Election Results - 2003

Aberavon constituency

Winning candidate:^. Brian Gibbons (Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 37.06%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Brian Gibbons	Labour Party	11137	59.38
Myr Boult	Welsh Conservative Party	1732	9.23
Geraint Owen	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	3324	17.72
Gwenno Saunders	Independent	114	0.61
Claire Waller	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1840	9.81
Robert Williams	Socialist Alternative	608	3.24

Alyn and Deeside constituency

Winning candidate:^. Carl Sergeant (The Labour Party Candidate)
Turnout: 24.74%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Carl Sergeant	Labour Party	7036	46.71
Paul Brighton	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2509	16.66
Richard Coombs	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	1160	7.7
William Crawford	United Kingdom Independence Party	826	5.48
Matthew Wright	Welsh Conservative Party	3533	23.45

Blaenau Gwent constituency

Winning candidate:^. Peter Law (The Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate)
Turnout: 37.09%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Peter Law	Labour and Co-operative	13884	70.22
Rhys Ap Elis	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	1889	9.55
Stephen Bard	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2148	10.86
Barrie O'Keefe	Welsh Conservative Party	1131	5.72
Roger Thomas	United Kingdom Independence Party	719	3.64

Brecon and Radnorshire constituency

Winning candidate:^. Kirsty Williams (Welsh Liberal Democrats / Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru)
Turnout: 49.72%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Kirsty Williams	Welsh Liberal Democrats	13325	49.64
Nicholas Bourne	Welsh Conservative Party	8017	29.87
Brynach Parry	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	1329	4.95
Elizabeth Phillips	United Kingdom Independence Party	1042	3.88
David Rees	Labour Party	3130	11.66

Bridgend constituency

Winning candidate:^. Carwyn Howell Jones (The Labour Party Candidate)
Turnout: 35.15%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Carwyn Howell Jones	Labour Party	9487	42.83
Alun Hugh Cairns	Welsh Conservative Party	7066	31.9
Cheryl Anne Green	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2980	13.45
Timothy Charles Jenkins	United Kingdom Independence Party	677	3.06
Keith Parry	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	1939	8.75

Caernarfon constituency

Winning candidate:^. Alun Ffred Jones (Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales [The])
Turnout: 44.70%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Alun Ffred Jones	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	11675	54.97
Stephen William Churchman	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1392	6.55
Martin Robert Eaglestone	Labour Party	5770	27.17
Goronwy Owen Edwards	Welsh Conservative Party	2402	11.31

Caerphilly constituency

Winning candidate:^. Jeffrey Cuthbert (The Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 36.78%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Jeffrey Cuthbert	Labour Party	11893	47.14
Anne Blackman	Independent	1204	4.77
Avril Dafydd-Lewis	Caerphilly Constituency Independents	930	3.69
Laura Jones	Welsh Conservative Party	2570	10.19
Rob Roffe	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1281	5.08
Brenda Vipass	United Kingdom Independence Party	590	2.34
Lindsay Whittle	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	6919	27.43

Cardiff Central constituency

Winning candidate:^. Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson (Welsh Liberal Democrats / Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru)
Turnout: 32.67%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson	Welsh Liberal Democrats	11256	54.65
Captain Beany	New Millennium Bean Party	289	1.4
Madeleine Elise Jeremy	Prolife / Dros Fywyd	239	1.16
Geoff Miles Mungham	Labour Party	4100	19.9
Craig Stuart Piper	Welsh Conservative Party	2378	11.54
Raja Gul Raiz	Welsh Socialist Alliance Against The War	541	2.63
Owen John Thomas	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	1795	8.71

Cardiff North constituency

Winning candidate:^. Susan Linda Essex (Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 42.74%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Susan Linda Essex	Labour Party	10413	37.55
John Leslie Dixon	Welsh Liberal Democrats	3474	12.53
Donald Edwin Hulston	United Kingdom Independence Party	1295	4.67
Hewel William Wyn Jones	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	2679	9.66
Jonathan Morgan	Welsh Conservative Party	9873	35.6

