Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bridgend County constituency |
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| Bridgend shown within Wales | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Madeleine Moon |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Preserved county: | Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan |
| EP constituency: | Wales |
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr in Welsh) is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post voting system.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Peter Hubbard-Miles | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Win Griffiths | Labour | |
| 2005 | Madeleine Moon | Labour | |
Bridgend normally elects Labour MPs although it went Conservative at the 1983 election landslide. Its current MP is Madeleine Moon (Labour) from Porthcawl and its Assembly member is Carwyn Jones (Labour). However, Labour, while remaining the largest party, lost control of Bridgend county borough council at the last elections to a "rainbow coalition" of Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Independents and Plaid Cymru.
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Bridgend | |||||
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| 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 | +1.6 | |
| UK Independence | Kunnathur Rajan | 491 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 6,523 | 17.2 | |||
| Turnout | 37,859 | 59.2 | -1.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Bridgend | |||||
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| 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 | |||
| Turnout | 37,006 | 60.2 | -12.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Mid Glamorgan
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan
| Constituencies in Wales | |
|---|---|
| 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) | |
