Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Deputy First Minister of Wales since August 2024,and as Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs since March 2024. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ogmore since 2016. Irranca-Davies was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ogmore from 2002 to 2016.
Sir Wayne David is a Welsh politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caerphilly from 2001 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he was Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party from 1994 to 1998. As a Member of the European Parliament,he represented South Wales from 1989 to 1994 and South Wales Central from 1994 to 1999.
Gareth Richard Thomas is a British Labour politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow West since 1997. He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services,Small Business and Exports since July 2024. Thomas served as Minister of State for International Development and Minister of State for Trade,Investment and Consumer Affairs between 2008 and 2010. He was the Chair of the Co-operative Party from 2001 until 2019,and stands for election as a Labour and Co-operative candidate.
Bridgend County Borough is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. The county borough has a total population of 139,200 people,and contains the town of Bridgend,after which it is named. Its members of the Senedd are Sarah Murphy MS,representing the Bridgend Constituency,and Huw Irranca-Davies MS representing the Ogmore Constituency,and its members of the UK parliament are Chris Bryant,Chris Elmore,and Stephen Kinnock.
Bridgend is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Chris Elmore of Labour.
Ogmore was a constituency created in 1918,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Vale of Glamorgan is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Kanishka Narayan,a Labour MP.
Christopher Charles Stephens is a Scottish National Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow South West from 2015 until 2024. He was SNP Spokesperson for Justice and Immigration between September 2023 to July 2024.
The 2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales was held on 7 May 2015 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of first-past-the-post.
Catherine Elizabeth West is an Australian-born British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey and Friern Barnet,previously Hornsey and Wood Green,since 2015. A member of the Labour Party,she has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific since 2024.
Matthew Thomas Pennycook is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenwich and Woolwich since 2015. He has served as Minister of State for Housing and Planning since July 2024.
Justin Piers Richard Madders is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough,previously Ellesmere Port and Neston,since 2015. He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights,Competition and Markets since July 2024.
Gerald Jones is a Welsh Labour Party politician,serving as Assistant Government Whip who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare,previously Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney since 2015. He was Shadow Minister for Scotland from 2023-2024 and previously served as a Shadow Wales Office minister.
On 5 May 2016,a by-election was held in the UK Parliamentary constituency of Ogmore. It was triggered by the resignation of the incumbent Huw Irranca-Davies following his decision to contest the coterminous Ogmore constituency in the 2016 Welsh Assembly election.
Eleanor Claire Reeves,Baroness Cryer,is a British barrister and politician who has served as Chair of the Labour Party and Minister without Portfolio since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she has served as the Member of Parliament for Lewisham West and East Dulwich,formerly Lewisham West and Penge,since 2017. She previously served as Shadow Solicitor General from April 2020 to December 2021 and Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation from 2021 to 2023.
Alexander James Jordan Norris is a British Labour and Co-op politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Nottingham North and Kimberley,previously Nottingham North,since 2017. He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Democracy and Local Growth since July 2024.
Mary Elizabeth Twist is a British Labour Party politician. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaydon from the 2017 general election until the seat's abolition in 2024. She then stood for reelection during the 2024 general election in the newly formed constituency of Blaydon and Consett which she won. Before her parliamentary career,she was the head of health in the North-East for the trade union,UNISON,and a local councillor.
Matthew Richard Allen Rodda is a British Labour Party politician,former journalist,and civil servant who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading Central,previously Reading East,since 2017.
Jamie Hamilton Wallis is a British Conservative Party politician who was the member of parliament (MP) for Bridgend in Wales from the 2019 general election until 2024,for only one parliamentary term. Wallis defeated the incumbent Labour MP Madeleine Moon,who had represented the constituency since 2005.