Cardiff South and Penarth constituency

Winning candidate:^. Lorraine Jayne Barrett (The Labour And Co-operative Party Candidate)
Turnout: 30.37%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Lorraine Jayne Barrett	Labour Party	8978	44.62
David Charles Bartlett	Socialist Alternative	585	2.91
Rodney Simon Berman	Welsh Liberal Democrats	3154	15.68
Richard Rhys Grigg	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	2538	12.61
Dianne Elizabeth Rees	Welsh Conservative Party	4864	24.18

Cardiff West constituency

Winning candidate:^. Hywel Rhodri Morgan (Labour / Lafur)
Turnout: 33.69%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Hywel Rhodri Morgan	Labour Party	10420	50.33
Eluned Mary Bush	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	2859	13.81
Heather Douglas	Welsh Conservative Party	3583	17.3
Jacqueline-Anne Gasson	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2914	14.07
Frank Roger Wynne Hughes	United Kingdom Independence Party	929	4.49

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency

Winning candidate:^. Rhodri Thomas (Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales [The])
Turnout: 49.11%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Rhodri Thomas	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	12969	48.45
Anthony Cooper	Labour Party	8355	31.21
Steffan John	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1866	6.97
Harri Lloyd-Davies	Welsh Conservative Party	3576	13.36

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency

Winning candidate:^. Christine Margery Gwyther (Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout:  42.27%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Christine Margery Gwyther	Labour Party	8384	34.97
Llyr Hughes Griffiths	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	7869	32.83
Mary Kathleen Megarry	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2222	9.27
David Nicholas Thomas	Welsh Conservative Party	4917	20.51
Arthur Ronald Williams	Independent	580	2.42

Ceredigion constituency

Winning candidate:^. Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales [The])
Turnout: 49.43%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Elin Jones	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	11883	45.15
John Davies	Welsh Liberal Democrats	7265	27.6
Rhianon Passmore	Labour Party	3308	12.57
Ian Sheldon	United Kingdom Independence Party	940	3.57
Owen Williams	Welsh Conservative Party	2923	11.11

Clwyd South constituency

Winning candidate:^. Karen Sinclair (Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 34.74%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Karen Sinclair	Labour Party	6814	36.51
Derek Burnham	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1666	8.93
Dyfed Edwards	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	3923	21.02
Albert Fox	Welsh Conservative Party	3548	19.01
Marc Jones	John Marek Independent Party	2210	11.84
Edwina Theunissen	United Kingdom Independence Party	501	2.68

Clwyd West constituency

Winning candidate:^. Alun John Pugh (Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 40.45%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Alun John Pugh	Labour Party	7693	34.77
Eleanor Burnham	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1743	7.88
Peter Murray	United Kingdom Independence Party	715	3.23
Janet Ryder	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	4715	21.31
Brynle Williams	Welsh Conservative Party	7257	32.8

Conwy constituency

Winning candidate:^. Denise Idris Jones (Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 37.59%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Denise Idris Jones	Labour Party	6467	30.9
Guto ap Owain Bebb	Welsh Conservative Party	5152	24.62
Gareth Jones	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	6395	30.56
Graham Rees	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2914	13.93

Cynon Valley constituency

Winning candidate:^. Christine Chapman (The Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate)
Turnout: 37.38%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Christine Chapman	Labour and Co-operative Party	10841	65.04
Robert Owen Humphreys	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1120	6.72
Daniel Clive Byron Thomas	Welsh Conservative Party	984	5.9
David Alun Walters	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	3724	22.34

Delyn constituency

Winning candidate:^. Sandra Elaine (known as Sandy) Mewies (Labour Party Candidate / Ymeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 30.74%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Sandra Elaine Mewies	Labour Party	6520	38.62
Mark Isherwood	Welsh Conservative Party	4896	29
David Lloyd	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2880	17.06
Paul Rowlinson	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	2588	15.33

Gower constituency

Winning candidate:^. Edwina Hart (The Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 38.80%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Edwina Hart	Labour Party	10334	43.6
Sian Caiach	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	3502	14.78
Stephen James	Welsh Conservative Party	4646	19.6
Richard Lewis	United Kingdom Independence Party	2444	10.31
Nicholas Tregoning	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2775	11.71

