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.
Pontypridd | |
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Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
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Current Senedd county constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Labour |
MS | Mick Antoniw |
Preserved county | Mid Glamorgan South Glamorgan |
Boundaries
editThe 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
editIn 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
editElection | Member | Party | Portrait | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Jane Davidson | Labour | ||
2011 | Mick Antoniw | Labour |
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Mick Antoniw[a] | 11,511 | 41.8 | +2.4 | 10,629 | 38.5 | + 3.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Heledd Fychan | 6,183 | 22.4 | +4.0 | 6,572 | 23.8 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Joel James | 5,658 | 20.5 | +5.2 | 5,800 | 21.0 | +7.2 | |
Independent | Wayne Owen | 1,678 | 6.1 | New | ||||
Abolish | Michael Hughes | 785 | 2.8 | New | 1,093 | 4.0 | -0.4 | |
Green | Ken Barker | 655 | 2.4 | +0.4 | 1,102 | 4.0 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Rajam | 628 | 2.3 | -9.5 | 793 | 2.9 | -2.4 | |
Reform UK | Jamie Jenkins | 458 | 1.7 | New | 348 | 1.3 | New | |
UKIP | 393 | 1.4 | -12.2 | |||||
Propel | 241 | 0.9 | New | |||||
Gwlad | 201 | 0.7 | New | |||||
No More Lockdowns | 135 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Independent Alan Coulthard | 131 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Communist | 83 | 0.3 | ±0.0 | |||||
Workers Party | 42 | 0.2 | New | |||||
TUSC | 40 | 0.1 | -0.2 | |||||
Majority | 5,328 | 19.4 | −1.6 | |||||
Turnout | 27,556 | |||||||
Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
Elections in the 2010s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency[2] | Regional[3][4] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Mick Antoniw | 9,986 | 39.4 | -11.4 | 8,973 | 35.5 | -9.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Chad Richards | 4,659 | 18.4 | +4.9 | 5,609 | 22.2 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Joel James | 3,884 | 15.3 | -0.4 | 3,488 | 13.8 | -0.4 | |
UKIP | Edwin Allen | 3,322 | 13.1 | New | 3,437 | 13.6 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Powell | 2,979 | 11.8 | -6.1 | 1,335 | 5.3 | -5.1 | |
Green | Ken Barker | 508 | 2.0 | New | 650 | 2.6 | -1.5 | |
Abolish | 1,116 | 4.4 | New | |||||
Women's Equality | 226 | 0.9 | New | |||||
Monster Raving Loony | 162 | 0.6 | -0.1 | |||||
Independent (Jonathan Bishop)[5] | 119 | 0.5 | New | |||||
TUSC | 76 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |||||
Communist | 64 | 0.3 | ±0.0 | |||||
Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power | 36 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Majority | 5,328 | 21.0 | −11.9 | |||||
Turnout | 25,328 | |||||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | List | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Mick Antoniw | 11,864 | 50.8 | +8.9 | 10,561 | 45.2 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Powell | 4,170 | 17.9 | -9.5 | 2,435 | 10.4 | -6.7 | |
Conservative | Joel James | 3,659 | 15.7 | +2.8 | 3,313 | 14.2 | +1.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Ioan Bellin | 3,139 | 13.5 | -4.3 | 3,196 | 13.7 | -4.6 | |
Independent | Ken Owen | 501 | 2.1 | New | ||||
UKIP | 1,163 | 5.0 | +1.7 | |||||
Green | 951 | 4.1 | +0.5 | |||||
Socialist Labour | 637 | 2.7 | +1.7 | |||||
BNP | 498 | 2.1 | -1.7 | |||||
Welsh Christian | 249 | 1.1 | ±0.0 | |||||
Monster Raving Loony | 167 | 0.7 | New | |||||
TUSC | 101 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Communist | 73 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |||||
Majority | 7,694 | 32.9 | N/A | |||||
Turnout | 34,431 | 51.9 | +11.0 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.8 |
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 147[7]
Elections in the 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[8] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Jane Davidson | 9,836 | 41.9 | -8.1 | 8,847 | 38.0 | -8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Powell | 6,449 | 27.4 | +13.3 | 3,985 | 17.1 | +5.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Richard Grigg | 4,181 | 17.8 | -3.9 | 4,259 | 18.3 | -1.3 | |
Conservative | Janice Charles | 3,035 | 12.9 | +2.9 | 2,920 | 12.5 | +1.5 | |
BNP | 878 | 3.8 | New | |||||
Green | 839 | 3.6 | +0.2 | |||||
UKIP | 768 | 3.3 | -0.8 | |||||
Welsh Christian | 263 | 1.1 | New | |||||
Socialist Labour | 223 | 1.0 | -1.1 | |||||
Socialist Alternative | 123 | 0.5 | New | |||||
CPA | 107 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Communist | 104 | 0.4 | ±0.0 | |||||
Respect | 100 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Socialist Equality | 30 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Majority | 3,347 | 14.5 | −14.2 | |||||
Turnout | 23,501 | 40.9 | +2.3 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[9] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Jane Davidson | 12,206 | 50.0 | +11.4 | 11,306 | 46.3 | +8.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Delme Bowen | 5,286 | 21.7 | −10.6 | 4,783 | 19.6 | -13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Powell | 3,443 | 14.1 | −3.1 | 2,862 | 11.7 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Jayne Cowan | 2,438 | 10.0 | +1.5 | 2,692 | 11.0 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | Peter Gracia | 1,025 | 4.2 | New | 999 | 4.1 | New | |
Green | 824 | 3.4 | +1.4 | |||||
Socialist Labour | 538 | 2.2 | +0.8 | |||||
Cymru Annibynnol | 138 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Communist | 100 | 0.4 | ±0.0 | |||||
Vote No 2 Stop the War | 70 | 0.3 | New | |||||
New Millennium Bean Partyn | 52 | 0.2 | New | |||||
ProLife Alliance | 47 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Majority | 6,920 | 28.3 | +23.0 | |||||
Turnout | 24,398 | 38.6 | −6.8 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.0 |
2003 Electorate: 63,204
Regional ballots rejected: Not reported[10]
Elections in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency[11] | Regional [12] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Jane Davidson | 11,330 | 38.6 | N/A | 11,093 | 37.6 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Bleddyn W. Hancock | 9,755 | 33.3 | N/A | 9,664 | 32.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Gianni Orsi | 5,040 | 17.2 | N/A | 4,523 | 15.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Susan Ingerfield | 2,485 | 8.5 | N/A | 2,669 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Paul Phillips | 436 | 1.5 | N/A | ||||
Communist | Robert Griffiths | 280 | 1.0 | N/A | 121 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Green | 600 | 2.0 | ||||||
Socialist Labour | 405 | 1.4 | ||||||
Others | 464 | 1.6 | ||||||
Majority | 1,575 | 5.3 | N/A | |||||
Turnout | 29,326 | 45.4 | N/A | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
References
edit- ^ [1] Pontypridd Statement of Persons Nominated
- ^ "Wales elections > Pontypridd". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ [2] National Assembly – 5 May 2016 - South Wales Central
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Jonathan Bishop". Who Can I vote for?. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "National Assembly for Wales Elections: 2011 (Pages 14 & 16, 23 & 24)" (PDF). House of Commons. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Pontypridd, Political Science Resources
- ^ "Vote 99 Wales (Time Stub 24:13)". YouTube. BBC News. Retrieved 11 August 2022.