Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Pontypridd (Assembly constituency).

Coordinates: 51°36′04″N 3°21′00″W / 51.601°N 3.350°W / 51.601; -3.350

Pontypridd
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Pontypridd in Wales.
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan
Electorate	61,507 (April 2012)^[1]
Major settlements	Pontypridd, Llantrisant
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Owen Smith (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Mid Glamorganshire
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	South Wales Central
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Pontypridd 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 system.

Boundaries

Pontypridd constituency can be split into two parts, an eastern part containing the town itself, and a western part focussed on Llantrisant. In Pontypridd itself the wards are: Town, Treforest, Rhondda (consisting of Hopkinstown, Maesycoed, Graigwen, Trehafod, & Pwllgwaun), Graig, Trallwng, Rhydyfelin Central & Ilan, Hawthorn, Taffs Well. The Western half consists of the following wards: Beddau, Church Village, Tonteg, Llantwit Fardre, Llantrisant, Pontyclun, Talbot Green, Tonyrefail East and Tonyrefail West.^[2]

Alternatively, one can think of the constituency as being divided between a 'suburban' district in the south and communities that grew in the industrial revolution to the north; the Southern area, particularly between Church Village and Llantrisant, contains much new residential and light industrial development, and benefits from good transport links due to its proximity to the M4. This section has a growing population and is an important 'dormitory' for Cardiff. The Northern parts, particularly Tonyrefail and the northern end of Pontypridd town consists of large sections of 19th century housing and suffered high unemployment in the 1980s as the old industries closed. However, in recent years, economic recovery has been firm, especially considered with neighbouring constituencies to the north.

The Pontypridd constituency was created in its original form from parts of the old South Glamorganshire & East Glamorganshire constituencies as part of Representation of the People Act 1918 (sometimes referred to as 'The Fourth Reform Act') which granted virtually all men over 21 the right to vote, extended voting rights to women over 30 years of age, & increased the number of the now abolished University constituencies. Part of this Act also effected a 'General Redistribution of Seats' on an 'equitable basis'.^[3] It originally included the old Borough & Rural district of Cowbridge (which included Ystradowen, Bonvilston, St Athan, Llantwit Major & Llandow) & the Urban district of Pontypridd plus the Rural District of Llantrisant & Llantwit Fardre.^[4] The constituency remained unchanged from this form until the Third Periodic Parliamentary Boundary Review's proposals were implemented in 1983.^[5] This removed Cowbridge Borough and the Cowbridge Rural District (& placed them in the Vale of Glamorgan constituency & also it removed the communities of Llanharry, Llanharan & Brynna & placed them in the Ogmore constituency. However the communities of Creigiau & Pentyrch were added to the seat at this time, only to be removed again in time for the 2010 General Election. For the 2010 Election the Cilfyndd and Glyncoch electoral divisions were also removed from the seat, and added to the Cynon Valley constituency.^[6]

Members of Parliament

Like many seats in South Wales, Pontypridd has been retained by the Labour party for over 90 years.

	Member^[7]	Party
1918	Thomas Arthur Lewis	Coalition Liberal
1922	Thomas Arthur Lewis	National Liberal
1922 by-election	Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones	Labour
1931 by-election	David Lewis Davies	Labour
1938 by-election	Arthur Pearson	Labour
1970	Brynmor John	Labour
1989 by-election	Dr Kim Howells	Labour
2010	Owen Smith	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Pontypridd^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist Labour	Damien Biggs^[9]
	Green	Katy Clay^[10]
	Plaid Cymru	Osian Lewis
	Conservative	Ann-Marie Mason
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Powell^[11]
	Labour	Owen Smith
	UKIP	Andrew Tomkinson^[12]

The Green Party originally selected Justin Cresswell as candidate for 2015.^[13]^[14]

General Election 2010^a : Pontypridd^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Owen Smith	14,220	38.8	−15.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Powell	11,435	31.2	+11.2
	Conservative	Lee Gonzalez	5,932	16.2	+4.6
	Plaid Cymru	Ioan Bellin	2,673	7.3	−3.7
	UKIP	David Bevan	1,229	3.4	+0.8
	Socialist Labour	Simon Parsons	456	1.2	N/A
	Christian	Donald Watson	365	1.0	N/A
	Green	John Matthews	361	1.0	N/A
Majority			2,785	7.6	−25.7
Turnout			36,671	63.0	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−13.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Pontypridd
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kim Howells	20,919	52.8	−7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Powell	7,728	19.5	+8.7
	Conservative	Quentin Edwards	5,321	13.4	+0.1
	Plaid Cymru	Julie Richards	4,420	11.2	−2.6
	UKIP	David Bevan	1,013	2.6	+1.0
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	233	0.6	N/A
Majority			13,191	33.3	−12.8
Turnout			39,634	60.9	+7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.9

