Pontypridd (Senedd constituency)

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

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.

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
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MS	Mick Antoniw
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan 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 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 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. Pontypridd Statement of Persons Nominated
2. "Wales elections > Pontypridd". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
3. 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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