Islwyn constituency

Winning candidate:^. Irene James (The Labour Party Candidate)
Turnout: 39.55%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Irene James	Labour Party	11246	55.22
Brian Hancock	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	3926	19.28
Terri-Anne Matthews	Welsh Conservative Party	1848	9.07
Huw Price	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1268	6.23
Paul Taylor	Tinker against the Assembly	2201	10.81

Llanelli constituency

Winning candidate:^. Catherine Thomas (Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 40.05%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Catherine Thomas	Labour Party	9916	42.8
Gareth Jones	Welsh Conservative Party	1712	7.39
Helen Mary Jones	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	9895	42.71
Kenneth Rees	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1644	7.1

Meirionydd Nant Conwy constituency

Winning candidate:^. Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales [The])
Turnout: 44.74%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Dafydd Elis-Thomas	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	8717	57.38
Lisa Francis	Welsh Conservative Party	2485	16.36
Kenneth Harris	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1100	7.24
Edwin Woodward	Labour Party	2891	19.03

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency

Winning candidate:^. Huw Lewis (The Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate)
Turnout: 32.85%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Huw Lewis	Labour Party	11148	60.51
John Ault	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1324	7.19
Alun Cox	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	2988	16.22
Neil Greer	Independent	1423	7.72
John Prosser	Welsh Conservative Party	1539	8.35

Monmouth constituency

Winning candidate:^. David Thomas Charles Davies (The Welsh Conservative Party)
Turnout: 44.19%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
David Thomas Charles Davies	Welsh Conservative Party	15989	57.52
Sian Catherine James	Labour Party	7479	26.91
Stephen Vaughan Thomas	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	1355	4.87
Alison Leyland Willott	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2973	10.7

Montgomeryshire constituency

Winning candidate:^. Michael Bates (Welsh Liberal Democrats / Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru)
Turnout: 42.50%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Michael Bates	Welsh Liberal Democrats	7869	40.37
Rina Clarke	Labour Party	2039	10.46
Edward Davies	Welsh Conservative Party	5572	28.59
Robert Mills	Independent	985	5.05
David Rowlands	United Kingdom Independence Party	1107	5.68
David Senior	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	1918	9.84

Neath constituency

Winning candidate:^. Gwenda Thomas (Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 38.77%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Gwenda Thomas	Labour Party	11332	51.07
Helen Jones	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2048	9.23
Alun Llewelyn	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	6386	28.78
Huw Pudner	Welsh Socialist Alliance Against The War	410	1.85
Chris Smart	Welsh Conservative	2011	9.06

Newport East constituency

Winning candidate:^. Albert John Griffiths (The Labour Party Candidate)
Turnout: 29.84%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Albert John Griffiths	Labour Party	7621	44.87
Mohammad Asghar	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	1555	9.16
Matthew Robert Hatton Evans	Welsh Conservative Party	4157	24.48
Neal John Reynolds	United Kingdom Independence Party	987	5.81
Charles Edward Townsend	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2768	16.3

Newport West constituency

Winning candidate:^. Rosemary Janet Mair Butler (The Labour and Co-operative Party)
Turnout: 34.59%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Rosemary Janet Mair Butler	Labour and Co-operative	10053	47.19
William Graham	Welsh Conservative Party	6301	29.58
Phylip Andrew David Hobson	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2094	9.83
Hugh Moelwyn Hughes	United Kingdom Independence Party	1102	5.17
Richard Morse	Welsh Socialist Alliance Against The War	198	0.93
Anthony Michael Salkeld	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	1678	7.88

Ogmore constituency

Winning candidate:^. Janice Gregory (The Labour Party Candidate)
Turnout: 33.54%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Janice Gregory	Labour Party	9874	58.94
Janet Marion Davies	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	3370	20.12
Christopher Herriott	Socialist Labour Party	410	2.45
Richard John Hill	Welsh Conservative	1532	9.14
Jacqueline Radford	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1567	9.35

