Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bridgend County constituency
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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madeleine Moon	16,410	43.3	-9.2
	Conservative	Helen Baker	9,887	26.1	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Win Griffiths	19,423	52.5	-5.6
	Conservative	Tania Brisby	9,377	25.3	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	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

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