Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Bridgend (Senedd constituency).

Bridgend
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bridgend in Wales
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan
Population	79,873 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate	59,533 (December 2010) [2]
Major settlements	Bridgend Porthcawl
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Jamie Wallis (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Aberavon and Ogmore
Overlaps
Senedd	Bridgend, South Wales West

Bridgend (Welsh : Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a constituency ^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Jamie Wallis, a Conservative. ^{[n 2]}

The constituency is to retain its name but its boundaries altered, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election. ^[3]

Constituency profile

The seat covers Bridgend itself and some of the south Wales coast to the west including the seaside resort of Porthcawl. Levels of wealth and education are around average for the UK. ^[4]

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

Bridgend map in 2024

1983–1997: The Borough of Ogwr wards numbers 1, 2, 12 to 16, 18, and 20 to 23.^{[ jargon ]}

1997–2010: The Borough of Ogwr wards of Brackla, Cefn Cribwr, Coity Higher, Cornelly, Coychurch Lower, Laleston, Morfa, Newcastle, Newcastle Higher, Oldcastle, Porthcawl East, Porthcawl West, Pyle, and St Bride's Major.

2010–present: The Bridgend County Borough electoral divisions of Brackla; Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr; Cefn Glas; Coity; Cornelly; Coychurch Lower; Litchard; Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd; Morfa; Newcastle; Newton; Nottage; Oldcastle; Pendre; Pen-y-fai; Porthcawl East Central; Porthcawl West Central; Pyle; and Rest Bay.

History

Summary of results

The 2015 result gave the seat the 19th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. ^[5] The Bridgend constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Ogmore and Aberavon. To date, it has mostly voted for candidates from the Labour Party at general elections. The exceptions have been the Conservatives winning the seat at the 1983 "landslide" election, and in 2019. An absolute Labour majority occurred in Bridgend in three successive elections: 1992, 1997, and 2001, as well as in 2017.

Other opposition parties

Since 2001, inclusive, two non-Labour, non-Conservative candidates at each election have kept their deposits, winning greater than or equal to 5% of the vote.

Turnout

Turnout has ranged between a high of 80.5%, in 1992, and a low of 59.2% in 2005.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [6] [7]	Party
	1983	Peter Hubbard-Miles	Conservative
	1987	Win Griffiths	Labour
	2005	Madeleine Moon	Labour
	2019	Jamie Wallis	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

Bridgend election results

General election 1983: Bridgend ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hubbard-Miles	15,950	38.4	N/A
	Labour	John A. Fellows	14,623	35.2	N/A
	SDP	Russell Smart	9,630	23.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Bush	1,312	3.2	N/A
Majority			1,327	3.2	N/A
Turnout			41,515	77.0	N/A
Registered electors			53,918
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1987: Bridgend ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Win Griffiths	21,893	47.5	+12.3
	Conservative	Peter Hubbard-Miles	17,513	38.0	−0.4
	SDP	Russell Smart	5,590	12.1	−11.1
	Plaid Cymru	Laura McAllister	1,065	2.3	−0.9
Majority			4,380	9.5	N/A
Turnout			46,061	80.3	+3.3
Registered electors			57,389
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Bridgend ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Win Griffiths	24,143	51.3	+3.8
	Conservative	David A. Unwin	16,817	35.7	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Mills	4,827	10.3	−1.8
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Lloyd Jones	1,301	2.8	+0.5
Majority			7,326	15.6	+6.1
Turnout			47,088	80.5	+0.2
Registered electors			58,531
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

General election 1997: Bridgend ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Win Griffiths	25,115	58.1	+6.8
	Conservative	David Davies	9,867	22.8	−12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Mckinlay	4,968	11.5	+1.2
	Referendum	Tudor Greaves	1,662	3.8	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Dennis R. Watkins	1,649	3.8	+1.0
Majority			15,248	35.3	+19.7
Turnout			43,261	72.3	−8.2
Registered electors			59,826
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Bridgend ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Win Griffiths	19,423	52.5	−5.6
	Conservative	Tania Brisby	9,377	25.3	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Barraclough	5,330	14.4	+2.9
	Plaid Cymru	Monica Mahoney	2,653	7.2	+3.4
	ProLife Alliance	Sara Jeremy	223	0.6	N/A
Majority			10,046	27.2	−8.1
Turnout			37,006	60.2	−12.1
Registered electors			61,496
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2005: Bridgend ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madeleine Moon	16,410	43.3	−9.2
	Conservative	Helen Baker	9,887	26.1	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Warren	7,949	21.0	+6.6
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Clubb	2,527	6.7	−0.5
	Green	Jonathan Spink	595	1.6	N/A
	UKIP	Kunnathur Rajan	491	1.3	N/A
Majority			6,523	17.2	–10.0
Turnout			37,859	59.2	−1.0
Registered electors			63,936
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.0

