The 2003 National Assembly for Wales election was the second general election to the National Assembly for Wales. It was held on 1 May 2003. The election was characterised by a resurgence for the Labour Party, whilst Plaid Cymru saw a reduction in support and the number of Assembly Members they returned. Having won thirty seats, one short of a majority, Labour chose to govern in minority without a coalition partner.[1]
The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours.
This election also saw the returning of John Marek as an independent member of the Assembly. Of the 60 members elected, 30 were male and 30 were female.
^McCallister, L. (2004) Steady State or Second Order? The 2003 National Assembly Elections for Wales, Political Quarterly, p. 65
^"The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003 - The official report and results" (PDF). electoralcommission.org.uk. November 2003.
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The 2003 National Assembly for Wales election was the second general election to the National Assembly for Wales It was held on 1 May 2003 The election was characterised by a resurgence for the Labour Party whilst Plaid Cymru saw a reduction in support and the number of Assembly Members they returned Having won thirty seats one short of a majority Labour chose to govern in minority without a coalition partner 1 2003 National Assembly for Wales election 1999 1 May 2003 2007 All 60 seats to the National Assembly for Wales31 seats needed for a majorityTurnout38 2 7 8 First party Second party Third party Leader Rhodri Morgan Ieuan Wyn Jones Nick BourneParty Labour Plaid Cymru ConservativeLeader s seat Cardiff West Ynys Mon Mid and West WalesLast election 28 seats 17 seats 9 seatsSeats won 30 12 11Seat change 2 5 2Constituency Vote 340 515 180 185 169 832 and swing 40 0 2 4 21 2 7 2 19 9 4 1 Regional Vote 310 658 167 653 162 725 and swing 36 6 1 2 19 7 10 8 19 2 2 7 Fourth party Fifth party Leader Michael German John MarekParty Liberal Democrats JMIPLeader s seat South Wales East WrexhamLast election 6 seats Did not contestSeats won 6 1Seat change New partyConstituency Vote 120 250 8 749 and swing 14 1 0 6 1 0 N A Regional Vote 108 013 11 008 and swing 12 7 0 2 1 3 N A The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours First Minister before electionRhodri MorganLabour First Minister after election Rhodri MorganLabourThis election also saw the returning of John Marek as an independent member of the Assembly Of the 60 members elected 30 were male and 30 were female It was held on the same day as the 2003 Scottish Parliament election and 2003 United Kingdom local elections Contents 1 Party leaders in 2003 2 National vote 2 1 Votes summary 3 Constituency and Regional Summary 3 1 Mid and West Wales 3 2 North Wales 3 3 South Wales Central 3 4 South Wales East 3 5 South Wales West 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksParty leaders in 2003 EditWelsh Labour Rhodri Morgan Plaid Cymru Ieuan Wyn Jones Welsh Conservatives Nicholas Bourne Welsh Liberal Democrats Michael James German UK Independence Party UKIP Jeffrey TitfordNational vote EditOverall turnout 38 2 Welsh Assembly election 2003 2 Parties Additional member system Total seatsConstituency RegionVotes Seats Votes Seats Total Labour 340 515 40 0 2 4 30 3 310 658 36 6 1 2 0 1 30 2 50 0Plaid Cymru 180 185 21 2 7 2 5 4 167 653 19 7 10 8 7 1 12 5 20 0Conservative 169 832 19 9 4 1 1 0 162 725 19 2 2 7 10 2 11 2 18 3Liberal Democrats 120 250 14 1 0 6 3 0 108 013 12 7 0 2 3 0 6 0 10 0Green 30 028 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 UKIP 19 795 2 3 N A 0 0 29 427 3 5 N A 0 0 0 0 John Marek Independent Party 8 749 1 0 N A 1 1 11 008 1 3 N A 0 0 1 1 1 7Socialist Labour 410 0 0 N A 0 0 10 358 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Cymru Annibynnol 6 466 0 8 N A 0 0 0 0 Mid and West Wales Pensioners Party 3 968 0 5 N A 0 0 0 0 BNP 3 210 0 4 N A 0 0 0 0 ProLife Alliance 239 0 0 N A 0 0 2 183 0 3 N A 0 0 0 0 Vote 2 Stop the War Party 1 729 0 2 N A 0 0 0 0 Communist 1 099 