General Election 2001: Pontypridd
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kim Howells	22,963	59.9	-3.9
	Plaid Cymru	Bleddyn Hancock	5,279	13.8	+7.3
	Conservative	Prudence Dailey	5,096	13.3	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Brooke	4,152	10.8	−2.6
	UKIP	Sue Warry	603	1.6	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Joseph Biddulph	216	0.6	N/A
Majority			17,684	46.1	−4.4
Turnout			38,309	53.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Pontypridd
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kim Howells	29,290	63.9	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Howells	6,161	13.4	+4.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Cowen	5,910	12.9	−7.4
	Plaid Cymru	Owain Llewelyn	2,977	6.5	−2.6
	Referendum Party	John Wood	874	1.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Peter Skelly	380	0.8	N/A
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	178	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Anthony Moore	85	0.2	N/A
Majority			23,129	50.4	+10.0
Turnout			45,855	53.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.9

General Election 1992: Pontypridd^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kim Howells	29,722	60.8	+4.5
	Conservative	Dr Peter D. Donnelly	9,925	20.3	+0.8
	Plaid Cymru	Professor Delme Bowen	4,448	9.1	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Belzak	4,180	8.5	−10.3
	Green	Ms. Emma J. Jackson	615	1.3	N/A
Majority			19,797	40.5	+3.6
Turnout			48,890	79.3	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 1980s

Pontypridd by-election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kim Howells	20,549	53.4	−2.9
	Plaid Cymru	Sydney Morgan	9,775	25.3	+20.0
	Conservative	Nigel Evans	5,212	13.5	−6.0
	Social and Liberal Democrats	Robert Thomas Ellis	1,500	3.9	−15.0
	Social Democrat	Terry Thomas	1,199	3.1	−7.2
	Communist	David Richards	239	0.6	N/A
	Independent	David Black	57	0.1	N/A
Majority			10,794	28.0	−8.8
Turnout			38,511	62.0	−19.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.5

General Election 1987: Pontypridd^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brynmor John	26,422	56.3	+10.7
	Conservative	Desmond Swayne	9,145	19.5	−3.4
	Social Democratic	Peter Sain-Ley-Berry	8,865	18.9	−7.0
	Plaid Cymru	Professor Delme Bowen	2,498	5.3	+0.7
Majority			17,277	36.8	+17.1
Turnout			46,930^b	76.6	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.1

General Election 1983^c : Pontypridd^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brynmor John	20,188	45.6	−10.4
	Social Democratic	Richard Langridge	11,444	25.9	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Evans	10,139	22.9	−6.3
	Plaid Cymru	Mrs Janet Davies	2,065	4.7	+0.9
	Green	A.K. Jones	449	1.0	N/A
Majority			8,744	19.8	−7.0
Turnout			44,285^d	72.7	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.2

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Pontypridd^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brynmor John	32,801	55.97	−0.6
	Conservative	Michael Clay	17,114	29.21	+8.9
	Liberal	Hugh Penri-Williams	6,228	10.63	−4.9
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Roberts	2,200	3.76	−3.8
	National Front	R.G. Davies	263	0.45	N/A
Majority			15,687	26.77	−9.5
Turnout			58,606^h	78.1	+4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.7

General Election October 1974: Pontypridd^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brynmor John	29,302	56.57	+4.6
	Conservative	Alun Jones	10,528	20.33	−0.8
	Liberal	Mrs Mary Murphy	8,050	15.55	-2.79
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Kemp	3,917	7.57	−1.0
Majority			18,774	36.3	+5.4
Turnout			51,797ⁱ	73.79	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.7

General Election February 1974: Pontypridd^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brynmor John	28,028	51.97	−6.6
	Conservative	Alun Jones	11,406	21.15	+4.3
	Liberal	Mrs Mary Murphy	9,889	18.34	+4.2
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Kemp	4,612	8.56	−1.9
Majority			16,622	30.82	−10.8
Turnout			53,935^j	77.40	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.4

General Election 1970: Pontypridd^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brynmor John	28,414	58.5	−16.4
	Conservative	Mr Michael Withers	8,205	16.9	−8.2
	Liberal	Mrs Mary Murphy	6,871	14.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Errol Jones	5,059	10.4	N/A
Majority			20,209	41.6	−8.2
Turnout			48,549^k	74.39	−0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.1

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Pontypridd^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	30,840	74.9	+3.6
	Conservative	Kenneth Green-Wanstall	10,325	25.09	−3.6
Majority			20,515	49.8	+7.1
Turnout			41,365^l	74.73	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

