Bridgend (Assembly constituency)
Coordinates: 51°30′25″N 3°34′52″W / 51.507°N 3.581°W
| Welsh Assembly county constituency | |
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| Bridgend shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies | |
| Created: | 1999 |
| Electoral region: | South Wales West |
| AM: | Carwyn Jones |
| Party: | Labour |
| Preserved counties: | Mid Glamorgan and West Glamorgan |
Bridgend 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.
Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Bridgend Westminster constituency. It is partly within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan and partly within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.
The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, 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.
Assembly Members
The member for the constituency since 1999 has been Carwyn Jones, who became First Minister of Wales in 2009.
| Period | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Carwyn Jones | Labour | |
Elections in the 2010s
| Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Bridgend[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Carwyn Jones | 13,499 | 56.2 | +15.9 | |
| Conservative | Alex Williams | 6,724 | 28.0 | −1.9 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Tim Thomas | 2,706 | 8.6 | −6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Briony Davies | 1,736 | 7.2 | −8.0 | |
| Majority | 6,775 | 28.2 | +17.8 | ||
| Turnout | 24,035 | 40.8 | −0.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +8.9 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Bridgend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Carwyn Jones | 9,889 | 40.3 | −2.5 | |
| Conservative | Miss Emma L. Greenow | 7,333 | 29.9 | −2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Warren | 3,730 | 15.2 | +1.7 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Nick H. Thomas | 3,600 | 14.7 | +5.9 | |
| Majority | 2,556 | 10.4 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 24,552 | 41.2 | +5.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Bridgend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Carwyn Jones | 9,487 | 42.8 | +5.6 | |
| Conservative | Alun Cairns | 7,066 | 31.9 | +11.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mrs. Cheryl A. Green | 2,980 | 13.5 | −2.2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Keith Parry | 1,939 | 8.8 | −10.9 | |
| UKIP | Tim C. Jenkins | 677 | 3.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,421 | 10.9 | −6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 22,113 | 35.4 | −6.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −3.1 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Bridgend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Carwyn Jones | 9,321 | 37.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Alun Cairns | 5,063 | 20.2 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | Jeff R. Canning | 4,919 | 19.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rob O. Humphreys | 3,910 | 15.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Allan Jones | 1,819 | 7.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,258 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 25,032 | 41.6 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
- ↑ "BBC News: Election 2011: Bridgend". 6 May 2011.
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