Ogmore (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency).

Ogmore (Welsh: Ogwr) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which also elects four additional members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Ogmore Ogwr
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Ogmore shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MS	Huw Irranca-Davies
Electoral region	South Wales West
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Ogmore Westminster constituency. It is almost entirely within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan, but takes in a very small area in South Glamorgan. It covers the area of Bridgend County Borough Council roughly north of the M4, and parts of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. It includes the communities of Cefn Cribwr, Garw Valley, Gilfach Goch, Llanharan, Maesteg, Ogwr Valley, Pencoed, Sarn and Tondu.^[1]

The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Swansea East and Swansea West.

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	Janice Gregory	Labour
	2016	Huw Irranca-Davies

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Ogmore

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[2]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Huw Irranca-Davies	12,868	52.5	–2.7	11,172	45.5	-2.4
	Plaid Cymru	Luke Fletcher	4,703	19.2	+4.5	4,928	20.1	+2.5
	Conservative	Nathan Adams	4,579	18.7	+7.6	4,385	17.9	+7.6
	Abolish	Robin Hunter-Clarke	660	2.7	New	884	3.6	+0.3
	Propel	Tim Thomas	625	2.6	New	410	1.7	New
	Reform UK	Glenda Davies	618	2.5	New	304	1.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Cameron Shippam	441	1.8	–1.2	526	2.1	-1.5
	Green					771	3.1	+1.1
	UKIP					335	1.4	-18.5
	Independent	Caroline Jones				353	1.4	N/A
	Gwlad					208	0.8	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					125	0.5	New
	Communist					75	0.3	0.0
	TUSC					56	0.2	-0.2
Majority			8,165	33.3	−7.2
Turnout			24,494
	Labour hold		Swing
Notes

Regional Ballot void votes: 154. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (58), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (96)

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Ogmore

Party		Candidate	Constituency[3]			Regional[4]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Huw Irranca-Davies	12,895	55.2	-8.7	11,171	47.9	-6.2
	Plaid Cymru	Tim Thomas	3,427	14.7	-2.0	4,097	17.6	+4.0
	UKIP	Elizabeth Kendall	3,233	13.8	New	3,246	13.9	+9.6
	Conservative	Jamie Wallis	2,587	11.1	-3.6	2,409	10.3	-1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Davies	698	3.0	-1.9	848	3.6	-0.2
	Green	Laurie Brophy	516	2.2	New	455	2.0	+0.1
	Abolish					780	3.3	New
	Monster Raving Loony					151	0.6	New
	TUSC					93	0.4	-0.1
	Communist					66	0.3	-0.1
Majority			9,468	40.5	−6.7
Turnout			23,356	42.9	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Ogmore

Party		Candidate	Constituency[5]			Regional[6]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	12,995	63.9	+12.2	10,892	54.1	+7.3
	Plaid Cymru	Danny Clark	3,379	16.7	−0.3	2,733	13.6	-2.4
	Conservative	Martyn Hughes	2,945	14.5	+2.8	2,455	12.2	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Francis	985	4.9	−4.5	774	3.8	-4.3
	Socialist Labour					1,117	5.5	+3.6
	UKIP					861	4.3	+0.7
	BNP					573	2.8	-1.9
	Green					383	1.9	-0.8
	Welsh Christian					165	0.8	New
	TUSC					109	0.5	New
	Communist					75	0.4	±0.0
Majority			9,576	47.2	+12.5
Turnout			20,264	36.4	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

Regional ballots rejected: 145^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Ogmore

Party		Candidate	Constituency[8]			Regional[9]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory[a]	11,761	51.7	−7.2	10,577	46.8	-5.7
	Plaid Cymru	Sian M. Caiach	3,861	17.0	−3.1	3,623	16.0	-2.9
	Conservative	Norma Lloyd-Nesling	2,663	11.7	+2.6	2,373	10.5	+1.8
	Independent	Steve B. Smith	2,337	10.3	New
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Plant	2,144	9.4	±0.0	1,831	8.1	-1.2
	BNP					1,066	4.7	New
	UKIP					817	3.6	+1.9
	Green					608	2.7	±0.0
	Socialist Labour					434	1.9	-2.5
	Joel Jenkins - Independent					338	1.5	New
	Keith James - Independent					333	1.5	New
	Socialist Alternative (UK)					189	0.8	New
	Welsh Christian					178	0.8	New
	Communist					90	0.4	New
	Respect					74	0.3	New
	CPA					55	0.2	New
Majority			7,900	34.7	−4.1
Turnout			22,766	40.0	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.1

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Ogmore

Party		Candidate	Constituency [10]			Regional[11]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	9,874	58.9	+10.7	8,859	52.5
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Davies	3,370	20.1	−7.0	3,198	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Radford	1,567	9.4	+2.5	1,569	9.3
	Conservative	Richard J. Hill	1,532	9.1	+2.5	1,469	8.7
	Socialist Labour	Christopher Herriott	410	2.5	New	749	4.4
	Green					452	2.7
	UKIP					290	1.7
	Cymru Annibynnol					258	1.5
	ProLife Alliance					39	0.2
Majority			6,504	38.8	+18.7
Turnout			16,753	33.5	−8.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.9

2003 Electorate: 49,565 List ballots rejected: 303

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Ogmore^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	10,407	48.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	John D. Rogers	5,842	27.1	N/A
	Independent	Ralph G. Hughes	2,439	11.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Ramsay-Waye	1,496	6.9	N/A
	Conservative	Chris B. Smart	1,415	6.6	N/A
Majority			4,565	21.1	N/A
Turnout			21,599	41.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. Incumbent member for this constituency

References

1. "Ogmore Constituency Labour Party". Ogmore Labour. 20 July 2008. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
2. "South Wales West, Senedd 2016". Swansea Council. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
3. "Wales elections > Ogmore". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
4. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
5. "Wales elections > Swansea East". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
6. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
7. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
8. Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
9. "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
10. Ogmore, Political Science Resources
11. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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