TORFAEN result: Paul Murphy (Lab) 20,472 Nicholas Ramsay (Con) 5,681 Veronica Watkins (Lib Dem) 5,678 Aneurin Preece (Plaid) 2,242 David Rowlands (UKIP) 1,145 Richard Jefferies Turner-Thomas (Ind) 761 Turnout: 35,979 (59.3%) Majority: 14,791 Swing: 2.5 %(Con)
2001: Paul Murphy (Lab)21,883 Jason Evans (Con) 5,603 Alan Masters (Lib Dem) 3,936 Stephen Smith (Plaid) 2,720 Brenda Vipass (UKIP) 657 Majority 16,223 (46.2%) Turnout 35,342 (58.4%)
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