Cynon Valley (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency).

Cynon Valley
Cwm Cynon
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Cynon Valley shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created1999
PartyWelsh Labour
MSVikki Howells
Preserved countyMid Glamorgan

Cynon Valley (Welsh: Cwm Cynon) 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, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Boundaries

Map
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cynon Valley Westminster constituency. It is entirely 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, Pontypridd, 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

Election Member Party Portrait
1999 Christine Chapman Labour Co-operative
2016 Vikki Howells Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Cynon Valley[1]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Vikki Howells[a] 11,427 55.3 +4.2 10,279 50.1 +7.0
Plaid Cymru Geraint Benney 3,959 19.3 -0.6 3,935 19.2 -4.7
Conservative Mia Rees 2,795 13.6 +7.5 3,220 15.7 +9.3
Propel Vicky Jenkins 713 3.5 New 325 1.6 New
Abolish Martyn Ford 648 3.2 New 660 3.2 -0.3
Reform UK Peter Hopkins 356 1.7 New 284 1.4 New
Liberal Democrats Gerald Francis 335 1.6 -0.1 324 1.6 -0.4
Independent Gareth Bennett 278 1.4 New
Green 625 3.0 +0.8
UKIP 352 1.7 -14.5
Gwlad 153 0.7 New
No More Lockdowns 121 0.6 New
Workers Party 64 0.3 New
TUSC 56 0.3 -0.1
Communist 53 0.3 -0.1
Independent Alan Coulthard 50 0.2 New
Majority 7,468 36.0 +4.8
Turnout 20,511 39.05[2] +0.8
Labour hold Swing
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cynon Valley
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[3][4]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Vikki Howells 9,830 51.1 -10.9 8,295 43.1 -10.3
Plaid Cymru Cerith Griffiths 3,836 19.9 -7.3 4,601 23.9 -0.6
UKIP Liz Wilks 3,460 18.0 New 3,120 16.2
Conservative Lyn Hudson 1,177 6.1 -2.1 1,227 6.4 -1.2
Green John Matthews 598 3.1 New 426 2.2 -1.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Wallace 335 1.7 -0.9 385 2.0 -0.8
Abolish 670 3.5 New
Women's Equality 149 0.8 New
Monster Raving Loony 102 0.5 -0.1
TUSC 79 0.4 -0.1
Communist 70 0.4 +0.1
Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power 56 0.3 New
Independent (Jonathan Bishop)[5] 51 0.3 New
Majority 5,994 31.2 −3.6
Turnout 19,236 38.2 +2.3
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cynon Valley
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[6]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christine Chapman 11,626 62.0 +5.3 9,730
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Trystan Davies 5,111 27.2 -0.6 4,254
Conservative Daniel Saxton 1,531 8.2 -2.2 1,378
Liberal Democrats Ian Walton 492 2.6 -2.5 507
UKIP 73 -
Socialist Labour 781
Green 609
BNP 409 -
Welsh Christian 228
Monster Raving Loony 104 New
TUSC 96 New
Communist 57 -
Majority 6,515 34.8 +5.9
Turnout 18,760 35.9 −2.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing +3.0

Note: The Electoral Commission record the UKIP regional vote here as 73. That figure would be by far the lowest in Wales and not in keeping with historic figures here or equivalent figures elsewhere in the South Wales Valleys, South Wales Central and Wales at this election.
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 118<[7]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Cynon Valley
Party Candidate Constituency [8] Regional[9]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christine Chapman 11,058 56.7 -8.3 10,036 50.6 -5.4
Plaid Cymru Liz A. Walters 5,435 27.8 +6.5 4,214 21.3 +0.5
Conservative Neill S.M. John 2,024 10.4 +3.8 1,401 7.1 -0.4
Liberal Democrats Margaret H. Phelps 1,000 5.1 -2.5 1,232 6.2 +0.2
BNP 912 4.6 New
UKIP 769 3.9 ±0.0
Green 528 2.7 -0.3
Welsh Christian 211 1.1 New
Socialist Labour 200 1.0 -2.1
Communist 89 0.4 +0.3
Socialist Alternative 84 0.4 New
Respect 68 0.3 New
CPA 39 0.2 New
Socialist Equality 36 0.2 New
Majority 5,623 28.9 −13.9
Turnout 19,517 38.4 +1.2
Labour Co-op hold Swing −7.2
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cynon Valley
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[10]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christine Chapman 10,841 65.0 +19.4 9,329 56.1 +14.1
Plaid Cymru David A. Walters 3,724 22.3 −20.2 3,454 20.8 -23.0
Liberal Democrats Rob O. Humphreys 1,120 6.7 −0.4 1,238 7.4 +0.3
Conservative Daniel C.B. Thomas 984 5.9 +1.1 1,001 6.0 +1.4
Socialist Labour 522 3.1 Unknown
Green 392 2.4 Unknown
UKIP 314 1.9 New
Cymru Annibynnol 123 0.7 New
New Millennium Bean Partyn 86 0.5 New
Communist 75 0.5 Unknown
Vote No 2 Stop the War 71 0.4 New
ProLife Alliance 31 0.2 New
Majority 7,117 42.7 +39.6
Turnout 16,669 37.5 −8.1
Labour Co-op hold Swing +19.8

2003 Electorate: 44,473
Regional ballots rejected: 345

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Cynon Valley
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christine Chapman 9,883 45.6 N/A 9,000 42.0 N/A
Plaid Cymru Phil Richards 9,206 42.5 N/A 9,385 43.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alison L. Willott 1,531 7.1 N/A 1,513 7.1 N/A
Conservative Edmund R. Hayward 1,046 4.8 N/A 997 4.6 N/A
Others 554 2.6 N/A
Majority 932 3.1 N/A
Turnout 21,666 45.6 N/A
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

1999 Electorate: 47,508

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived 29 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine Cynon Valley Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. ^ Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ^ [2] National Assembly – 5 May 2016 - South Wales Central
  4. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Jonathan Bishop". Who Can I vote for?. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. ^ Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
  9. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  10. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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