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Millennium Bean Party 289 0 0 N A 0 0 1 027 0 1 N A 0 0 0 0 Independent 5 215 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 Tinker Against the Assembly Party 2 201 0 3 N A 0 0 0 0 Socialist Alliance 1 554 0 2 N A 0 0 0 0 Socialist Alternative 1 193 0 1 N A 0 0 0 0 Caerphilly Constituency Independents 930 0 1 N A 0 0 0 0 Total 851 357 40 849 552 20 60 Votes summary Edit Regional VoteLabour 36 6 Plaid Cymru 19 7 Conservative 19 2 Liberal Democrats 12 7 Green 3 5 UKIP 3 5 JMIP 1 3 Others 3 5 Parliament seatsLabour 50 0 Plaid Cymru 20 0 Conservative 18 3 Liberal Democrats 10 0 JMIP 1 7 Constituency and Regional Summary EditMid and West Wales Edit National Assembly for Wales election 2003 Mid and West Wales Constituency Elected member ResultCarmarthen East and Dinefwr Rhodri Glyn Thomas Plaid Cymru holdCarmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Christine Gwyther Labour holdCeredigion Elin Jones Plaid Cymru holdLlanelli Catherine Thomas Labour gainMeirionnydd Nant Conwy Dafydd Elis Thomas Plaid Cymru holdMontgomeryshire Mick Bates Liberal Democrats holdPreseli Pembrokeshire Tamsin Dunwoody Labour holdBrecon and Radnorshire Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrats holdConservative Party Cymru Annibynnol Green Party of England and Wales Labour Party Liberal Democrats Mid amp West Wales Pensioners Plaid Cymru ProLife Alliance UKIP Vote No 2 Stop the War1 Nick Bourne Mick Grail Dorienne Robinson Cherry Short Kirsty Williams Vera Jenner Helen Mary Jones Sara Jeremy Mrs Elizabeth F Phillips Adrienne Morgan2 Glyn Davies Debra Tester Molly Scott Cato Tamsin Dunwoody Mick Bates Andrew Jacob Delyth Richards Ruth Davies Iain Sheldon Nina Minnigan3 Lisa Francis Timothy Foster Christine Gwyther Steffan John David Senior Dominica Roberts Clive Easton Robin Benson4 O J Williams Reg Taylor Catherine Thomas John Davies Sion Jobbins Thomas Robberts David Rowlands Jennifer Keal5 Paul Davies Christopher Cato Anthony Cooper Ken Harris Paul Sambrook David Bellamy6 Harri Lloyd Davies David Rees Mary Megarry Sian Thomas7 David Thomas Rhianon Passmore8 Gareth Jones Rina Clarke9 Eddie WoodwardNorth Wales Edit National Assembly for Wales election 2003 North Wales Constituency Elected member ResultAlyn and Deeside Carl Sargeant Labour holdCaernarfon Alun Ffred Jones Plaid Cymru holdClwyd South Karen Sinclair Labour holdClwyd West Alun Pugh Labour holdConwy Denise Idris Jones Labour gainDelyn Sandy Mewies Labour holdVale of Clwyd Ann Jones Labour holdWrexham John Marek JMIP gainYnys Mon Ieuan Wyn Jones Plaid Cymru holdCommunist Party of Britain Conservative Party Cymru Annibynnol Green Party of England and Wales John Marek Independent Party Labour Party Liberal Democrats Plaid Cymru UKIP1 Glyn Davies Brynle Williams Owain Williams Klaus Armstrong Braun John Marek Lesley Griffiths Eleanor Burnham Janet Ryder Elwyn Williams2 David Morgan Mark Isherwood Dafydd Ifan John Walker Marc Jones Carl Seargeant Nick Bennett Liz Saville Edwina Theunissen3 Mike Green Janet Finch Saunders Jeremy Hart Colin Jones Sandy Mewies Bobby Feeley Dyfed Edwards John Walker4 Albie Fox Wilfred Hastings Karen Sinclair Graham Rees Eilian Williams Francis Wykes5 Darren Miller Gilly Boyd Wycliffe Barrett Carole O Toole Paul Rowlinson6 Guto Bebb Jim Killock Ann Jones Thomas Rippeth Richard Coombs7 Peter Rogers Alun Pugh8 Matt Wright Denise Idris Jones9 Goronwy Edwards Gerwyn Jones10 Martin EaglestoneSouth Wales Central Edit National Assembly for Wales election 2003 South Wales Central Constituency Elected member ResultCardiff South and Penarth Lorraine Barrett Labour holdCardiff West Rhodri Morgan Labour holdCynon Valley Christine Chapman Labour holdPontypridd Jane Davidson Labour holdRhondda Leighton Andrews Labour gainVale of Glamorgan Jane Hutt Labour holdCardiff Central Jenny Randerson Liberal Democrats holdCardiff North Sue Essex Labour holdCommunist Party of Britain Conservative Party Cymru Annibynnol Green Party of England and Wales Labour Party Liberal Democrats New Millennium Bean Party Plaid Cymru ProLife Alliance Socialist