Pontypridd (Senedd 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.

Boundaries

Template:Maplink 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
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	1999	Jane Davidson	Labour	File:Jane Davidson.jpg
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	2011	Mick Antoniw	Labour	File:Mick Antoniw 2011.jpg

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 5,328 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 19.4 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 27,556 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | hold !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | || |-

Elections in the 2010s

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 5,328 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 21.0 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 25,328 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | hold !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | || |-

|} Template:AMS election box begin Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link |- class="vcard" | style="color:inherit; background-color: ; width: 5px;" | | class="org" style="width: 130px" | !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn" | Ken Owen | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 501 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 2.1 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 7,694 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 32.9 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 34,431 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 51.9 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | hold !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | +9.8 || |-

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Regional ballots rejected at the count: 147

Elections in the 2000s

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 3,347 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 14.5 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 23,501 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 40.9 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | hold !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | || |-

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|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 6,920 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 28.3 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 24,398 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 38.6 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | hold !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | +11.0 || |-

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2003 Electorate: 63,204
Regional ballots rejected: Not reported

Elections in the 1990s

Template:AMS election box begin Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link Template:AMS election box with party link |- class="vcard" | style="color:inherit; background-color: ; width: 5px;" | | class="org" style="width: 130px" | !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class="fn" | Paul Phillips | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 436 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 1.5 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 1,575 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 5.3 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 29,326 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 45.4 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color:" | !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" colspan="5" | win (new seat) |- |-

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