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The electoral region was first used in 1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created. Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd (MSs) by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up MSs, to create a degree of proportional representation.
The electoral region was first used in 1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created. Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up Members of the Senedd, to create a degree of proportional representation.
The Senedd constituencies and electoral regions (Welsh: Etholaethau a Rhanbarthau etholiadol Senedd Cymru) [i] are the electoral districts used to elect members of the Senedd (MS; Welsh: Aelodau'r Senedd or AS) to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru), and have been used in some form since the first election of the then National Assembly for Wales in 1999.
The electoral region was first used in 1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created. Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up Members of the Senedd, to create a degree of proportional representation.
The region is based around the Newport metropolitan area. The boundaries are based on the Senedd electoral region South Wales East . Regions are not used in UK general elections.
Michelle Brown, UKIP, North Wales electoral region; Mark Reckless, UKIP, South Wales East electoral region; David Rowlands, UKIP, South Wales East electoral region; Steffan Lewis, Plaid Cymru, South Wales East electoral region; Caroline Jones, UKIP, South Wales West electoral region; Dai Lloyd, Plaid Cymru, South Wales West electoral region
Blaenau Gwent is a constituency of the Senedd.It 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 South Wales East 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.
Swansea West (Welsh: Gorllewin Abertawe) is a constituency of the Senedd.It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.