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Mapping the election - see party vote share by constituency across Wales
South Wales Central
Welsh Assembly regionResults
| Party | Elected | Seats | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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CON Welsh Conservative |
Elected Andrew RT Davies David Melding | Seats 2 | Votes 42,185 | 18.3% | Net percentage change in seats −3.7 |
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Party
PC Plaid Cymru |
Elected Neil McEvoy | Seats 1 | Votes 48,357 | 20.9% | Net percentage change in seats +7.2 |
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UKIP UKIP Wales |
Elected Gareth Bennett | Seats 1 | Votes 23,958 | 10.4% | Net percentage change in seats +6.4 |
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Party
LAB Welsh Labour |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 78,366 | 33.9% | Net percentage change in seats −7.1 |
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LD Welsh Liberal Democrat |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 14,875 | 6.4% | Net percentage change in seats −1.5 |
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AWA Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 9,163 | 4.0% | Net percentage change in seats +4.0 |
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GRN Wales Green Party |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 7,949 | 3.4% | Net percentage change in seats −1.7 |
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WEP Women's Equality Party |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 2,807 | 1.2% | Net percentage change in seats +1.2 |
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MRLP Monster Raving Loony Party |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 1,096 | 0.5% | Net percentage change in seats −0.1 |
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TUSC TUSC |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 736 | 0.3% | Net percentage change in seats −0.1 |
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IND (Bishop) Independent - Bishop |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 651 | 0.3% | Net percentage change in seats +0.3 |
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CPB Welsh Communist Party |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 520 | 0.2% | Net percentage change in seats −0.0 |
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VIP Vapers In Power |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 470 | 0.2% | Net percentage change in seats +0.2 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout
Turnout
46.7%Constituencies within South Wales Central
Region Profile
The South Wales Central region is made up of eight constituencies.
The region elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. It's a predominantly urban region which includes Wales' capital and largest city, Cardiff - which has a population of more than 340,000. The region also includes the seaside town of Barry, the former mining town of Pontypridd and parts of the formerly industrial and still heavily populated South Wales Valleys. There are rural areas in the western part of the Vale of Glamorgan. The constituencies which make up the South Wales Central region are: Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and the Vale of Glamorgan. At the 2011 election, the Conservatives had 2 South Wales Central regional AMs and Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats had one each.