Coordinates: 51°39′11″N 3°11′24″W / 51.653°N 3.190°W / 51.653; -3.190

Islwyn County constituency
Islwyn shown within Wales
Created:	1983
MP:	Don Touhig
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Gwent
EP constituency:	Wales

Islwyn is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

This area, historically known for coal-mining, is a safe Labour Party seat latterly held by the former Leader of the Opposition Neil Kinnock.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Neil Kinnock	Labour
	1995 by-election	Don Touhig	Labour Co-op

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Islwyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Don Touhig	19,687	63.8	+2.3
	Plaid Cymru	Jim Criddle	3,947	12.8	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lee Dillon	3,873	12.5	-0.7
	Conservative	Phillip Howells	3,358	10.9	+2.9
Majority			15,740	51.0
Turnout			30,865	61.0	-0.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+0.7

General Election 2001: Islwyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Don Touhig	19,505	61.5	-12.6
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Etheridge	4,196	13.2	+4.8
	Plaid Cymru	Leigh Thomas	3,767	11.9	+5.6
	Conservative	Phillip Howells	2,543	8.0	+0.2
	Independent	Paul Taylor	1,263	4.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Mary Millington	417	1.3	N/A
Majority			15,309	48.3
Turnout			31,691	61.9	-10.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Islwyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Don Touhig	26,995	74.2	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	C J Worker	3,064	8.4	+2.8
	Conservative	R Walters	2,864	7.9	-7.0
	Plaid Cymru	D Jones	2,272	6.2	+2.4
	Referendum Party	S M Monaghan	1,209	3.3
Majority			23,391	65.8
Turnout				72.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Islwyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Kinnock	30,908	74.3
	Conservative	P W Bone	6,180	14.8
	Liberal Democrat	A M Symonds	2,352	5.7
	Plaid Cymru Green Party Joint Ticket	H M Jones	1,606	3.9
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord David Sutch	547	1.3
Majority			24,728	59.5
Turnout				81.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

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[edit] See also

• Islwyn (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gwent

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Preceded by Blaenau Gwent	Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1983 – 1992	Succeeded by Monklands East

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