to rejoin. This apology was rejected by Dai Davies, Peter Law's agent and putative successor, as coming too late and being a cynical ploy to try to win the by-elections. Opinion polls An opinion poll was conducted by GfK NOP between 24 May and 28 May, which asked 1,000 voters in the constituency how they would vote. The results were: Westminster {| border=1 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; clear:both" |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan=4|House of Commons seat poll |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan=2 style="width: 130px"|Party ! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 40px"|% |- |- ! style="background-color: " | | style="width: 130px" | | | Owen Smith | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 47% |- |- ! style="background-color: " | | style="width: 130px" | | | Dai Davies | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 35% |- |- ! style="background-color: " | | style="width: 130px" | | | Amy Kitcher | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 6% |- |- ! style="background-color: " | | style="width: 130px" | | | Steffan Lewis | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 6% |- |- ! style="background-color: " | | style="width: 130px" | | | Margrit Williams | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 5% |- |} Assembly {| border=1 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; clear:both" |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan=4|Welsh Assembly seat poll |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan=2 style="width: 130px"|Party ! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 40px"|% |- |- ! style="background-color: " | | style="width: 130px" | | | Trish Law | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 43% |- |- ! style="background-color: " | | style="width: 130px" | | | John Hopkins | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 40% |- |- ! style="background-color: " | | style="width: 130px" | | | John Price | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 6% |- |- ! style="background-color: " | | style="width: 130px" | | | Steve Bard | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 6% |- |- ! style="background-color: " | | style="width: 130px" | | | Jonathan Burns | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 3% |- |- ! style="background-color: " | | style="width: 130px" | | | John Matthews | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 2% |- |} 2005 UK Parliament result The 2005 general election result was a gain for Peter Law as an independent candidate. 2003 Welsh Assembly constituency result