Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney | |
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constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Ebbw Vale |
Current constituency | |
Member of Parliament | None |
Seats | One |
Created from | Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. |
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney (Welsh : Blaenau Gwent a Rhymni) is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, to be first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.
The constituency will comprise the following areas: [1] [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Anne Baker [3] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Jackie Charlton [4] | ||||
Conservative | Hannah Jarvis [5] | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Niamh Salkeld [6] | ||||
Labour | Nick Smith [7] | ||||
Communist | Robert Griffiths [8] | ||||
Rejected ballots | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Swing | |||||
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