Ogmore (Assembly constituency)

Not to be confused with Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency).
Ogmore (Welsh: Ogwr)
Welsh Assembly county constituency
Ogmore shown as one of the 40
Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created: 1999
Electoral region: South Wales West
AM: Janice Gregory
Party: Labour
Preserved counties: Mid Glamorgan
and South Glamorgan

Ogmore (Welsh: Ogwr) 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.

Contents

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. It covers the area of Bridgend County Borough Council roughly north of the M4, and parts of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. It includes the communities of Cefn Cribbwr, Garw Valley, Gilfach Goch, Llanharan, Maesteg, Ogwr Valley, Pencoed, Sarn and Tondu.[1]

The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Swansea East and Swansea West.

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.

Elections

Assembly Election 2011: Ogmore[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janice Gregory 12,995 63.9 +12.3
Plaid Cymru Danny Clark 3,379 16.7 -0.3
Conservative Martyn Hughes 2,945 14.5 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Gerald Francis 985 4.9 -4.6
Majority 9,576 47.3
Turnout 20,264 36.4
Assembly Election 2007: Ogmore[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janice Gregory 11,761 51.7
Plaid Cymru Sian Caiach 3,861 17.0
Conservative Norma Lloyd-Nesling 2,663 11.7
Independent Steve Smith 2,337 10.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Plant 2,144 9.4
Majority 7,900 34.7
Turnout 40.0
Labour hold Swing
Assembly Election 2003: Ogmore[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janice Gregory 9,874 58.9
Plaid Cymru Janet Marion Davies 3,370 20.1
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Radford 1,567 9.4
Conservative Richard Hill 1,532 9.1
Socialist Labour Christopher Herriott 410 2.5
Majority 6,504 38.8
Turnout 33.5
Labour hold Swing
Assembly Election 1999: Ogmore[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janice Gregory 10,407 48.2 N/A
Plaid Cymru John Rogers 5,842 27.1 N/A
Independent Ralph Hughes 2,439 11.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mrs Sheila Ramsay-Waye 1,496 6.9 N/A
Conservative Chris Smart 1,415 6.6 N/A
Majority 4,565 N/A
Turnout 41.5 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ogmore Constituency Labour Party". Ogmore Labour. 2008-07-20. http://www.cobwebs.uk.net/oclp/page1.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28. 
  2. ^ "Wales elections > Ogmore". BBC News. 6 May 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/26694.stm. Retrieved 8 March 2011. 
  3. ^ Election results - 2007, National Assembly for Wales
  4. ^ a b Ogmore, Political Science Resources
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