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Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Caerphilly (Senedd constituency).
Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) is a constituency[n 1] centred on the town of Caerphilly in South Wales, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Chris Evans of the Labour Party.[n 2]
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Caerphilly | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
![]() Location of the constituency within Wales | |
Preserved county | Gwent |
Electorate | 72,458 (March 2020)[1] |
Major settlements | Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach, Bargoed, Hengoed |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Chris Evans (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Glamorganshire |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Caerphilly, South Wales East |
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Since its creation, the constituency has always elected Labour MPs, although the predecessor constituency of East Glamorganshire, and prior to that Glamorganshire had elected Liberal MPs throughout the Victorian era.