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Labour win 29 seats - but fall short of a majority
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UKIP wins its first seats in the Assembly
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Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood ousts Labour in Rhondda
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Mapping the election - see party vote share by constituency across Wales
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
LAB Welsh Labour |
Candidates Lee Waters | Votes 10,267 | 36.5% | Net percentage change in seats −3.2 |
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Party
PC Plaid Cymru |
Candidates Helen Mary Jones | Votes 9,885 | 35.2% | Net percentage change in seats −4.3 |
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UKIP UKIP Wales |
Candidates Kenneth Rees | Votes 4,132 | 14.7% | Net percentage change in seats +14.7 |
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Party
CON Welsh Conservative |
Candidates Stefan Ryszewski | Votes 1,937 | 6.9% | Net percentage change in seats −4.2 |
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PF People First |
Candidates Siân Caiach | Votes 1,113 | 4.0% | Net percentage change in seats +3.0 |
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GRN Wales Green Party |
Candidates Guy Smith | Votes 427 | 1.5% | Net percentage change in seats +1.5 |
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LD Welsh Liberal Democrat |
Candidates Gemma-Jane Bowker | Votes 355 | 1.3% | Net percentage change in seats −0.8 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Welsh Labour Majority
382Turnout
47.1%Constituency Profile
Llanelli sits on the Carmarthenshire coast in west Wales.
The town itself is famous for its rich rugby history and is home to the Scarlets rugby team. It's also home to Tata's Trostre tinplate plant which currently employs around 650 people. More than a quarter (26.9%) of Llanelli's residents are employed in the public sector but at 67% the employment rate is lower than the UK average. Also, Llanelli's constituents, with an average age of 49, are the oldest in Wales. Despite being viewed as a safe Labour seat at Westminster level where the party has represented Llanelli since 1922, the seat at Assembly level has changed hands between Plaid Cymru (1999, 2007) and Labour (2003, 2011) at every election.
Labour AM, Keith Davies, is standing down at the 2016 election leaving behind a majority of 80 votes. In the 2011 election he polled 39.7% of the vote, slightly ahead of Plaid Cymru on 39.4%, with the Conservatives on 11%, an Independent candidate on 7.7%, and the Liberal Democrats on 2.1%.