Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Cynon Valley County constituency |
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| Cynon Valley shown within Wales | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Ann Clwyd |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Preserved county: | Mid Glamorgan |
| EP constituency: | Wales |
Cynon Valley is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a Labour Party stronghold.
The Cynon Valley Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
- Ioan Evans, Labour Co-operative, 1983 - February 1984
- Ann Clwyd, Labour, May 1984 - Present
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Cynon Valley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ann Clwyd | 17,074 | 64.1 | -1.5 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Geraint Benney | 3,815 | 14.3 | -3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Phelps | 2,991 | 11.2 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | Antonia Dunn | 2,062 | 7.7 | +0.1 | |
| UK Independence | Sue Davies | 705 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 13,259 | 49.8 | |||
| Turnout | 26,647 | 58.7 | +3.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Cynon Valley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ann Clwyd | 17,685 | 65.6 | -4.1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Steven Cornelius | 4,687 | 17.4 | +6.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Parry | 2,541 | 9.4 | -0.9 | |
| Conservative | Julian Waters | 2,045 | 7.6 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 12,998 | 48.2 | |||
| Turnout | 26,958 | 55.4 | -13.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in Wales | |
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| Labour |
Aberavon | Alyn and Deeside | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff North | Cardiff South and Penarth | Cardiff West | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Clwyd South | Conwy | Cynon Valley | Delyn | Gower | Islwyn | Llanelli | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Neath | Newport East | Newport West | Ogmore | Pontypridd | Rhondda | Swansea East | Swansea West | Torfaen | Vale of Clwyd | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham | Ynys Môn |
| Liberal Democrat |
Brecon and Radnorshire | Cardiff Central | Ceredigion | Montgomeryshire |
| Conservative | |
| Plaid Cymru |
Caernarfon | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy |
| Independent | |
| Wales European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (1) | Plaid Cymru (1) | |
