Islwyn (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°39′11″N 3°11′24″W / 51.653°N 3.190°W

Islwyn
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Islwyn in Wales.
Preserved county	Gwent
Electorate	54,792 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Blackwood, Risca, Pontllanfraith, Newbridge
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Chris Evans (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Created from	Bedwellty and Abertillery[2]
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	South Wales East
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Islwyn (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɪslʊɨn]) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This area, historically known for coal-mining, is a safe Labour Party seat which was once held by the party's former leader Neil Kinnock, who served as opposition leader for nearly a decade until 1992. The current MP is Chris Evans, first elected at the 2010 general election.

Boundaries

1983-2010: The Borough of Islwyn.

2010-present: The Caerphilly County Borough electoral divisions of Aberbargoed, Abercarn, Argoed, Blackwood, Cefn Fforest, Crosskeys, Crumlin, Maesycwmmer, Newbridge, Pengam, Penmaen, Pontllanfraith, Risca East, Risca West, and Ynysddu.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party
	1983	Neil Kinnock	Labour
	1995 by-election	Don Touhig	Labour Co-op
	2010	Christopher James Evans	Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Islwyn ^{[4] [5][6][7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Christopher James Evans	17,336	49.0	−0.2
	UKIP	Joe Smyth	6,932	19.6	+16.9
	Conservative	Laura Anne Jones	5,366	15.2	+1.2
	Plaid Cymru	Lyn Ackerman	3,794	10.7	−2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Brendan D'Cruz[8]	950	2.7	−7.7
	Green	Peter Varley	659	1.9	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Baron von Magpie	213	0.6	N/A
	TUSC	Joshua Rawcliffe	151	0.4	N/A
Majority			10,404	29.4	−5.8
Turnout			35,401	63.6	+0.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-8.5

General Election 2010: Islwyn^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Christopher James Evans	17,069	49.2	−15.1
	Conservative	Daniel Thomas	4,854	14.0	+3.0
	Plaid Cymru	Steffan Lewis	4,518	13.0	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ashgar Ali	3,597	10.4	−1.8
	Independent	Dave Rees	1,495	4.3	N/A
	BNP	John Voisey	1,320	3.8	N/A
	UKIP	Jason Crew	936	2.7	N/A
	Independent	Paul Taylor	901	2.6	N/A
Majority			12,215	35.2
Turnout			34,690	63.3	+3.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−9.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Don Touhig	19,687	63.8	+2.3
	Plaid Cymru	Jim Criddle	3,947	12.8	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lee Dillon	3,873	12.5	−0.7
	Conservative	Phillip Howells	3,358	10.9	+2.9
Majority			15,740	51.0
Turnout			30,865	61.0	−0.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+0.7

General Election 2001: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Don Touhig	19,505	61.5	−12.6
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Etheridge	4,196	13.2	+4.8
	Plaid Cymru	Leigh Thomas	3,767	11.9	+5.6
	Conservative	Phillip Howells	2,543	8.0	+0.2
	Independent	Paul Taylor	1,263	4.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Mary Millington	417	1.3	N/A
Majority			15,309	48.3
Turnout			31,691	61.9	−10.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Don Touhig	26,995	74.2	−0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher John Worker	3,064	8.4	+2.8
	Conservative	David Russell Walters	2,864	7.9	−7.0
	Plaid Cymru	Darren Jones	2,272	6.2	+2.4
	Referendum	Susan Marie Monaghan	1,209	3.3	N/A
Majority			23,391	65.8
Turnout			36,404	72.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

By-election 1995: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Touhig	16,030	69.2	−5.1
	Plaid Cymru	Jocelyn Davies	2,933	12.7	+8.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Bushell	2,448	10.6	+4.9
	Conservative	Robert Buckland	913	3.9	−10.9
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	506	2.2	+0.9
	UKIP	Hugh Moelwyn Hughes	289	1.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Trevor Rees	47	0.2	N/A
Majority			13,097	56.5
Turnout			23,166	45.1	−36.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Islwyn^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Neil Kinnock	30,908	74.3	+3.0
	Conservative	Peter Bone	6,180	14.9	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Andrew Symonds	2,352	5.7	−3.6
	Plaid Cymru (Green)	Helen Mary Jones	1,606	3.9	+3.9
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	547	1.3	N/A
Majority			24,728	59.5	+2.8
Turnout			41,593	81.4	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Neil Kinnock	28,901	71.3	+11.9
	Conservative	John Kenneth Twitchen	5,954	14.7	+0.6
	Social Democratic	Jacqui Gasson	3,746	9.2	−13.5
	Plaid Cymru	William Aneurin Richards	1,932	4.8	+0.8
Majority			22,947	56.6
Turnout			40,533	80.4	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Neil Kinnock	23,183	59.4	N/A
	Social Democratic	David Stanley Johnson	8,803	22.5	N/A
	Conservative	Michael James Bevan	5,511	14.1	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	William Aneurin Richards	1,574	4.0	N/A
Majority			14,380	36.9	N/A
Turnout			39,071	77.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• Islwyn (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gwent

Notes

1. "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. "'Islwyn', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"
4. "Islwyn result". General Election 2015 - Results for Islwyn constituency. Caerphilly County Borough Council. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
5. http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/islwyn-2015.html
6. http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2014/11/13/peter-varley-is-green-candidate-for-islwyn/
7. http://www.ukipwales.org.uk/our-candidates/4587404460
8. "Member of Parliament for Islwyn". YourNextMP. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
9. Islwyn Caerphilly County Borough Council - Islwyn candidates
10. Islwyn BBC Election - Islwyn
11. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.