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Bridgend ^{[18] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madeleine Moon	13,931	36.3	−6.6
	Conservative	Helen Baker	11,668	30.4	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Morgan	8,658	22.6	+0.5
	Plaid Cymru	Nicholas Thomas	2,269	5.9	−1.0
	BNP	Brian Urch	1,020	2.7	N/A
	UKIP	Dave Fulton	801	2.1	+0.9
Majority			2,263	5.9	–11.3
Turnout			38,347	65.3	+5.6
Registered electors			58,700
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.0

General election 2015: Bridgend ^{[20] [21] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madeleine Moon	14,624	37.1	+0.8
	Conservative	Meirion Jenkins	12,697	32.2	+1.8
	UKIP	Caroline Jones	5,911	15.0	+12.9
	Plaid Cymru	James Radcliffe [23]	2,784	7.1	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Davies [24]	1,648	4.2	−18.4
	Independent	Les Morris	763	1.9	N/A
	Green	Tony White	736	1.9	N/A
	TUSC	Aaron David	118	0.3	N/A
	Pirate	David Elston	106	0.3	N/A
	National Front	Adam Lloyd	66	0.2	N/A
Rejected ballots			63
Majority			1,927	4.9	−1.0
Turnout			39,453	65.8	+0.5
Registered electors			59,998
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.5

Of the 63 rejected ballots:

• 43 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. ^[21]
• 18 voted for more than one candidate. ^[21]
• 2 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified. ^[21]

General election 2017: Bridgend ^{[25] [26]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madeleine Moon	21,913	50.7	+13.6
	Conservative	Karen Robson	17,213	39.8	+7.6
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys Watkins	1,783	4.1	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Pratt	919	2.1	−2.1
	UKIP	Alun Williams	781	1.8	−13.2
	Independent	Isabel Robson	646	1.5	N/A
Rejected ballots			55
Majority			4,700	10.9	+6.0
Turnout			43,255	69.6	+3.8
Registered electors			62,185
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

Of the 55 rejected ballots:

• 36 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. ^[26]
• 19 voted for more than one candidate. ^[26]

General election 2019: Bridgend ^{[27] [28] [29]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jamie Wallis	18,193	43.1	+3.3
	Labour	Madeleine Moon	17,036	40.3	–10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Pratt	2,368	5.6	+3.5
	Plaid Cymru	Leanne Lewis	2,013	4.8	+0.7
	Brexit Party	Robert Morgan	1,811	4.3	N/A
	Green	Alex Harris	815	1.9	N/A
Rejected ballots			101
Majority			1,157	2.8	N/A
Turnout			42,236	66.7	–2.9
Registered electors			63,303
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.9

Of the 101 rejected ballots:

• 78 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. ^[28]
• 23 voted for more than one candidate. ^[28]

See also

• Bridgend (Senedd constituency)
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Mid Glamorgan
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "Bridgend: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
2. "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
3. 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
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5. "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
6. "Bridgend 1983-". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Retrieved 2 February 2015.
7. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
8. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
9. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
10. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
12. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Bridgend". Vote 2001. BBC News. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
14. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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16. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
17. "Bridgend parliamentary constituency - Election 2005" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
18. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
19. Bridgend BBC Election 2010 - Bridgend
20. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
21. "Bridgend and Ogmore results". Elections. Bridgend County Borough Council. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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23. "Archived Document". Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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25. "Bridgend Parliamentary constituency". BBC News Online . Retrieved 11 June 2017.
26. "Election Results" (PDF). Bridgend County Council. Bridgend County Council. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
27. "Current elections" (PDF). Bridgend County Borough Council. Bridgend County Borough Council. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
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External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Bridgend — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
• Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
• 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
• A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)

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