Labour Party UKIP Vote No 2 Stop the War1 Robert David Griffiths Jonathan Morgan Rev Christopher Davies John Matthews Rhodri Morgan Jenny Randerson Captain Beany Leanne Wood Anne Savoury Cerian Screen Peter Gracia Sura Altikriti2 Fran Rawlings David Melding Sophia Flouter Lynn Farr Lorraine Barrett Rob Humphreys Owen John Thomas Madeleine Jeremy Morfudd Marsden Don Hulston John Cox3 Dominic MacAskill Dianne Rees William Cross Jan Tucker Sikiru Fahm Rodney Berman Chris Franks Josephine Quintaville Kenneth Evans Frank Hughes John Palmer4 Gwen Griffiths Jayne Cowan Raymond Lloyd Sylvia Latham Sue Essex John Dixon Carole Willis Anna Wilkins Helen Walker David Brown Alastair Couper5 Daniel Thomas Paul Beswick Jane Davidson Jacqui Gasson Eluned Bush Susan Deare Phillip Kingston6 Craig Piper Christine Chapman Nilmini De Silva Delme Bowen George Crabbe7 Paul Williams Jane Hutt8 Heather Douglas Leighton Andrews9 Geoff MunghamSouth Wales East Edit National Assembly for Wales election 2003 South Wales East Constituency Elected member ResultIslwyn Irene James Labour gainMerthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Huw Lewis Labour holdMonmouth David Thomas Charles Davies Conservative holdBlaeuau Gwent Peter Law Labour holdNewport East John Griffiths Labour holdNewport West Rosemary Butler Labour holdTorfaen Lynne Neagle Labour holdCaerphilly Jeffrey Cuthbert Labour holdBritish National Party Conservative Party Cymru Annibynnol Green Party of England and Wales Labour Party Liberal Democrats Plaid Cymru ProLife Alliance Socialist Labour Party UKIP1 Pauline Gregory David Thomas Charles Davies Catherine Lloyd Peter Varley Peter Law Michael James German Jocelyn Davies Joseph Anthony Biddulph Arthur Scargill David J Rowlands2 William Graham Gareth Roberts Anne Were Neil McEvoy Ed Townsend Lindsay Whittle Norman Plaisted Paul Adam Neal Reynolds3 Laura Anne Jones Susan Price Owen Clarke John Griffiths Alison Willott Mohammed Asghar Fiona Pinto Hayley O Rourke Roger Thomas4 Nick Ramsay Andrew Broad Ernest Hamer Lynne Neagle Philip Hobson Gill Jones Thomas Flynn Robert Morris Hugh Moelwyn Hughes5 John Prosser Geraldine Layton Rosemary Butler Rob Roffe Joanne Daniels Mary Millington6 Barrie O Keefe Teresa Telfer Huw Lewis Huw Price Aneurin Preece Reehana Sayeed7 Terri Anne Matthews Matt Wootton Jeff Cuthbert8 Matthew Evans Sian JamesSouth Wales West Edit National Assembly for Wales election 2003 South Wales West Constituency Elected member ResultAberavon Brian Gibbons Labour holdGower Edwina Hart Labour holdNeath Gwenda Thomas Labour holdOgmore Janice Gregory Labour holdSwansea East Val Lloyd Labour holdSwansea West Andrew Davies Labour holdBridgend Carwyn Jones Labour holdConservative Party Cymru Annibynnol Green Party of England and Wales Labour Party Liberal Democrats Plaid Cymru ProLife Alliance Socialist Labour Party UKIP1 Alun Cairns Rev Christopher Davies Martyn Shrewsbury Brian Gibbons Peter Black Janet Davies Gerardo Brienza Christopher Herriott Richard Lewis2 Gerald Rowbottom Gwendolen MacKay Jan Cliff Janice Gregory Cheryl Green Dai Lloyd Sean Haran Liz Screen Alan Robinson3 Chris Smart Pedr Lewis Rhodri Griffiths Val Lloyd Mike Day Alun Llewelyn Gillian Duval Peter Greenslade Tim Jenkins4 Myr Boult Stephen Curry Steve Clegg Parvaiz Ali Nick Tregoning Sian Caiach Karolina Stolarska Gary Davies David Evans5 Peter Morris Deborah James Carwyn Jones Jackie Radford Richard Williams6 Richard Hill Tony Young Edwina Hart Eirian Arwyn7 Stephen James Gwenda Thomas8 Andrew ThomasSee also Edit2003 Scottish Parliament election 2003 United Kingdom local electionsReferences Edit McCallister L 2004 Steady State or Second Order The 2003 National Assembly Elections for Wales Political Quarterly p 65 The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003 The official report and results PDF electoralcommission org uk November 2003 External links EditWelsh Assembly Elections 2003 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2003 National Assembly for Wales election amp oldid 1130826855, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
