South Wales East () is an electoral region of the
Senedd, consisting of eight
constituencies
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. The region elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and four
additional members. The electoral region was first used in
1999
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, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
Each constituency elects one
Member of the Senedd by the
first past the post
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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
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. The additional member seats are allocated from
closed lists by the
D'Hondt method
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, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
County boundaries
The region covers the whole of the
preserved county
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of
Gwent and part of the preserved county of
Mid Glamorgan
, Government= Mid Glamorgan County Council
, Status= Non-metropolitan county (1974–1996) Preserved county (1996–)
, Start= 1974
, End= 1996
, Arms= ''Coat of arms of Mid ...
. The rest of Mid Glamorgan is mostly within the
South Wales Central
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Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...
electoral region and partly within the
South Wales West region.
Electoral region profile
The region is one of contrasts; it includes the city of
Newport, along with the town of
Caerphilly. It also takes in the working-class former iron town of
Merthyr Tydfil, one of the most deprived towns in the UK, but also rural
Monmouthshire, one of the most affluent parts of Wales.
Constituencies
The eight constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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(
Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, B ...
):
Assembly members and Members of the Senedd
Constituency AMs and MSs
Regional list AMs and MSs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
2021 Senedd election
2021 Senedd election additional members
Regional MSs elected 2021
2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members
Regional AMs elected 2016
2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members
Regional AMs elected 2011
2007 Welsh Assembly election
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additional members
On 8 December 2009, Mohammad Asghar, Plaid Cymru's list member for South Wales East, defected to the Conservative Party. This gave Plaid one AM, and the Conservatives two.
2003 Welsh Assembly additional members
1999 Welsh Assembly additional members
Notes
References
{{Political parties in Newport
Senedd electoral regions