Ogmore (Senedd constituency)
Senedd constituency (1999–2026)
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Ogmore (Welsh: Ogwr) was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It was one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which also elected four additional members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
| Ogmore Ogwr | |
|---|---|
| Former Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
Ogmore shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies | |
| Former Senedd county constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2026 |
| Party | Labour |
| MS | Huw Irranca-Davies |
| Electoral region | South Wales West |
| Preserved county | Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan |
Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Ogmore Westminster constituency. It was almost entirely within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan, but takes in a very small area in South Glamorgan. It covered the area of Bridgend County Borough Council roughly north of the M4, and parts of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. It included the communities of Cefn Cribwr, Garw Valley, Gilfach Goch, Llanharan, Maesteg, Ogwr Valley, Pencoed, Sarn and Tondu.[1]
The other six constituencies of the region were Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Swansea East and Swansea West.
Voting
In general elections for the Senedd, each voter had two votes. The first vote was 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 was used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats were 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 | Janice Gregory | Labour |  | |
| 2016 | Huw Irranca-Davies |  | ||
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Huw Irranca-Davies | 12,868 | 52.5 | –2.7 | 11,172 | 45.5 | -2.4 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Luke Fletcher | 4,703 | 19.2 | +4.5 | 4,928 | 20.1 | +2.5 | |
| Conservative | Nathan Adams | 4,579 | 18.7 | +7.6 | 4,385 | 17.9 | +7.6 | |
| Abolish | Robin Hunter-Clarke | 660 | 2.7 | New | 884 | 3.6 | +0.3 | |
| Propel | Tim Thomas | 625 | 2.6 | New | 410 | 1.7 | New | |
| Reform | Glenda Davies | 618 | 2.5 | New | 304 | 1.2 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Cameron Shippam | 441 | 1.8 | –1.2 | 526 | 2.1 | -1.5 | |
| Green | 771 | 3.1 | +1.1 | |||||
| UKIP | 335 | 1.4 | -18.5 | |||||
| Independent | Caroline Jones | 353 | 1.4 | N/A | ||||
| Gwlad | 208 | 0.8 | New | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | 125 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Communist | 75 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |||||
| TUSC | 56 | 0.2 | -0.2 | |||||
| Majority | 8,165 | 33.3 | −7.2 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,494 | |||||||
| Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes | ||||||||
Regional Ballot void votes: 154. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (58), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (96)
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[3] | Regional[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Huw Irranca-Davies | 12,895 | 55.2 | -8.7 | 11,171 | 47.9 | -6.2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Tim Thomas | 3,427 | 14.7 | -2.0 | 4,097 | 17.6 | +4.0 | |
| UKIP | Elizabeth Kendall | 3,233 | 13.8 | New | 3,246 | 13.9 | +9.6 | |
| Conservative | Jamie Wallis | 2,587 | 11.1 | -3.6 | 2,409 | 10.3 | -1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anita Davies | 698 | 3.0 | -1.9 | 848 | 3.6 | -0.2 | |
| Green | Laurie Brophy | 516 | 2.2 | New | 455 | 2.0 | +0.1 | |
| Abolish | 780 | 3.3 | New | |||||
| Monster Raving Loony | 151 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 93 | 0.4 | -0.1 | |||||
| Communist | 66 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |||||
| Majority | 9,468 | 40.5 | −6.7 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,356 | 42.9 | +6.5 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[5] | Regional[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Janice Gregory | 12,995 | 63.9 | +12.2 | 10,892 | 54.1 | +7.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Danny Clark | 3,379 | 16.7 | −0.3 | 2,733 | 13.6 | -2.4 | |
| Conservative | Martyn Hughes | 2,945 | 14.5 | +2.8 | 2,455 | 12.2 | +1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerald Francis | 985 | 4.9 | −4.5 | 774 | 3.8 | -4.3 | |
| Socialist Labour | 1,117 | 5.5 | +3.6 | |||||
| UKIP | 861 | 4.3 | +0.7 | |||||
| BNP | 573 | 2.8 | -1.9 | |||||
| Green | 383 | 1.9 | -0.8 | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 165 | 0.8 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 109 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Communist | 75 | 0.4 | ±0.0 | |||||
| Majority | 9,576 | 47.2 | +12.5 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,264 | 36.4 | −3.6 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 | ||||||
Regional ballots rejected: 145[7]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[8] | Regional[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Janice Gregory[a] | 11,761 | 51.7 | −7.2 | 10,577 | 46.8 | -5.7 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Sian M. Caiach | 3,861 | 17.0 | −3.1 | 3,623 | 16.0 | -2.9 | |
| Conservative | Norma Lloyd-Nesling | 2,663 | 11.7 | +2.6 | 2,373 | 10.5 | +1.8 | |
| Independent | Steve B. Smith | 2,337 | 10.3 | New | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Plant | 2,144 | 9.4 | ±0.0 | 1,831 | 8.1 | -1.2 | |
| BNP | 1,066 | 4.7 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 817 | 3.6 | +1.9 | |||||
| Green | 608 | 2.7 | ±0.0 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 434 | 1.9 | -2.5 | |||||
| Joel Jenkins - Independent | 338 | 1.5 | New | |||||
| Keith James - Independent | 333 | 1.5 | New | |||||
| Socialist Alternative (UK) | 189 | 0.8 | New | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 178 | 0.8 | New | |||||
| Communist | 90 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Respect | 74 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| CPA | 55 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Majority | 7,900 | 34.7 | −4.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,766 | 40.0 | +6.5 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | −2.1 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency [10] | Regional[11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Janice Gregory | 9,874 | 58.9 | +10.7 | 8,859 | 52.5 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Janet Davies | 3,370 | 20.1 | −7.0 | 3,198 | 18.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Radford | 1,567 | 9.4 | +2.5 | 1,569 | 9.3 | ||
| Conservative | Richard J. Hill | 1,532 | 9.1 | +2.5 | 1,469 | 8.7 | ||
| Socialist Labour | Christopher Herriott | 410 | 2.5 | New | 749 | 4.4 | ||
| Green | 452 | 2.7 | ||||||
| UKIP | 290 | 1.7 | ||||||
| Cymru Annibynnol | 258 | 1.5 | ||||||
| ProLife Alliance | 39 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Majority | 6,504 | 38.8 | +18.7 | |||||
| Turnout | 16,753 | 33.5 | −8.0 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +8.9 | ||||||
2003 Electorate: 49,565 List ballots rejected: 303
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Janice Gregory | 10,407 | 48.2 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | John D. Rogers | 5,842 | 27.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ralph G. Hughes | 2,439 | 11.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Ramsay-Waye | 1,496 | 6.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Chris B. Smart | 1,415 | 6.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,565 | 21.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 21,599 | 41.5 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||