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UK Parliamentary constituency, 1983–2024 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cynon Valley (Welsh: Cwm Cynon) was a constituency[n 1] in Wales, of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1983 to 2024. Its last MP from 2019 to 2024 was Beth Winter of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Cynon Valley | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | Mid Glamorgan |
Electorate | 52,372 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Aberdare, Mountain Ash, Hirwaun |
1983–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Aberdare and parts of Brecon and Radnor and Neath[2] |
Senedd | Cynon Valley, South Wales Central |
The Cynon Valley Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency).
The constituency was abolished as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales. Its wards were split between Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, and Pontypridd.[3]
1983–2010: The Borough of Cynon Valley.
2010–2024: The Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough electoral divisions of Aberaman North, Aberaman South, Abercynon, Aberdare East, Aberdare West/Llwydcoed, Cilfynydd, Cwmbach, Glyncoch, Hirwaun, Mountain Ash East, Mountain Ash West, Penrhiwceiber, Pen-y-waun, Rhigos, and Ynysybwl.
The constituency encompasses the towns of Aberdare, Mountain Ash, Cilfynydd, Abercynon and Hirwaun.
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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1983 | Ioan Evans | Labour Co-op | |
1984 by-election | Ann Clwyd | Labour | |
2019 | Beth Winter | Labour | |
2024 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Ioan Evans | 20,668 | 56.0 | N/A | |
SDP | Felix Aubel | 7,594 | 20.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Arbuthnot | 5,240 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Pauline Jarman | 3,421 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,074 | 35.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,923 | 73.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 50,284 | ||||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Clwyd | 19,389 | 58.8 | +2.8 | |
SDP | Felix Aubel | 6,554 | 19.9 | −0.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Clayton F. Jones | 3,619 | 11.0 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | James Arbuthnot | 2,441 | 7.4 | −6.8 | |
Communist | Mary Winter | 642 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Noel E. Rencontre | 215 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Paul Nicholls-Jones | 122 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,835 | 38.9 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 32,982 | 65.7 | −7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 50,237 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Clwyd | 26,222 | 68.9 | +12.9 | |
SDP | Keith Butler | 4,651 | 12.2 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Mark Bishop | 4,638 | 12.2 | −2.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dorothy Richards | 2,549 | 6.7 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 21,571 | 56.7 | +21.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,060 | 76.7 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 49,621 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Clwyd | 26,254 | 69.1 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew Smith | 4,890 | 12.9 | +0.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Clifford Benney | 4,186 | 11.0 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marcello Verma | 2,667 | 7.0 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 21,364 | 56.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 37,997 | 76.5 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 49,695 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Clwyd | 23,307 | 69.7 | +0.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Alun Davies | 3,552 | 10.6 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Huw Price | 3,459 | 10.3 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Andrew Smith | 2,260 | 6.8 | −6.1 | |
Referendum | Gwyn John | 844 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,755 | 59.1 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 33,422 | 69.2 | −7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 48,286 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Clwyd | 17,685 | 65.6 | −4.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Steven J. Cornelius | 4,687 | 17.4 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Parry | 2,541 | 9.4 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | Julian Waters | 2,045 | 7.6 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 12,998 | 48.2 | −10.9 | ||
Turnout | 26,958 | 55.4 | −13.8 | ||
Registered electors | 48,639 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Clwyd | 17,074 | 64.1 | −1.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Benney | 3,815 | 14.3 | −3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Phelps | 2,991 | 11.2 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Antonia Dunn | 2,062 | 7.7 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Sue Davies | 705 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,259 | 49.8 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 26,647 | 58.7 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 44,803 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Clwyd | 15,681 | 52.5 | −10.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Trystan Davies | 6,064 | 20.3 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lee Thacker | 4,120 | 13.8 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Juliette Ash | 3,010 | 10.1 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Frank Hughes | 1,001 | 3.4 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 9,617 | 32.2 | −17.6 | ||
Turnout | 29,876 | 59.0 | −1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 50,650 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Clwyd | 14,532 | 47.7 | −4.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Cerith Griffiths | 5,126 | 16.8 | −3.5 | |
UKIP | Rebecca Rees-Evans | 4,976 | 16.3 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Keith Dewhurst | 3,676 | 12.1 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Angharad Jones | 830 | 2.7 | −11.1 | |
Green | John Matthews | 799 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Chris Beggs | 533 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 81 | ||||
Majority | 9,406 | 30.9 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 30,472 | 59.3 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 51,422 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Of the 81 rejected ballots:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Clwyd | 19,404 | 61.0 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Keith Dewhurst | 6,166 | 19.4 | +7.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Liz Walters | 4,376 | 13.8 | −3.0 | |
UKIP | Ian McLean | 1,271 | 4.0 | −12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicola Knight | 585 | 1.8 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 13,238 | 41.6 | +11.7 | ||
Turnout | 31,802 | 62.0 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 51,334 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Beth Winter | 15,533 | 51.4 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Pauline Church | 6,711 | 22.2 | +2.8 | |
Brexit Party | Rebecca Rees-Evans | 3,045 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Benney | 2,562 | 8.5 | −5.3 | |
Cynon Valley | Andrew Chainey | 1,322 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Bray | 949 | 3.1 | +1.3 | |
SDP | Ian McLean | 114 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,822 | 29.2 | −12.4 | ||
Turnout | 30,236 | 59.1 | −2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 51,134 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.2 |
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