Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 51°45′07″N 3°18′29″W / 51.752°N 3.308°W
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney in Wales. | |
Electorate | 55,409 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Merthyr Tydfil, Rhymney |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Gerald Jones (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Ebbw Vale, Bedwellty and Brecon & Radnor[2] |
Overlaps | |
Welsh Assembly | South Wales East |
European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (Welsh: Merthyr Tudful a Rhymni) is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Boundaries
1983-1997: The Borough of Merthyr Tydfil, and the District of Rhymney Valley wards Nos. 5 and 14 to 20.
1997-2010: The County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil, and the Caerphilly County Borough wards of Abertysswg, Darren Valley, Moriah, New Tredegar, Pontlottyn, Tir-Phil, and Twyn Carno.
2010–present: The Merthyr Tydfil County Borough electoral divisions of Bedlinog, Cyfarthfa, Dowlais, Gurnos, Merthyr Vale, Park, Penydarren, Plymouth, Town, Treharris, and Vaynor, and the Caerphilly County Borough electoral divisions of Darran Valley, Moriah, New Tredegar, Pontlottyn, and Twyn Carno.
As its name suggests, the main towns are Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. The seat is bordered by the constituencies of Blaenau Gwent, Brecon and Radnorshire, Caerphilly, Cynon Valley, and Islwyn.
History
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, prior to this Merthyr Tydfil had been in its own eponymous constituency and Rhymney was in the seat of Ebbw Vale (at the time Michael Foot's constituency) which was abolished at that election.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Ted Rowlands | Labour | |
2001 | Dai Havard | Labour | |
2015 | Gerald Jones | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerald Jones[4] | 22,407 | 66.8 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Pauline Jorgensen[5] | 6,073 | 18.1 | +8.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Amy Kitcher [6] | 2,740 | 8.2 | -1.3 | |
UKIP | David Rowlands[7] | 1,484 | 4.4 | -14.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bob Griffin [8] | 841 | 2.5 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 16,334 | 48.7 | +13.5 | ||
Turnout | 33,545 | 60.5 | +7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 55,463 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerald Jones[11] | 17,619 | 53.9 | +10.2 | |
UKIP | David Rowlands[7] | 6,106 | 18.7 | +15.9 | |
Conservative | Bill Rees | 3,292 | 10.1 | +2.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Rhayna Mann | 3,099 | 9.5 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bob Griffin[12] | 1,351 | 4.1 | -26.9 | |
Green | Elspeth Parris[13] | 603 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Eddy Blanche | 459 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Communist | Robert Griffiths | 186 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,513 | 35.2 | +22.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,715 | 53.0 | -5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 61,716 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dai Havard | 14,007 | 43.7 | -16.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Amy Kitcher | 9,951 | 31.0 | +17.0 | |
Conservative | Maria Hill | 2,412 | 7.5 | -1.4 | |
Independent | Clive Tovey | 1,845 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Glyndwr Jones | 1,621 | 5.1 | -4.9 | |
BNP | Richard Barnes | 1,173 | 3.7 | N/A | |
UKIP | Adam Brown | 872 | 2.7 | +0.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Alan Cowdell | 195 | 0.6 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 4,056 | 12.6 | -33.9 | ||
Turnout | 32,076 | 58.6 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 54,715 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -16.9 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dai Havard | 18,129 | 60.5 | -1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ceirion Rees | 4,195 | 14.0 | +6.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Noel Turner | 2,972 | 9.9 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Roger Berry | 2,680 | 8.9 | +1.7 | |
Forward Wales | Neil Greer | 1,030 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Gwyn Parry | 699 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Socialist Labour | Ina Marsden | 271 | 0.9 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 13,934 | 46.5 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 29,976 | 54.9 | -2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 54,044 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dai Havard | 19,574 | 61.8 | -14.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Robert Hughes | 4,651 | 14.7 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Rogers | 2,385 | 7.5 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Cuming | 2,272 | 7.2 | +0.8 | |
Independent | Jeffrey Edwards | 1,936 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Ken Evans | 692 | 2.2 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Anthony Lewis | 174 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,923 | 47.1 | -22.1 | ||
Turnout | 31,684 | 57.7 | -11.6 | ||
Registered electors | 54,919 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Rowlands | 30,012 | 76.7 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Duncan Anstey | 2,926 | 7.5 | -3.8 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Morgan | 2,508 | 6.4 | -4.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Alun Cox | 2,344 | 6.0 | -0.1 | |
Independent Labour | Alan Cowdell | 691 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Referendum | Ronald Hutchings | 660 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 27,086 | 69.2 | +8.9 | ||
Turnout | 39,141 | 69.3 | -6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 56,507 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Rowlands | 31,710 | 71.6 | −3.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robyn Rowland | 4,997 | 11.3 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Mark Hughes | 4,904 | 11.1 | −0.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Alun Cox | 2,704 | 6.1 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 26,713 | 60.3 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,315 | 75.8 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 58,430 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Rowlands | 33,477 | 75.3 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Walters | 5,270 | 11.9 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Pravat Verma | 3,573 | 8.0 | −6.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Janet Davies | 2,085 | 4.7 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 28,130 | 63.4 | +10.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,405 | 76.2 | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 58,285 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Rowlands | 29,053 | 67.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Philip Owen | 6,323 | 14.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Blausten | 5,449 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Gerald Howells | 2,058 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | Royden Gould | 256 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 22,730 | 52.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,139 | 72.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 59,486 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ "'Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
- ↑ http://www.geraldjones.co.uk/
- ↑ http://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=134
- ↑ http://www.merthyrplaid.cymru/amy_kitcher_will_fight_for_merthyr_tydfil_and_rhymney
- 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
- ↑ http://www.welshlibdems.wales/bob_griffin
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Merthyr result". Election results for Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney. Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ http://labourlist.org/2014/12/gerald-jones-selected-as-candidate-for-merthyr-tydfil-and-rhymney/
- ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#South West
- ↑ http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2014/10/22/elspeth-parris-announced-as-ge-candidate-for-merthyr/
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney BBC Election - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)