Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group
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People's Voice
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| Founded | March 2005 |
| Dissolved | August 2010 |
| Headquarters | None, previous at Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, Wales |
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Populism Democratic Socialism |
| Political position | Left wing |
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The Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group was a political party based in the Blaenau Gwent area of Wales.
The group was formed in the aftermath of the election to the House of Commons of Peter Law as an independent Member of Parliament, beating the official Labour candidate. Peter Law stood against the official party candidate after an internal party row. His victory was one of three independent successes in the 2005 general election. The two other minority parties elected in 2005 were Dr Richard Taylor (Health Concern - Wyre Forest) and George Galloway (RESPECT - Bethnal Green and Bow). Dai Davies (Law's agent) was elected at a by-election following Law's death in 2006. In the 2010 General Election, Davies and Galloway lost their seats to Labour and Dr Taylor lost his seat to the Conservative party candidate.
The BGPVG formed with the purpose of ensuring a continuing independent presence in the constituency, which was considered a more pressing need following the death of Peter Law in April 2006. Two by-elections were required as Peter Law represented the seat at Westminster and as a member of the National Assembly for Wales. The 2006 Blaenau Gwent by-elections were held on 29 June 2006 and resulted in two victories for the Party, with Dai Davies, Peter Law's former election agent, winning the Westminster seat and Law's widow Trish Law taking the Welsh Assembly seat. Neither candidate formally stood as a BGPVG candidate on the ballot papers (Davies stood as an independent and Law used no party description). Davies held the seat until he was overwhelmingly defeated by Labour's Nick Smith by over 10,500 votes at the 2010 General Election, a swing from BGPV to Labour of 29.2%.
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