Islwyn
2010 Results:
Conservative: 4854 (13.93%)
Labour: 17069 (49.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 3597 (10.32%)
Plaid Cymru: 4518 (12.97%)
BNP: 1320 (3.79%)
UKIP: 936 (2.69%)
Independent: 2396 (6.88%)
Majority: 12215 (35.27%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 21795 (64.3%)
Plaid Cymru: 4193 (12.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 4132 (12.2%)
Conservative: 3708 (10.9%)
Other: 42 (0.1%)
Majority: 17602 (52%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 3358 (10.9%)
Labour: 19687 (63.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 3873 (12.5%)
Plaid Cymru: 3947 (12.8%)
Majority: 15740 (51%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 2543 (8%)
Labour: 19505 (61.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 4196 (13.2%)
Plaid Cymru: 3767 (11.9%)
Other: 1680 (5.3%)
Majority: 15309 (48.3%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 2864 (7.9%)
Labour: 26995 (74.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 3064 (8.4%)
Plaid Cymru: 2272 (6.2%)
Referendum: 1209 (3.3%)
Majority: 23931 (65.7%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Chris Evans (Labour)
Daniel Thomas (Conservative)Chris Evans (Labour)Ashgar Ali (Liberal Democrat)Steffan Lewis (Plaid Cymru) Jason Crew (UKIP)John Voisey (BNP)Dave Rees (Independent)Paul Taylor (Independent)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 72903
Male: 48.8%
Female: 51.2%
Under 18: 24%
Over 60: 20.9%
Born outside UK: 1.4%
White: 99.2%
Asian: 0.2%
Mixed: 0.3%
Other: 0.2%
Christian: 65.1%
Full time students: 2.1%
Graduates 16-74: 11%
No Qualifications 16-74: 40.6%
Owner-Occupied: 73.1%
Social Housing: 20.5% (Council: 15.8%, Housing Ass.: 4.7%)
Privately Rented: 4.8%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 3%
