Bridgend () is a constituency represented in the

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Jamie Wallis Jamie Hamilton Wallis (born 2 June 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend in Wales since the 2019 general election. Wallis defeated incumbent Labour MP Madeleine Moon, who had r ...

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Constituency profile

The seat covers Bridgend itself and some of the south Wales coast to the west including the seaside resort of

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. Levels of wealth and education are around average for the UK.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Ogwr wards numbers 1, 2, 12 to 16, 18, and 20 to 23. 1997–2010: The Borough of Ogwr wards of Brackla, Cefn Cribwr, Coity Higher, Cornelly, Coychurch Lower, Laleston, Morfa,

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Newcastle Higher Newcastle Higher is a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. Located north west of Bridgend town centre it is made up of the townships of Pen-y-fai and Aberkenfig and straddles the M4 motorway. The community is home to several notab ...

, Oldcastle, Porthcawl East, Porthcawl West, Pyle, and St Bride's Major. 2010–present: The Bridgend County Borough electoral divisions of Brackla; Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr; Cefn Glas; Coity; Cornelly; Coychurch Lower; Litchard; Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd; Morfa; Newcastle; Newton; Nottage; Oldcastle; Pendre; Pen-y-fai; Porthcawl East Central; Porthcawl West Central; Pyle; and Rest Bay.

History

;Summary of results The 2015 result gave the seat the 19th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. The Bridgend constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Ogmore & Aberavon. To date, it has mostly voted for candidates from the Labour Party at general elections. The exceptions have been the Conservatives winning the seat at the 1983 'landslide' election, and in 2019. An absolute Labour majority occurred in Bridgend in three successive elections: 1992, 1997 and 2001, as well as in 2017. ;Other opposition parties Since 2001, inclusive, two non-Labour, non-Conservative candidates at each election have kept their

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, winning greater than or equal to 5% of the vote. ;Turnout Turnout has ranged between a high of 80.5%, in 1992, and a low of 59.2% in 2005.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 2010s

Of the 63 rejected ballots: *43 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. *18 voted for more than one candidate. *2 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified. Of the 55 rejected ballots: *36 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. *19 voted for more than one candidate. Of the 101 rejected ballots: *78 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. *23 voted for more than one candidate.

Notes

References

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Bridgend
— presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

(Election results from 1922 onwards)

(Election results from 1955 onwards)
2017 Election
House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
A Vision Of Britain Through Time
(Constituency elector numbers) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bridgend (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in South Wales Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983 Politics of Bridgend County Borough Mid Glamorgan