Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney general election 2024: constituency result in full

Ruth Mosalski

5 July 2024 at 0:38 am·1-min read

A street in the Welsh town of Abertillery — -Credit: (Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

Labour's Nick Smith has been elected as MP for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney. He won by a landslide with over 16,000 votes, far ahead of Plaid Cymru in second place.

Under the new electoral map for Wales, Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney seat pulls together a combination of Labour strongholds and pollsters expected this seat to remain Labour. The new seat is a combination of all the former Blaenau Gwent seat with part of Merthyr and Rhymney, Caerphilly and Islwyn.

Result:

Anne Baker (Green Party) - 1,719 Jackie Charlton (Lib Dem) - 1,268 Robert Griffiths (Communist Party of Britain) - 309 Yas Iqbal (Workers Party) - 570 Hannah Elizabeth Jarvis (Conservatives) - 3,776
Niamh Salkeld (Plaid Cymru) - 3,844 Nick Smith (Labour) 16,027 Mike Whatley (Independent) - 2,409

Where does the constituency cover?

This constituency includes Abertillery, Blaina, New Tredegar as well as Pontlottyn, Twyn Carno, Aberbargoed, Bargoed and Gilfach.

Here is the map from the Boundary Commission for Wales for the Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney seat:

What happened in the general election in 2019

The full list of candidates

Anne Baker (Green Party)
Jackie Charlton (Lib Dem)
Robert Griffiths (Communist Party of Britain)
Yas Iqbal (Workers Party)
Hannah Elizabeth Jarvis (Conservatives)
Niamh Salkeld (Plaid Cymru)
Nick Smith (Labour)
Mike Whatley (Independent)

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Where does the constituency cover?

What happened in the general election in 2019

The full list of candidates

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