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Bridgend (Senedd constituency)

Senedd constituency (1999–)

Summary

Senedd constituency (1999–)

Field	Value
name	Bridgend

constituency_type	Senedd county constituency
parl_name	Senedd	image = [[Image:Bridgend2007Constituency.svg	180px]]
caption	Bridgend shown as one of the 40
Senedd constituencies
year	1999
parts_label	Electoral region
parts	South Wales West
member_label	MS
member	Sarah Murphy
party_label	Party
party	Labour
blank1_name	Preserved county
blank1_info	Mid Glamorgan
and West Glamorgan

Senedd constituencies and West Glamorgan

Bridgend () 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 seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

History

Bridgend can be considered a relatively safe Labour seat. The former First Minister Carwyn Jones had represented the constituency since the creation of the assembly until 2021. The former Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns contested the seat in 1999 and 2003.

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Bridgend Westminster constituency prior to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. It is partly within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan and partly within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.

The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, 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.

Members of the Senedd

Between 1999 and 2021, the member for the constituency was Carwyn Jones, who became First Minister of Wales in 2009 and served until 2018. In 2021, Sarah Murphy became the MS.

Election	Member	Party	Portrait
Labour Party (UK)}}" rowspan="2"		1999	Carwyn Jones	Labour
2021	Sarah Murphy	100px

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Regional Ballot void votes: 182. Want of an Official Mark (2), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (48), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (1), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (131)

Elections in the 2010s

Regional ballots rejected: 195

Elections in the 2000s

2003 Electorate: 62,540

Regional ballots rejected: 319

Elections in the 1990s

Notes

References

"South Wales West Electoral Region Aberavon Constituency STATEMENT OF LOCAL TOTALS".
Hayward, Will. (2021-05-07). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales".
(6 May 2016). "Wales elections > Bridgend". BBC News.
"Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election".
(6 May 2011). "Wales elections > Bridgend". BBC News.
"Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election".
"Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election".
"2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)". National Assembly for Wales.
(November 2003). "The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003". The Electoral Commission.

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