Cynon Valley (Senedd Cymru constituency)

Cynon Valley (Welsh: Cwm Cynon) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Not to be confused with Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency).

Cynon Valley
Senedd Cymru county constituency
Cynon Valley shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd Cymru county constituency
Created1999
PartyWales Labour
MSVikki Howells
Preserved countyMid Glamorgan
South Glamorgan

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cynon Valley Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.

Voting

In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd 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 and Members of the Senedd
ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999Christine ChapmanLabour Co-operative
2016Vikki HowellsLabour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cynon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vikki Howells 9,830 51.1 −10.9
Plaid Cymru Cerith Griffiths 3,836 19.9 −7.3
UKIP Liz Wilks 3,460 18.0 +18
Conservative Lyn Hudson 1,177 6.1 −2.1
Green John Matthews 598 3.1 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Wallace 335 1.7 −0.9
Majority 5,994 31.2 -3.5
Turnout 38.2 +2.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cynon Valley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christine Chapman 11,626 62.0 +5.3
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Trystan Davies 5,111 27.2 −0.6
Conservative Daniel Saxton 1,531 8.2 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Walton 492 2.6 −2.5
Majority 6,515 34.7 +5.9
Turnout 18,760 35.9 −2.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 2000s
Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Cynon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christine Chapman 11,058 56.7 −7.8
Plaid Cymru Liz A. Walters 5,435 27.8 +6.5
Conservative Neill S.M. John 2,024 10.4 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret H. Phelps 1,000 5.1 −2.5
Majority 5,623 28.8 −13.9
Turnout 19,517 38.4 +1.2
Labour Co-op hold Swing −7.2
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cynon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christine Chapman 10,841 65.0 +19.4
Plaid Cymru David A. Walters 3,724 22.3 −20.1
Liberal Democrats Rob O. Humphreys 1,120 6.7 −0.3
Conservative Daniel C.B. Thomas 984 5.9 +1.1
Majority 7,117 42.7 +39.6
Turnout 16,669 37.5 −8.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing +19.8

Elections in the 1990s
Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Cynon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christine Chapman 9,883 45.6 N/A
Plaid Cymru Phil Richards 9,206 42.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alison L. Willott 1,531 7.1 N/A
Conservative Edmund R. Hayward 1,046 4.8 N/A
Majority 677 3.1 N/A
Turnout 21,666 45.6 N/A
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

References
  1. "Wales elections > Cynon Valley". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
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