General Election 1964: Pontypridd^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	29,533	71.35	+3.2
	Conservative	Colonel John R. Warrender	11,859	28.65	−3.2
Majority			17,674	42.70	+6.2
Turnout			41,392^m	76.86	−4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Pontypridd^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	29,853	68.20	−2.9
	Conservative	Sir Brandon Meredith Rhys-Williams	13,896	31.80	+2.9
Majority			15,957	36.50	−5.8
Turnout			43,749ⁿ	81.20	+6.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.9

General Election 1955: Pontypridd^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	28,881	71.14	−1.1
	Conservative	Thomas Tyrrell	11,718	28.87	+1.1
Majority			17,163	42.28	−2.2
Turnout			40,599^o	74.89	−8.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.1

General Election 1951: Pontypridd^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	32,586	72.26	+3.3
	Conservative	James L Manning	12,511	27.75	+7.6
Majority			20,075	44.52	−4.3
Turnout			45,097^p	83.32	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.1

General Election 1950: Pontypridd^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	30,945	68.9	+0.3
	Conservative	T.E.R. Rhys Roberts	9,049	20.2	+2.3
	Liberal	David C Irwin Lewis	4,895	10.9	−2.6
Majority			21,896	48.78	−1.9
Turnout			44,889^q	84.3	+8.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.0

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Pontypridd^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	27,823	68.62	+8.7
	Conservative	Capt. Cennydd George Traherne	7,260	17.9	N/A
	Liberal	John Ellis Williams	5,464	13.5	N/A
Majority			20,563	50.7	+30.8
Turnout			40,547^r	76.0	+6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.4

Elections in the 1930s

Pontypridd by-election, 10 February 1938^[31] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Pearson^e	22,159	59.9	N/A
	Liberal National	Lady Juliet Evangeline Rhys Williams	14,810	40.1	N/A
Majority			7,349	19.9	N/A
Turnout			36,969	69.3	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1935: Pontypridd^[32] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lewis Davies	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1931: Pontypridd^[33] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lewis Davies	21,751	58.4	−1.5
	Liberal National	Bernard Acworth	13,937	37.4	N/A
	Independent Labour	Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones	1,110	3.0	N/A
	Independent	William Lovell	466	1.3	N/A
Majority			7,814	20.97	−14.7
Turnout			37,264^t	78.7	+5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

Pontypridd by-election, 19 March 1931^[34] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lewis Davies	20,687	59.89	+6.8
	Liberal	C Geoffrey H Crawshay	8,368	24.23	−12.5
	Conservative	David Evans	5,489	15.89	+5.8
Majority			12,319	35.7	+19.3
Turnout			34,544	73.0	−9.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.7

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Pontypridd^[35] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones	20,835	53.12	−2.8
	Liberal	John Victor Evans	14,421	36.8	N/A
	Conservative	Miss May Gordon Williams	3,967	10.1	−34.0
Majority			6,414	16.4	+4.5
Turnout			39,223^u	82.0	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

General Election 1924: Pontypridd^[36] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones	18,301	55.93	+1.0
	Conservative	D J Evans	14,425	44.1	N/A
Majority			3,876	11.9	+2.1
Turnout			32,726^v	79.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

General Election 1923: Pontypridd^[37] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones	16,837	54.9	+7.7
	Liberal	Jon David Rees	13,839	45.1	+19.8
Majority			2,998	9.78	−9.9
Turnout			30,676
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.0

General Election 1922: Pontypridd^[38] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones	14,884	47.2	−9.8
	National Liberal	Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams	8,667	27.5	−15.5
	Liberal	J.G. Jones	7,994	25.4	N/A
Majority			6,217	19.7	+6.5
Turnout			31,545
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.9

Pontypridd by-election, 25 July 1922^[39] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones	16,630	57.0	+14.2
	National Liberal	Thomas Arthur Lewis	12,550	43.0	−13.1
Majority			4,080	13.19
Turnout			29,180
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing	13.7

Elections in the 1910s

Thomas Arthur Lewis

General Election 1918^w : Pontypridd^[40] Electorate 34,778
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Thomas Arthur Lewis	13,327	56.1	N/A
	Labour	David Lewis Davies	10,152	42.8	N/A
	Conservative	Arthur Seaton	260	1.1	N/A
Majority			3,175	13.4	N/A
Turnout			23,739	68.3
	Coalition Liberal win

