Welsh National Assembly Elections 1999

The first elections to the National Assembly for Wales were held under the Additional Member system of proportional representation. 40 members were elected to represent single-member constituencies (the same as those at Westminster), with the winner in each constituency being the candidate with the largest number of votes. The other 20 members were elected from five electoral regions, four in each region, according to this formula:

	CONSTITUENCY VOTES	40 seats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Labour Plaid Cymru Conservative Liberal Democrat Independent Independent Labour United Socialist Tourism and Farmers Party of Wales People's Representative Party Democratic Alliance of Wales Green Party New Millennium Bean Party Local Socialist Communist Party Celtic Alliance	384,671 290,572 162,133 137,857 29,219 4,134 3,967 2,726 2,529 1,908 1,002 849 839 609 210
	TOTAL Electorate Turnout Labour majority	1,023,225 2,211,034 46.28% 94,099

	SECOND BALLOT	20 seats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Labour Plaid Cymru Conservative Liberal Democrat Green Party Socialist Labour Party Natural Law Party United Socialist Independent Communist Party Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign People's Representative Party	361,657 312,048 168,206 128,002 25,858 10,720 3,861 3,590 3,116 1,366 1,353 204
	TOTAL Electorate Turnout Labour majority	1,019,987 2,211,017 46.13% 49,609

Party	Constituencies	Top-up seats	TOTAL
Labour Plaid Cymru Conservative Liberal Democrat	27 9 1 3	1 8 8 3	28 17 9 6

12 May 1999: The National Assembly for Wales met for the first time; Rt Hon Alun Michael (Lab, Mid and West Wales) was elected First Secretary and nominated a minority Labour executive. Lord Elis-Thomas (PC, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy) was elected Presiding Officer.

9 February 2000: The First Secretary Rt Hon Alun Michael resigned before facing a vote of no confidence, called by the opposition over his failure to secure Objective 1 EU funding for Wales.

15 February 2000: Rhodri Morgan (Lab, Cardiff West) the Secretary for Economic Development, was elected First Secretary to replace Michael.

Current make up of the Welsh Assembly: Labour 28, Plaid Cymru 16, Conservative 8, Liberal Democrat 6, Independent Conservative 1, Presiding Officer (non-voting) 1. The Labour/Liberal Democrat coalition has a majority of seven in the Assembly.

MID AND WEST WALES (12 seats)
Constituency votes PC 36% (4) Lab 26% (2) LD 18% (2) C 15%
Second ballot PC 39% (1) Lab 25% (1) C 17% (2) LD 14%
Total seats PC 5 Lab 4 C 2 LD 2

Brecon and Radnorshire Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire South Ceredigion Llanelli Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire	LD PC Lab PC PC PC LD Lab	Kirsty Williams Rhodri Thomas Christine Gwyther Elin Jones Helen Mary Jones Lord Elis-Thomas Mick Bates Richard Edwards
List seats (4)	C C Lab PC	Prof Nicholas Bourne Glyn Davies Rt Hon Alun Michael Cynog Dafis

NORTH WALES (13 seats)
Constituency votes Lab 36% (6) PC 32% (3) C 19% LD 10%
Second ballot Lab 34% PC 32% (1) C 19% (2) LD 10% (1)
Total seats Lab 6 PC 4 C 2 LD 1

Alyn and Deeside Caernarfon Clwyd South Clwyd West Conwy Delyn Vale of Clwyd Wrexham Ynys M�n	Lab PC Lab Lab PC Lab Lab Lab PC	Tom Middlehurst Dafydd Wigley Karen Sinclair Alun Pugh Gareth Jones Alison Halford Ann Jones John Marek Ieuan Wyn Jones
List seats (4)	C LD C PC	Rod Richards Christine Humphreys Peter Rogers Janet Ryder

SOUTH WALES CENTRAL (12 seats)
Constituency votes Lab 41% (6) PC 26% (1) C 16% LD 15% (1)
Second ballot Lab 37% PC 27% (2) C 16% (2) LD 14%
Total seats Lab 6 PC 3 C 2 LD 1

Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Cynon Valley Pontypridd Rhondda Vale of Glamorgan	LD Lab Lab Lab Lab Lab PC Lab	Jenny Randerson Sue Essex Lorraine Barrett Rhodri Morgan Christine Chapman Jane Davidson Geraint Davies Jane Hutt
List seats (4)	C PC PC C	Jonathan Morgan Pauline Jarman Owen John Thomas David Melding

SOUTH WALES EAST (12 seats)
Constituency votes Lab 44% (6) PC 21% (1) C 16% (1) LD 12%
Second ballot Lab 41% PC 24% (2) C 17% (1) LD 12% (1)
Total seats Lab 6 PC 3 C 2 LD 1

Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Islwyn Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Monmouth Newport East Newport West Torfaen	Lab Lab PC Lab C Lab Lab Lab	Peter Law Rt Hon Ron Davies Brian Hancock Huw Lewis David Davies John Griffiths Rosemary Butler Lynne Neagle
List seats (4)	LD PC C PC	Michael German Jocelyn Davies William Graham Dr Phil Williams

SOUTH WALES WEST (11 seats)
Constituency votes Lab 42% (7) PC 26% LD 13% C 11%
Second ballot Lab 42% PC 32% (2) C 19% (1) LD 10% (1)

Aberavon Bridgend Gower Neath Ogmore Swansea East Swansea West	Lab Lab Lab Lab Lab Lab Lab	Brian Gibbons Carwyn Jones Edwina Hart Gwenda Thomas Janice Gregory Val Feld Andrew Davies
List seats (4)	PC PC C LD	Janet Davies Dr David Lloyd Alun Cairns Peter Black

Constituency or Region	Previous A.M.	Vacated seat	Reason	By-election	Winner of by-election	Replacement (in the case of list members)
Wales Mid and West	Alun Michael (Lab.)	1 May 2000	Resignation (concentrate on duties in Westminster)	-	-	Delyth Evans (Lab.)
Swansea East	Val Feld (Lab.)	18 July 2001	Death	27 Sept. 2001	Val Lloyd (Lab.)	-

A.M.	Constituency or region	Party in 1999	Date of leaving	Reason for leaving	Party after defection
Rod Richards	Wales North	Conservative	9 Feb. 2000	Expelled from party after being accused of assaulting a young woman (he was later cleared).	"Independent Conservative"