Bridgend Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr | |
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Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
![]() Bridgend shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies | |
Current Senedd county constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Labour |
MS | Sarah Murphy |
Electoral region | South Wales West |
Preserved county | Mid Glamorgan and West Glamorgan |
Bridgend (Welsh : Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Bridgend can be considered a relatively safe Labour seat. The former First Minister Carwyn Jones had represented the constituency since the creation of the assembly until 2021. The former Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns contested the seat in 1999 and 2003.
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Bridgend Westminster constituency. It is partly within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan and partly within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.
The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, Swansea East and Swansea West.
In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
Between 1999 and 2021, the member for the constituency was Carwyn Jones, who became First Minister of Wales in 2009 and served until 2018. In 2021, Sarah Murphy became the MS.
Election | Member | Party | Portrait | |
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1999 | Carwyn Jones | Labour | ![]() | |
2021 | Sarah Murphy | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional [1] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Sarah Murphy | 12,388 | 42.0 | -3.3 | 11,439 | 38.8 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Rachel Nugent-Finn | 8,324 | 28.3 | +3.9 | 8,712 | 29.5 | +6.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Leanne Lewis | 3,091 | 10.5 | +0.9 | 4,006 | 13.6 | +1.0 | |
Independent | Steven Bletsoe | 3,046 | 10.3 | New | ||||
Independent | Caroline Jones [lower-alpha 1] | 1,064 | 3.6 | New | 822 | 2.8 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Harvey Jones | 782 | 2.7 | -1.3 | 792 | 2.7 | -3.0 | |
Reform UK | Christine Roach | 534 | 1.8 | New | 298 | 1.0 | New | |
Gwlad | Geraint David Jones | 232 | 0.8 | New | 245 | 0.8 | New | |
Abolish | 1,258 | 4.3 | -0.5 | |||||
Green | 1,119 | 3.8 | +1.1 | |||||
UKIP | 381 | 1.3 | -12.9 | |||||
Propel | 193 | 0.7 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 150 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Communist | 65 | 0.2 | ±0.0 | |||||
TUSC | 27 | 0.1 | -0.2 | |||||
Majority | 4,064 | 13.7 | -7.2 | |||||
Turnout | 29,461 | 45.01 [2] | +0.4 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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Regional Ballot void votes: 182. Want of an Official Mark (2), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (48), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (1), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (131)
Party | Candidate | Constituency [3] | Regional [4] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Carwyn Jones | 12,166 | 45.3 | −10.9 | 9,724 | 36.3 | -9.3 | |
Conservative | George Jabbour | 6,543 | 24.4 | −3.6 | 6,043 | 22.6 | -3.8 | |
UKIP | Caroline Jones | 3,919 | 14.6 | New | 3,804 | 14.2 | +11.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | James Radcliffe | 2,569 | 9.6 | +1.0 | 3,375 | 12.6 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Pratt | 1,087 | 4.0 | −3.2 | 1,519 | 5.7 | -0.9 | |
Green | Charlie Barlow | 567 | 2.1 | New | 712 | 2.7 | +1.2 | |
Abolish | 1,293 | 4.8 | New | |||||
Monster Raving Loony | 173 | 0.6 | New | |||||
TUSC | 87 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |||||
Communist | 65 | 0.2 | ±0.0 | |||||
Majority | 5,623 | 20.9 | −7.3 | |||||
Turnout | 26,851 | 44.6 | +3.8 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.6 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency [5] | Regional [6] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Carwyn Jones | 13,499 | 56.2 | +15.9 | 10,671 | 45.6 | ||
Conservative | Alex Williams | 6,724 | 28.0 | −1.9 | 6,184 | 26.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Tim Thomas | 2,706 | 8.6 | −6.1 | 2,281 | 9.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Briony Davies | 1,736 | 7.2 | −8.0 | 1,536 | 6.6 | ||
UKIP | 719 | 3.1 | ||||||
Socialist Labour | 669 | 2.9 | ||||||
BNP | 627 | 2.7 | ||||||
Green | 340 | 1.5 | ||||||
Welsh Christian | 256 | 1.1 | New | |||||
TUSC | 86 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Communist | 58 | 0.2 | ||||||
Majority | 6,775 | 28.2 | +17.8 | |||||
Turnout | 24,035 | 40.8 | −0.4 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.9 | ||||||
Regional ballots rejected: 195 [7]
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional [8] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Carwyn Jones [lower-alpha 1] | 9,889 | 40.3 | −2.5 | 7,727 | |||
Conservative | Emma L. Greenow | 7,333 | 29.9 | −2.0 | 5,793 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Warren | 3,730 | 15.2 | +1.7 | 3,754 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Nick H. Thomas | 3,600 | 14.7 | +5.9 | 2,837 | |||
BNP | 1,284 | New | ||||||
UKIP | 1,021 | |||||||
Green | 845 | |||||||
Socialist Labour | 302 | 0. | New | |||||
Welsh Christian | 271 | New | ||||||
Socialist Alternative (UK) | 135 | New | ||||||
Keith James - Independent | 239 | New | ||||||
CPA | 92 | 0. | New | |||||
Respect | 77 | 0. | New | |||||
Communist | 75 | 0. | New | |||||
Joel Jenkins - Independent | 63 | 0. | New | |||||
Majority | 2,556 | 10.4 | −0.5 | |||||
Turnout | 24,552 | 41.2 | +5.8 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.25 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional [9] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Carwyn Jones | 9,487 | 42.8 | +5.6 | 7,790 | |||
Conservative | Alun Cairns | 7,066 | 31.9 | +11.7 | 6,470 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Cheryl A. Green | 2,980 | 13.5 | −2.1 | 2,863 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Keith Parry | 1,939 | 8.8 | −10.9 | 2,608 | |||
UKIP | Tim C. Jenkins | 677 | 3.1 | New | 713 | |||
Green | 901 | |||||||
Socialist Labour | 370 | |||||||
Cymru Annibynnol | 181 | |||||||
ProLife Alliance | 50 | 0. | ||||||
Majority | 2,421 | 10.9 | −6.1 | |||||
Turnout | 22,113 | 35.4 | −6.2 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.1 | ||||||
2003 Electorate: 62,540
Regional ballots rejected: 319
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carwyn Jones | 9,321 | 37.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alun Cairns | 5,063 | 20.2 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Jeff R. Canning | 4,919 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rob O. Humphreys | 3,910 | 15.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Allan Jones | 1,819 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,258 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,032 | 41.6 | N/A | ||
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