Pontypridd constituency

Winning candidate:^. Jane Elizabeth Davidson (Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 38.41%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Jane Elizabeth Davidson	Labour Party	12206	50.03
Delme Ifor Bowen	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	5286	21.67
Jayne Louise Cowan	Welsh Conservative Party	2438	9.99
Peter Manuel Gracia	United Kingdom Independence Party	1025	4.2
Michael John Powell	Welsh Liberal Democrats	3443	14.11

Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency

Winning candidate:^. Moyra Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey (The Labour Party / Y Blaid Lafur)

Turnout: 41.05%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Moyra Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey	Labour Party	8067	35.33
Paul Windsor Davies	Welsh Conservative Party	6741	29.52
Sion Tomos Jobbins	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	5227	22.89
Michael Ian Warden	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2799	12.26

Rhondda constituency

Winning candidate:^. Leighton Andrews (The Labour Party Candidate)
Turnout: 45.58%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Leighton Andrews	Labour Party	14170	61.6
Geraint Davies	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	6216	27.02
Jeff Gregory	Independent	909	3.95
K T Rajan	United Kingdom Independence Party	524	2.28
Paul Williams	Welsh Conservative Party	504	2.19
Veronica Watkins	Welsh Liberal Democrats	680	2.96

Swansea East constituency

Winning candidate:^. Val Lloyd (Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 30.14%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Val Lloyd	Labour Party Candidate	8221	47.22
Peter Black	Welsh Liberal Democrats	4224	24.26
Dewi Evans	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	2223	12.77
Peter Morris	Welsh Conservative Party	1135	6.52
David Alan Robinson	United Kingdom Independence Party	1474	8.47
Alan Thomas	Welsh Socialist Alliance Against The War	133	0.76

Swansea West constituency

Winning candidate:^. Andrew David Davies (The Labour Party Candidate)

Turnout: 32.75%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Andrew David Davies	Labour Party	7023	36.18
Arthur Michael Day	Welsh Liberal Democrats	3510	18.08
David Charles Evans	United Kingdom Independence Party	1040	5.36
David Rees Lloyd	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	4461	22.98
David Leigh Richards	Welsh Socialist Alliance Against The War	272	1.4
Dorian Rowbottom	Welsh Conservative Party	3106	16

Torfaen constituency

Winning candidate:^. Lynne Neagle (The Labour Party Candidate)
Turnout: 31.70%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Lynne Neagle	Labour Party	10152	51.92
Michael German	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2746	14.04
Aneurin Preece	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	2092	10.7
Nicholas Ramsay	Welsh Conservative Party	3188	16.3
David Rowlands	United Kingdom Independence Party	1377	7.04

Vale of Clwyd constituency

Winning candidate:^. Margaret Ann (known as Ann) Jones (Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)

Turnout: 36.05%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Margaret Ann Jones	Labour Party	8256	46.15
Malcom Evans	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	2516	14.06
Robina Feeley	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1630	9.11
Darren Millar	Welsh Conservative Party	5487	30.67

Vale of Glamorgan constituency

Winning candidate:^. Jane Hutt (Labour Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur)
Turnout: 40.05%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Jane Hutt	Labour Party Candidate	12267	44.05
Christopher Franks	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	3921	14.08
David Melding	Welsh Conservative Party	9614	34.52
Nilmini de Silva	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2049	7.36

Wrexham constituency

Winning candidate:^. John Marek (John Marek Independent Party)
Turnout: 34.19%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
John Marek	John Marek Independent Party	6539	37.66
Janet Finch-Saunders	Welsh Conservative Party	2228	12.83
Susan Lesley Griffiths	Labour Party Candidate	5566	32.06
Tom Rippeth	Welsh Liberal Democrats	1701	9.8
Peter Ryder	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	1329	7.65

Ynys Mon constituency

Winning candidate:^. Ieuan Wyn Jones (Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales [The])
Turnout: 50.28%

Name	Party	Number of votes	% of votes
Ieuan Wyn Jones	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	9452	37.44
Nicholas Bennett	Welsh Liberal Democrats	2089	8.28
William Jones	Labour Party	6024	23.86
Peter Rogers	Welsh Conservative Party	7197	28.51
Francis Charles Wykes	United Kingdom Independence Party	481	1.91