Pontypridd (Senedd constituency)

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Pontypridd
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Pontypridd (Assembly constituency).svg
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Pontypridd shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created 1999
Party Labour
MS Mick Antoniw
Preserved county Mid Glamorgan
South Glamorgan

Pontypridd is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region that elects four additional members (along with eight constituency members), to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Contents

Boundaries

Pontypridd (Senedd constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Pontypridd Westminster constituency. It is within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.

Voting

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.

Assembly Members and Members of the Senedd

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999 Jane Davidson Labour Jane Davidson.jpg
2011 Mick Antoniw Labour Mick Antoniw 2011.jpg

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Pontypridd [1]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Mick Antoniw [a] 11,51141.8+2.410,62938.5+3.0
Plaid Cymru Heledd Fychan 6,18322.4+4.06,57223.8+1.6
Conservative Joel James 5,65820.5+5.25,80021.0+7.2
Independent Wayne Owen1,6786.1New
Abolish Michael Hughes7852.8New1,0934.0-0.4
Green Ken Barker6552.4+0.41,1024.0+1.4
Liberal Democrats Steven Rajam6282.3-9.57932.9-2.4
Reform UK Jamie Jenkins4581.7New3481.3New
UKIP 3931.4-12.2
Propel 2410.9New
Gwlad 2010.7New
No More Lockdowns1350.5New
Independent Alan Coulthard1310.5New
Communist 830.3±0.0
Workers Party 420.2New
TUSC 400.1-0.2
Majority5,32819.4−1.6
Turnout 27,556
Labour hold Swing
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Pontypridd
PartyCandidateConstituency [2] Regional [3] [4]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Mick Antoniw 9,98639.4-11.48,97335.5-9.7
Plaid Cymru Chad Richards4,65918.4+4.95,60922.2+8.5
Conservative Joel James 3,88415.3-0.43,48813.8-0.4
UKIP Edwin Allen3,32213.1New3,43713.6+8.6
Liberal Democrats Mike Powell2,97911.8-6.11,3355.3-5.1
Green Ken Barker5082.0New6502.6-1.5
Abolish 1,1164.4New
Women's Equality 2260.9New
Monster Raving Loony 1620.6-0.1
Independent (Jonathan Bishop) [5] 1190.5New
TUSC 760.3-0.1
Communist 640.3±0.0
Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power360.0New
Majority5,32821.0−11.9
Turnout 25,328
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Pontypridd [6]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Mick Antoniw 11,86450.8+8.910,56145.2+7.2
Liberal Democrats Mike Powell4,17017.9-9.52,43510.4-6.7
Conservative Joel James 3,65915.7+2.83,31314.2+1.7
Plaid Cymru Ioan Bellin3,13913.5-4.33,19613.7-4.6
Independent Ken Owen5012.1New
UKIP 1,1635.0+1.7
Green 9514.1+0.5
Socialist Labour 6372.7+1.7
BNP 4982.1-1.7
Welsh Christian 2491.1±0.0
Monster Raving Loony 1670.7New
TUSC 1010.4New
Communist 730.3-0.1
Majority7,69432.9+18.4
Turnout 34,43151.9+11.0
Labour hold Swing +9.8

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 147 [7]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Pontypridd
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [8]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Jane Davidson 9,83641.9-8.18,84738.0-8.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Powell6,44927.4+13.33,98517.1+5.4
Plaid Cymru Richard Grigg4,18117.8-3.94,25918.3-1.3
Conservative Janice Charles3,03512.9+2.92,92012.5+1.5
BNP 8783.8New
Green 8393.6+0.2
UKIP 7683.3-0.8
Welsh Christian 2631.1New
Socialist Labour 2231.0-1.1
Socialist Alternative 1230.5New
CPA 1070.5New
Communist 1040.4±0.0
Respect 1000.4New
Socialist Equality 300.1New
Majority3,34714.5−14.2
Turnout 23,50140.9+2.3
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Pontypridd
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [9]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Jane Davidson 12,20650.0+11.411,30646.3+8.7
Plaid Cymru Delme Bowen 5,28621.7−10.64,78319.6-13.1
Liberal Democrats Mike Powell3,44314.1−3.12,86211.7-3.6
Conservative Jayne Cowan2,43810.0+1.52,69211.0+2.0
UKIP Peter Gracia1,0254.2New9994.1New
Green 8243.4+1.4
Socialist Labour 5382.2+0.8
Cymru Annibynnol1380.6New
Communist 1000.4±0.0
Vote No 2 Stop the War700.3New
New Millennium Bean Partyn 520.2New
ProLife Alliance 470.2New
Majority6,92028.3+23.0
Turnout 24,39838.6−6.8
Labour hold Swing +11.0

2003 Electorate: 63,204
Regional ballots rejected: Not reported [10]

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Pontypridd
PartyCandidateConstituency [11] Regional [12]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Jane Davidson 11,33038.6N/A11,09337.6N/A
Plaid Cymru Bleddyn W. Hancock9,75533.3N/A9,66432.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Gianni Orsi5,04017.2N/A4,52315.3N/A
Conservative Susan Ingerfield2,4858.5N/A2,6699.0N/A
Independent Paul Phillips4361.5N/A
Communist Robert Griffiths 2801.0N/A1210.4N/A
Green 6002.0
Socialist Labour 4051.4
Others4641.6
Majority1,5755.3N/A
Turnout 29,32645.4N/A
Labour win (new seat)

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References

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