Ogmore (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
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| Ogmore shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| Electoral region: | South Wales West |
| AM: | Janice Gregory |
| Party: | Labour |
| Preserved counties: | Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan |
Ogmore is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
[edit] Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Ogmore Westminster constituency. It is almost entirely within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan, but takes in a very small area in South Glamorgan.
The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Swansea East and Swansea West.
[edit] Voting
In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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.
