Senedd election 2021 result for Monmouth: Conservatives hold seat Conservative candidate Peter Fox held on to the seat for the party 19:27, 7 MAY 2021 Want to keep up to date on Welsh politics?Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up and get political news sent straight to your inbox When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice The Conservatives have held on to their seat in Monmouth. Conservative candidate Peter Fox won 15,332 (almost 43%) of the votes.
The full Senedd election 2021 result for Aberavon as Labour holds seat Labour has held the Aberavon seat since devolution in 1999 06:00, 7 MAY 2021 Updated Want to keep up to date on Welsh politics?Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up and get political news sent straight to your inbox When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Labour s David Rees has held his Aberavon seat, with 10,505 votes. Plaid Cymru have come in second with 4,760 votes, and the Conservatives have placed third with 2,947 votes.
How the Senedd would look based on the final YouGov poll of the Welsh election campaign Labour looks set to face difficult coalition negotiations with Plaid Cymru Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Want to keep up to date on Welsh politics?Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up and get political news sent straight to your inbox When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Cardiff University s Professor Roger Awan-Scully has now released his projections from the final YouGov poll of the Senedd Election campaign.
The full Senedd election 2021 result for Pontypridd as Mick Antoniw holds seat for Labour Pontypridd has always had a Labour representative in the Senedd 05:00, 7 MAY 2021 Updated Want to keep up to date on Welsh politics?Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up and get political news sent straight to your inbox When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Mick Antoniw has been re-elected as the MS for Pontypridd. The election count for the Pontypridd constituency took place at Hawthorn Leisure Centre on Friday, May 7, and Labour managed to hold onto the seat once more. It comes as no huge surprise as Pontypridd has always had a Labour representative in the Senedd.
Brecon and Radnorshire elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole. It is currently represented by Kirsty Williams MS, of the Liberal Democrats, who has been the MS since 1999. Brecon and Radnorshire has been a real stronghold for the Lib Dems for more than two decades. In the 2016 Senedd elections the party enjoyed its biggest winning majority, with Ms Williams acquiring 15,898 of the votes, in what was the biggest turnout in the constituency’s history. She enjoyed an +8.6 in votes from 2011.
Voters go to polls in Senedd Election: Your Tivyside guide VOTERS are heading to the polls to elect a new Welsh Government today (Thursday, May 6) against the backdrop of coronavirus and debate about the country’s future relationship with the United Kingdom. Voting opens at 7am until 10pm, but unlike previous years counting and declarations will take place the following day due to rules designed to ensure the safety for those working to count and verify ballots. Everyone in Wales gets two votes in the Senedd election, the first is for the person to represent their constituency, and the second will decide who represents the region.
Parties have been making their final election campaign visits across Wales, with leaders saying the pandemic has continued to dominate their conversations with voters. Voting in the 2021 Welsh Parliament election will begin at 7am on Thursday, though counting will not take place until Friday due to coronavirus restrictions. On Wednesday, Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford visited Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as areas of his Cardiff West constituency, and said his party had felt a “real sense of momentum” in the last week. He told the PA news agency: “We’ve had more and more people come out to help, teams and teams of Labour canvassers out on the doorstep, and the feeling on the doorstep is warm.
Ofcom dismiss new BBC bias complaint from Alex Salmond s Alba Party after broadcaster s intervention OFCOM has dismissed a new complaint about BBC bias from Alex Salmond s Alba Party over election campaign coverage despite a warning of potential court action. It comes after the BBC agreed to conduct a special interview with Mr Salmond linked to Tuesday s Leaders Debate - in which the Alba Party were not represented. It comes after the broadcast regulator dismissed previous complaints by Mr Salmond. Last month, Mr Salmond wrote to Ofcom and broadcasters to demand his party was included in televised leaders’ debates – but Alba was not invited to take part in the first two events.
But he later resigned from the party, citing a series of concerns with how it operated. Writing on his Facebook page, Mr Copner claimed the “behaviour of the national moment is getting out of control”. “I resigned from Plaid because of my serious concerns on Welsh Indy (independence) and what it means for our families,” he said. “I still remain deeply concerned about this and now with the toxic nature of some of the nationalists it’s time to calm things down. “I believe it is now in our best interests to support Abolish to help provide a brake to this movement, to provide arguments that provide different views and to enable far more effective solutions to be achieved in the Senedd.”
Parties have been making their final election campaign visits across Wales, with leaders saying the pandemic has continued to dominate their conversations with voters. Voting in the 2021 Welsh Parliament election will begin at 7am on Thursday, though counting will not take place until Friday due to coronavirus restrictions. On Wednesday, Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford visited Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as areas of his Cardiff West constituency, and said his party had felt a “real sense of momentum” in the last week. He told the PA news agency: “We’ve had more and more people come out to help, teams and teams of Labour canvassers out on the doorstep, and the feeling on the doorstep is warm.