Monmouth (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Monmouth
National Assembly for Wales constituency
Monmouth shown within the South Wales East electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current National Assembly for Wales constituency
Created	1999
Party	Conservative
AM	Nick Ramsay
Preserved county	Monmouthshire

Coordinates: 51°48′50″N 2°42′47″W / 51.814°N 2.713°W / 51.814; -2.713

Monmouth is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member (AM) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The current AM is Nick Ramsay of the Conservative Party.

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Monmouth Westminster constituency.

The other seven constituencies of the South Wales East electoral region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Newport East, Newport West and Torfaen.