Footnotes

^a Prior to 2010 the Pontypridd Constituency also consisted of the Cilfynydd, Glyncoch, Creigiau & Pentyrch Wards. The Fifth Periodic Parliamentary Boundary Review for Wales placed Cilfynydd & Glyncoch wards in the Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency) & the Creigiau & Pentyrch wards in the Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency). These changes were made & in place for the United Kingdom general election, 2010.
^b The Total Electorate for the Constituency in June 1987 was 61,255.
^c In 1983 the Third Periodical Boundary Review report made major changes to the constituency, removing the Cowbridge community & placing it the new Vale of Glamorgan seat & also by removing the Llanharry & Llanharan communities to the Ogmore seat. However, the Pentyrch & Creigiau communities were added to the new seat from the old Barry seat, to give a New seat with nearly 15,000 less electors.
^d The Total Electorate for the newly reconstituted Constituency in June 1983 was 60,883.
^e Arthur Pearson's initial selection following a closely contested process at a selection conference at Pontyclun occurred only after several rounds of voting, and he was finally chosen against the prominent local miners' agent W. H. May on 15 January 1938.
^h The Total Electorate for the Constituency in May 1979 was 75,050, this was & still is the highest recorded electorate so far for the Pontypridd constituency in any of its forms.
ⁱ The Total Electorate for the Constituency in October 1974 was 70,200.
^j The Total Electorate for the Constituency in February 1974 was 69,685.
^k The Total Electorate for the Constituency in June 1970 was 65,265.
^l The Total Electorate for the Constituency in March 1966 was 55,088.
^m The Total Electorate for the Constituency in October 1964 was 53,859.
ⁿ The Total Electorate for the Constituency in October 1959 was 53,903.
^o The Total Electorate for the Constituency in May 1955 was 54,214.
^p The Total Electorate for the Constituency in October 1951 was 54,126.
^q The Total Electorate for the Constituency in February 1950 was 53,275.
^r The Total Electorate for the Constituency in July 1945 was 53,346.
^s The Total Electorate for the Constituency in November 1935 was 48,469.
^t The Total Electorate for the Constituency in October 1931 was 47,346.
^u The Total Electorate for the Constituency in May 1929 was 47,860.
^v The Total Electorate for the Constituency in October 1924 was 41,099.
^w Enacted in the Representation of the People Act 1918 & created from the old East Glamorganshire (which included Pontypridd & the Tonteg/Church Village/Llantwit Fardre areas) & South Glamorganshire (which included the Llantrisant, Tonyrefail, Pontyclun, Llanharry & Cowbridge areas) parliamentary constituencies, the Pontypridd constituency from 1918 to the 1983 UK General Election remained unchanged & consisted of the Cowbridge, Llantwit Major, St Athan, Ystradowen, Llandow & Bonvilston communities plus Pontypridd urban district council plus the Llantrisant(which included Llanharry, Llanharan, Brynna) & Llantwit Fardre rural districts.
^x The Total Electorate for the Constituency in December 1918 was 34,778.

Notes and references

↑ Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Ward figures for 2012 County Council Elections
↑ http://www.bcomm-wales.gov.uk/fifth_review/midglamstatistics_e.pdf
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 8 1918 Election section
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1950, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 55
↑ Third Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Wales. February 1983. Cmd.8798.
↑ "Fifth Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Wales". Stationery Office. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/pontypridd/
↑ http://www.socialist-labour-party.org.uk/electioncampaign.html
↑ https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates/106347
↑ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
↑ "List of selected candidates". UK Inpendance Party. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
↑ http://blog.walesgreenparty.com/post/108682185164/will-there-be-a-green-candidate-for-rhondda-cynon
↑ https://yournextmp.com/person/5745/justin-cresswell
↑ Pontypridd BBC News | Election 2010 | Constituency | Pontypridd
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide June 1987, The Times Newspapers Ltd, Golden Square Page 187
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide June 1983, The Times Newspapers Ltd, St Edmundsbury Press, Bury Page 186
↑ Third Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Wales. February 1983 Cmd.8798.
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide May 1979, The Times Newspapers Ltd, Ogle Street, London Page 188
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide October 1974, The Times Newspapers Ltd, Printing House Square Page 218
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide February 1974, The Times Newspapers Ltd, Printing House Square Page 207
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1970, The Times Newspapers Ltd, Printing House Square Page 182
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1966, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 170
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1964, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 202
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1959, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 189
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1955, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 206
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1951, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 182
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1950, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 240
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1945, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 109
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1945, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 109
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1929, 1931, 1935, Politico's Publishing Page 135 1935 section
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1929, 1931, 1935, Politico's Publishing Page 108 1931 section
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1929, 1931, 1935, Politico's Publishing Page 108 1931 section
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1929, 1931, 1935, Politico's Publishing Page 119 1929 section
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1929, 1931, 1935, Politico's Publishing Page 119 1929 section
↑ House of Commons Information Office Email Dated 18 December 2008
↑ House of Commons Information Office Email Dated 18 December 2008
↑ House of Commons Information Office Email Dated 18 December 2008
↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 68 1918 Section

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