Rhondda (Senedd constituency)

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

Rhondda is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Rhondda
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Rhondda shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Welsh Labour
MS	Buffy Williams
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 Rhondda Westminster constituency. It is entirely 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, Pontypridd 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	Geraint Davies	Plaid Cymru
	2003	Leighton Andrews	Labour
	2016	Leanne Wood	Plaid Cymru
	2021	Buffy Williams	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Rhondda^[1]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Williams	12,832	54.7	+18.8	11,949	51.1	+18.7
	Plaid Cymru	Leanne Wood[a]	7,335	31.3	-19.3	6,495	27.8	-20.4
	Conservative	Tom Parkhill	1,490	6.4	+4.2	2,058	8.8	+6.3
	Propel	Jeff Gregory	525	2.2	New	288	1.2	New
	Abolish	Ian McLean	430	1.8	New	648	2.8	+0.3
	Reform UK	Steve Bayliss	355	1.5	New	306	1.3	New
	Freedom Alliance	Steven Phillips	291	1.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Charlton	200	0.9	+0.2	206	0.9	-0.3
	Green					575	2.5	+1.0
	UKIP					343	1.5	-8.4
	No More Lockdowns					159	0.7	New
	Gwlad					136	0.6	New
	Communist					74	0.3	±0.0
	TUSC					57	0.2	-0.1
	Workers Party					49	0.2	New
	Independent	Alan Coulthard				45	0.2	New
Majority			5,497	23.4	N/A
Turnout			23,458
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing	+19.1
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Rhondda

Party		Candidate	Constituency[2]			Regional[3][4]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Leanne Wood	11,891	50.6	+21.1	11,354	48.2	+23.7
	Labour	Leighton Andrews	8,432	35.9	-27.3	7,623	32.4	-22.2
	UKIP	Stephen Clee	2,203	9.4	New	2,337	9.9	+6.6
	Conservative	Maria Hill	528	2.2	-2.6	582	2.5	-1.8
	Green	Pat Matthews	259	1.1	New	346	1.5	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rhys Taylor	173	0.7	-1.8	278	1.2	-1.0
	Abolish					591	2.5	New
	Women's Equality					105	0.4	New
	Monster Raving Loony					114	0.5	±0.0
	Independent (Jonathan Bishop)[5]					45	0.2	New
	TUSC					82	0.3	-0.3
	Communist					62	0.3	±0.0
	Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power					40	0.2	New
Majority			3,459	14.7	N/A
Turnout			23,486	47.2	+9.2
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Rhondda

Party		Candidate	Constituency [6]			Regional[7]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leighton Andrews	12,650	63.2	+5.0	10,919	54.6	+1.7
	Plaid Cymru	Sara Evans-Fear	5,911	29.5	-0.5	4,906	24.5	-1.0
	Conservative	James Jeffreys	969	4.8	-0.3	861	4.3	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	George Summers	497	2.5	-4.0	436	2.2	-2.2
	Socialist Labour					746	3.7	+2.3
	UKIP					667	3.3	+0.7
	Green					502	2.5	+0.4
	BNP					476	2.4	-1.8
	Welsh Christian					200	1.0	+0.1
	TUSC					112	0.6	New
	Monster Raving Loony					105	0.5	New
	Communist					66	0.3	-0.5
Majority			6,739	33.7	+5.6
Turnout			20,027	38.0	−4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.8

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 112^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Rhondda

Party		Candidate	Constituency [9]			Regional[10]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leighton Andrews	12,875	58.2	-3.4	11,692	52.9	-7.1
	Plaid Cymru	Jill Evans	6,660	30.1	+3.1	5,576	25.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Roberts	1,441	6.5	+3.5	964	4.4	-0.1
	Conservative	Howard Parsons	1,131	5.1	+2.9	1,006	4.6	+1.0
	BNP					922	4.2	New
	UKIP					584	2.6	+0.1
	Green					473	2.1	+0.3
	Socialist Labour					307	1.4	-1.7
	Welsh Christian					190	0.9	New
	Communist					167	0.8	+0.4
	Socialist Alternative					77	0.3	New
	CPA					76	0.3	New
	Respect					59	0.3	New
	Socialist Equality					11	±0.0	New
Majority			6,215	28.1	−6.5
Turnout			22,107	42.1	−3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.3

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Rhondda

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[11]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leighton Andrews	14,170	61.6	+21.1	13,746	60.0	+19.8
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint Rhys Davies	6,216	27.0	-21.7	5,204	22.7	-17.5
	Independent	Jeffrey Gregory	909	4.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Watkins	680	3.0	-1.7	1,023	4.5	-1.4
	UKIP	Kunnathur T. Rajan	524	2.3	New	568	2.5	New
	Conservative	Paul James Williams	504	2.2	-0.6	813	3.6	+0.7
	Socialist Labour					710	3.1	Unknown
	Green					407	1.8	Unknown
	Cymru Annibynnol					164	0.7	New
	Vote No 2 Stop the War					65	0.3	New
	New Millennium Bean Partyn					88	0.4	New
	Communist					91	0.4	Unknown
	ProLife Alliance					19	0.1	New
Majority			7,954	34.6	N/A
Turnout			23,003	45.6	−4.6
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing	+21.4

2003 Electorate: 50,463
Regional ballots rejected: 394

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Rhondda

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint Rhys Davies	13,558	48.7	N/A	12,908	46.1	N/A
	Labour	Wayne David	11,273	40.5	N/A	11,256	40.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Meurig Williams	1,303	4.7	N/A	1,659	5.9	N/A
	Independent	Glyndwr Summers	913	3.3
	Conservative	Peter Hobbins	774	2.8	N/A	801	2.9	N/A
	Other list parties					1,395	5.0	N/A
Majority			2,285	8.2
Turnout			27,821	50.2
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

1999 Electorate: 55,266

References

1. Archived 2 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine Rhondda Statement of Persons Nominated
2. "Wales elections > Rhondda". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
3. Archived 29 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine National Assembly – 5 May 2016 - South Wales Central
4. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
5. "Jonathan Bishop". Who Can I vote for?. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
6. "Wales elections > Rhondda". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
7. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
8. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
9. Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
10. "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
11. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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