Pontypridd (Senedd Cymru 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.

Pontypridd
Senedd Cymru county constituency
Pontypridd shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd Cymru county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MS	Mick Antoniw
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan South Glamorgan

Boundaries

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
	1999	Jane Davidson	Labour
	2011	Mick Antoniw	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Pontypridd[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Antoniw	9,986	39.4	−11.4
	Plaid Cymru	Chad Rickard	4,659	18.4	+4.9
	Conservative	Joel James	3,884	15.3	−0.4
	UKIP	Edwin Allen	3,322	13.1	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Powell	2,979	11.8	−6.1
	Green	Ken Barker	508	2.0	+2.0
Majority			5,328	21.0	-12.0
Turnout				43.5	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Pontypridd[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Antoniw	11,864	50.8	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Powell	4,170	17.9	−9.7
	Conservative	Joel James	3,659	15.7	+2.8
	Plaid Cymru	Ioan Bellin	3,139	13.5	−4.3
	Independent	Ken Owen	501	2.1	N/A
Majority			7,694	33	+18.8
Turnout			23,333	38.9	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.4

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Pontypridd[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Davidson	9,836	41.9	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Powell	6,449	27.4	+13.3
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Grigg	4,181	17.8	−3.9
	Conservative	Janice Charles	3,035	12.9	+2.9
Majority			3,347	14.2	−14.2
Turnout			23,501	40.9	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Pontypridd[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Davidson	12,206	50.0	+11.4
	Plaid Cymru	Delme Bowen	5,286	21.7	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Powell	3,443	14.1	−3.1
	Conservative	Jayne Cowan	2,438	10.0	+1.5
	UKIP	Peter Gracia	1,025	4.2	N/A
Majority			6,920	28.4	+23.0
Turnout			24,398	38.6	−6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.0

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Pontypridd[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Davidson	11,330	38.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Bleddyn W. Hancock	9,755	33.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gianni Orsi	5,040	17.2	N/A
	Conservative	Susan Ingerfield	2,485	8.5	N/A
	Independent	Paul Phillips	436	1.5	N/A
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	280	1.0	N/A
Majority			1,575	5.4	N/A
Turnout			29,326	45.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "Wales elections > Aberavon". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
2. "Wales elections > Pontypridd". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
3. "Welsh Assembly Election Results For Pontypridd (Pontypridd Welsh Liberal Democrats)". Pontylibdems.org.uk. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
4. Pontypridd, Political Science Resources