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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		43,041/56,279	76.48
Rt Hon Michael Mackintosh Foot	Labour Party	30,113	69.96
Gareth Martin Atkinson	Liberal Party in Alliance	6,488	15.07
Talmai Phillip Morgan	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,816	11.19
Stephen Royston Morgan	Plaid Cymru	1,624	3.77
Majority		23,625	54.89

11 June 1987		43,247/56,436	76.63
Rt Hon Michael Mackintosh Foot	Labour Party	32,820	75.89
Andrew Robert Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,959	11.47
David Ian McBride	Liberal Party in Alliance	3,847	8.90
Stephen Royston Morgan	Plaid Cymru	1,621	3.75
Majority		27,861	64.42

9 April 1992		43,472/55,638	78.13
Llewellyn Thomas Smith	Labour Party	34,333	78.98
David Robert Michael Melding	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,266	9.81
Alistair Burns	Liberal Democrats	2,774	6.38
Thomas Alun Rhys Davies	Plaid Cymru	2,099	4.83
Majority		30,067	69.16

1 May 1997		39,630/54,800	72.32
Llewellyn Thomas Smith	Labour Party	31,493	79.47
Geraldine Layton	Liberal Democrats	3,458	8.73
Margrit Anna Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,607	6.58
James Brian Criddle	Plaid Cymru	2,072	5.23
Majority		28,035	70.74

7 June 2001		31,725/53,353	59.46
Llewellyn Thomas Smith	Labour Party	22,855	72.04
Adam John Rykala	Plaid Cymru	3,542	11.16
Charles Edward Townsend	Liberal Democrats	2,945	9.28
Huw Benedict Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,383	7.51
Majority		19,313	60.88

5 May 2005		35,251/53,301	66.14
Peter John Law	Independent Labour	20,505	58.17
Margaret Beryl Jones	Labour Party	11,384	32.29
Brian Thomas	Liberal Democrats	1,511	4.29
Norman John Price	Plaid Cymru	843	2.39
Dr Phillip James Lee	Conservative & Unionist Party	816	2.31
Peter Hugh Osborne	UK Independence Party	192	0.54
Majority		9,121	25.87

Peter Law, the Assembly Member for Blaenau Gwent, resigned from the Labour Party and stood as an independent in protest against the Labour Party's decision to impose an all-women shortlist of candidates for the local Labour Party to choose from.

25 April 2006 Death of Peter Law.

29 June 2006
David Clifford Davies	Independent Labour	12,543	46.17
Owen Smith	Labour Party	10,059	37.03
Steffan Lewis	Plaid Cymru	1,755	6.46
Amy Elizabeth Kitcher	Liberal Democrats	1,477	5.44
Margrit Anna Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,013	3.73
Alan "Howling Lord" Hope	Monster Raving Loony Party	318	1.17
Majority		2,484	9.14

6 May 2010		32,395/52,442	61.77
Nicholas Desmond John Smith	Labour Party	16,974	52.40
David Clifford Davies	Independent	6,458	19.94
Matt Smith	Liberal Democrats	3,285	10.14
Liz Stevenson	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,265	6.99
Rhodri Davies	Plaid Cymru	1,333	4.11
Anthony David John King	British National Party	1,211	3.74
Michael Karl Kocan	UK Independence Party	488	1.51
Alyson O'Connell	Socialist Labour	381	1.18
Majority		10,516	32.46

7 May 2015		31,683/51,332	61.72
Nicholas Desmond John Smith	Labour Party	18,380	58.01
Susan Boucher	UK Independence Party	5,677	17.92
Tracey Michelle West	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,419	10.79
Steffan Lewis	Plaid Cymru	2,849	8.99
Mark Robert Pond	Green Party	738	2.33
Samuel Ellis Rees	Liberal Democrats	620	1.96
Majority		12,703	40.09

8 June 2017		32,384/51,227	63.22
Nicholas Desmond John Smith	Labour Party	18,787	58.01
Nigel Copner	Plaid Cymru	6,880	21.25
Tracey Michelle West	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,783	14.77
Dennis May	UK Independence Party	973	3.00
Vicki Browning	Independent	666	2.06
Cameron Sullivan	Liberal Democrats	295	0.91
Majority		11,907	36.77

12 December 2019		30,219/50,736	59.56
Nicholas Desmond John Smith	Labour Party	14,862	49.18
Richard Wayne Taylor	Brexit Party	6,215	20.57
Laura Anne Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,749	19.02
Peredur Owen Griffiths	Plaid Cymru	1,722	5.70
Chelsea-Marie Annett	Liberal Democrats	1,285	4.25
Stephen James Priestnall	Green Party	386	1.28
Majority		8,647	28.61