Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney () was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elected four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Westminster constituency.
The other seven constituencies of the South Wales East electoral region were Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West and Torfaen.
Voting In general elections for the Senedd, each voter had two votes. The first vote was used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote was used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats were allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
Assembly Members and Members of the Senedd
ElectionMemberPartyPortrait 1999 Huw Lewis Labour Co-op 2016 Dawn Bowden
Elections Elections in the 2020s
Regional Ballot void votes: 162. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (58), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (104)
Elections in the 2010s
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 138
Elections in the 2000s
2003 Electorate: 55,768 Regional ballots rejected: 228
Elections in the 1990s
1999 Electorate: 55,676
See also Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (UK Parliament constituency) Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr
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