |
| | Nick Smith(I)
14,862
49.18%
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| Richard Wayne Taylor
6,215
20.57%
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| Laura Anne Jones
5,749
19.02%
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| Peredur Owen Griffiths
1,722
5.70%
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| Chelsea-Marie Annett
1,285
4.25%
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| Stephen James Priestnall
386
1.28%
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| Jun 08, 2017 |
General Election |
| | Nick Smith(I)
18,787
58.01%
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| Nigel Copner
6,880
21.25%
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| Tracey West
4,783
14.77%
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| Dennis Walter May
973
3.00%
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| Vicki Browning
666
2.06%
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| Cameron Sullivan
295
0.91%
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| May 07, 2015 |
General Election |
| | Nick Smith(I)
18,380
58.01%
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| Susan Boucher
5,677
17.92%
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| Tracey West
3,419
10.79%
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| Steffan Lewis
2,849
8.99%
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| Mark Pond
738
2.33%
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| Samuel Rees
620
1.96%
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| May 06, 2010 |
General Election |
| | Nick Smith
16,974
52.40%
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| David "Dai" Davies(I)
6,458
19.94%
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| Matt Smith
3,285
10.14%
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| Liz Stevenson
2,265
6.99%
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| Rhodri V. Davies
1,333
4.11%
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| Anthony King
1,211
3.74%
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| Mike Kocan
488
1.51%
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| | | Alyson O'Connell
381
1.18%
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| Jun 29, 2006 |
By-election |
| | David "Dai" Davies
12,543
46.18%
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| Owen Smith
10,055
37.02%
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| Steffan Lewis
1,755
6.46%
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| Amy Kitcher
1,477
5.44%
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| Margrit Williams
1,013
3.73%
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| Alan "Howling Laud" Hope
318
1.17%
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| May 05, 2005 |
General Election |
| | Peter Law
20,505
58.17%
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| Maggie Jones
11,384
32.29%
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| Brian Thomas
1,511
4.29%
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| John Price
843
2.39%
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| Phillip Lee
816
2.31%
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| Peter Osborne
192
0.54%
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| Jun 07, 2001 |
General Election |
| | Llew Smith(I)
22,855
72.04%
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| Adam Rykala
3,542
11.16%
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| Edward Townsend
2,945
9.28%
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| Huw Williams
2,383
7.51%
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| May 01, 1997 |
General Election |
| | Llew Smith(I)
31,493
79.47%
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| Geraldine Layton
3,458
8.73%
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| Margrit Williams
2,607
6.58%
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| Jim Criddle
2,072
5.23%
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| Apr 09, 1992 |
General Election |
| | Llew Smith
34,333
78.98%
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| David Melding
4,266
9.81%
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| Alistair Burns
2,774
6.38%
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| Alun Davies
2,099
4.83%
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| Jun 11, 1987 |
General Election |
| | Michael Foot(I)
32,820
75.89%
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| Andrew Taylor
4,959
11.47%
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| David McBride
3,847
8.90%
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| Stephen Morgan
1,621
3.75%
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| Jun 09, 1983 |
General Election |
| | Michael Foot(I)
30,113
69.96%
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| Gareth Atkinson
6,488
15.07%
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| Talmai Morgan
4,816
11.19%
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| Stephen Morgan
1,624
3.77%
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