Bridgend (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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

Elections

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title=Assembly Election 2007: BridgendElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carwyn Jones
votes = 9,889
percentage = 40.3
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Emma Greenow
votes = 7,333
percentage = 29.9
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Warren
votes = 3,730
percentage = 15.2
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party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Nick Thomas
votes = 3,600
percentage = 14.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,556
percentage = 10.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 24,552
percentage = 41.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=Assembly Election 2003: BridgendElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carwyn Jones
votes = 9,487
percentage = 42.8
change = +5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alun Cairns
votes = 7,066
percentage = 31.9
change = +11.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Cheryl Green
votes = 2,980
percentage = 13.5
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Keith Parry
votes = 1,939
percentage = 8.8
change = -10.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Tim Jenkins
votes = 677
percentage = 3.1
change = +3.1Election box majority
votes = 2,421
percentage = 10.9
change = -6.1Election box turnout
votes = 22,113
percentage = 35.4
change = -6.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=Assembly Election 1999: BridgendElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carwyn Jones
votes = 9,321
percentage = 37.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alun Cairns
votes = 5,063
percentage = 20.2
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party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Jeff Canning
votes = 4,919
percentage = 19.7
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rob Humphreys
votes = 3,910
percentage = 15.6
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Allan Jones
votes = 1,819
percentage = 7.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 4,258
percentage = 17.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 25,032
percentage = 41.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =