Cynon Valley (Assembly constituency)
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| Cynon Valley | |
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| National Assembly for Wales county constituency | |
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Cynon Valley shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
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| Current National Assembly for Wales county constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Party | Wales Labour & Co-operative |
| AM | Christine Chapman |
| Preserved county | Mid Glamorgan South Glamorgan |
Cynon Valley is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member 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.
Contents
Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cynon Valley 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, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.
Voting
In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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
| Period | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Christine Chapman | Labour Co-operative | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Vikki Howells | ||||
| UKIP | Liz Wilks | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Christine Chapman | 11,626 | 62.0 | +5.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Trystan Davies | 5,111 | 27.2 | −0.6 | |
| Conservative | Daniel Saxton | 1,531 | 8.2 | −2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Walton | 492 | 2.6 | −2.5 | |
| Majority | 6,515 | 34.7 | +5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 18,760 | 35.9 | −2.5 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Christine Chapman | 11,058 | 56.7 | −7.8 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Mrs. Liz A. Walters | 5,435 | 27.8 | +6.5 | |
| Conservative | Neill S.M. John | 2,024 | 10.4 | +3.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mrs. Margaret H. Phelps | 1,000 | 5.1 | −2.5 | |
| Majority | 5,623 | 28.8 | -13.9 | ||
| Turnout | 19,517 | 38.4 | +1.2 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −7.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Christine Chapman | 10,841 | 65.0 | +19.4 | |
| Plaid Cymru | David A. Walters | 3,724 | 22.3 | −20.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rob O. Humphreys | 1,120 | 6.7 | −0.3 | |
| Conservative | Daniel C.B. Thomas | 984 | 5.9 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 7,117 | 42.7 | +39.6 | ||
| Turnout | 16,669 | 37.5 | −8.3 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +19.8 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Christine Chapman | 9,883 | 45.6 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | Phil Richard | 9,206 | 42.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mrs. Alison L. Willott | 1,531 | 7.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Edmund R. Hayward | 1,046 | 4.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 677 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 21,666 | 45.6 | N/A | ||
| Labour Co-op win (new seat) | |||||
