Pontypridd
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Pontypridd shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSMick Antoniw
Preserved countyMid Glamorgan
South Glamorgan

Pontypridd is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region that elects four additional members (along with eight constituency members), to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Boundaries

Map
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Pontypridd Westminster constituency. It is 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, Cynon Valley, 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

Election Member Party Portrait
1999 Jane Davidson Labour
2011 Mick Antoniw Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Pontypridd[1]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Antoniw[a] 11,511 41.8 +2.4 10,629 38.5 + 3.0
Plaid Cymru Heledd Fychan 6,183 22.4 +4.0 6,572 23.8 +1.6
Conservative Joel James 5,658 20.5 +5.2 5,800 21.0 +7.2
Independent Wayne Owen 1,678 6.1 New
Abolish Michael Hughes 785 2.8 New 1,093 4.0 -0.4
Green Ken Barker 655 2.4 +0.4 1,102 4.0 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Steven Rajam 628 2.3 -9.5 793 2.9 -2.4
Reform UK Jamie Jenkins 458 1.7 New 348 1.3 New
UKIP 393 1.4 -12.2
Propel 241 0.9 New
Gwlad 201 0.7 New
No More Lockdowns 135 0.5 New
Independent Alan Coulthard 131 0.5 New
Communist 83 0.3 ±0.0
Workers Party 42 0.2 New
TUSC 40 0.1 -0.2
Majority 5,328 19.4 -1.6
Turnout 27,556
Labour hold Swing
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Pontypridd
Party Candidate Constituency[2] Regional[3][4]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Antoniw 9,986 39.4 -11.4 8,973 35.5 -9.7
Plaid Cymru Chad Richards 4,659 18.4 +4.9 5,609 22.2 +8.5
Conservative Joel James 3,884 15.3 -0.4 3,488 13.8 -0.4
UKIP Edwin Allen 3,322 13.1 New 3,437 13.6 +8.6
Liberal Democrats Mike Powell 2,979 11.8 -6.1 1,335 5.3 -5.1
Green Ken Barker 508 2.0 New 650 2.6 -1.5
Abolish 1,116 4.4 New
Women's Equality 226 0.9 New
Monster Raving Loony 162 0.6 -0.1
Independent (Jonathan Bishop)[5] 119 0.5 New
TUSC 76 0.3 -0.1
Communist 64 0.3 ±0.0
Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power 36 0.0 New
Majority 5,328 21.0 -11.9
Turnout 25,328
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Pontypridd [6]
Party Candidate Constituency List
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Antoniw 11,864 50.8 +8.9 10,561 45.2 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Mike Powell 4,170 17.9 -9.5 2,435 10.4 -6.7
Conservative Joel James 3,659 15.7 +2.8 3,313 14.2 +1.7
Plaid Cymru Ioan Bellin 3,139 13.5 -4.3 3,196 13.7 -4.6
Independent Ken Owen 501 2.1 New
UKIP 1,163 5.0 +1.7
Green 951 4.1 +0.5
Socialist Labour 637 2.7 +1.7
BNP 498 2.1 -1.7
Welsh Christian 249 1.1 ±0.0
Monster Raving Loony 167 0.7 New
TUSC 101 0.4 New
Communist 73 0.3 -0.1
Majority 7,694 32.9 N/A
Turnout 34,431 51.9 +11.0
Labour hold Swing +9.8

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 147[7]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Pontypridd
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[8]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Davidson 9,836 41.9 -8.1 8,847 38.0 -8.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Powell 6,449 27.4 +13.3 3,985 17.1 +5.4
Plaid Cymru Richard Grigg 4,181 17.8 -3.9 4,259 18.3 -1.3
Conservative Janice Charles 3,035 12.9 +2.9 2,920 12.5 +1.5
BNP 878 3.8 New
Green 839 3.6 +0.2
UKIP 768 3.3 -0.8
Welsh Christian 263 1.1 New
Socialist Labour 223 1.0 -1.1
Socialist Alternative 123 0.5 New
CPA 107 0.5 New
Communist 104 0.4 ±0.0
Respect 100 0.4 New
Socialist Equality 30 0.1 New
Majority 3,347 14.5 −14.2
Turnout 23,501 40.9 +2.3
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Pontypridd
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[9]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Davidson 12,206 50.0 +11.4 11,306 46.3 +8.7
Plaid Cymru Delme Bowen 5,286 21.7 −10.6 4,783 19.6 -13.1
Liberal Democrats Mike Powell 3,443 14.1 −3.1 2,862 11.7 -3.6
Conservative Jayne Cowan 2,438 10.0 +1.5 2,692 11.0 +2.0
UKIP Peter Gracia 1,025 4.2 New 999 4.1 New
Green 824 3.4 +1.4
Socialist Labour 538 2.2 +0.8
Cymru Annibynnol 138 0.6 New
Communist 100 0.4 ±0.0
Vote No 2 Stop the War 70 0.3 New
New Millennium Bean Partyn 52 0.2 New
ProLife Alliance 47 0.2 New
Majority 6,920 28.3 +23.0
Turnout 24,398 38.6 −6.8
Labour hold Swing +11.0

2003 Electorate: 63,204
Regional ballots rejected: Not reported[10]

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Pontypridd
Party Candidate Constituency[11] Regional [12]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Davidson 11,330 38.6 N/A 11,093 37.6 N/A
Plaid Cymru Bleddyn W. Hancock 9,755 33.3 N/A 9,664 32.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gianni Orsi 5,040 17.2 N/A 4,523 15.3 N/A
Conservative Susan Ingerfield 2,485 8.5 N/A 2,669 9.0 N/A
Independent Paul Phillips 436 1.5 N/A
Communist Robert Griffiths 280 1.0 N/A 121 0.4 N/A
Green 600 2.0
Socialist Labour 405 1.4
Others 464 1.6
Majority 1,575 5.3 N/A
Turnout 29,326 45.4 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ [1] Pontypridd Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. ^ "Wales elections > Pontypridd". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  3. ^ [2] National Assembly – 5 May 2016 - South Wales Central
  4. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Jonathan Bishop". Who Can I vote for?. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ^ "National Assembly for Wales Elections: 2011 (Pages 14 & 16, 23 & 24)" (PDF). House of Commons. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  10. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  11. ^ Pontypridd, Political Science Resources
  12. ^ "Vote 99 Wales (Time Stub 24:13)". YouTube. BBC News. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

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