Rhondda (Senedd 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.

Boundaries

Template:Maplink 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
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	1999	Geraint Davies	Plaid Cymru	File:Geraint Davies (Rhondda).jpg
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	2003	Leighton Andrews	Labour	File:Leighton Andrews.jpg
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	2016	Leanne Wood	Plaid Cymru	File:Leanne Wood AM (27555056394) (cropped).jpg
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	2021	Buffy Williams	Labour	File:Buffy-williams.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" | 5,497 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 23.4 | 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" | 23,458 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | gain from Template:Yesno !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | +19.1 || |-

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" | 3,459 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 14.7 | 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" | 23,486 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 47.2 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | gain from Template:Yesno !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" | 6,739 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 33.7 | 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" | 20,027 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 38.0 | 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;" | +2.8 || |-

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Regional ballots rejected at the count: 112

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" | 6,215 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 28.1 | 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" | 22,107 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 42.1 | 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;" | -3.3 || |-

|} Template:AMS election box begin 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" | Jeffrey Gregory | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 909 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 4.0 | 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" | 7,954 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 34.6 | 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" | 23,003 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 45.6 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: " | | colspan="2" | gain from Template:Yesno !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | +21.4 || |-

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2003 Electorate: 50,463
Regional ballots rejected: 394

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 |- 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" | Glyndwr Summers | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 913 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 3.3 | style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 27,821 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 50.2 |-

|- | 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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1999 Electorate: 55,266