Cynon Valley (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 51°39′25″N 3°27′40″W / 51.657°N 3.461°W

Cynon Valley
National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Cynon Valley shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Wales Labour
AM	Vikki Howells
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan South Glamorgan

Cynon Valley is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member 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

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cynon Valley 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, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.

Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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

Period		Member	Party
	1999	Christine Chapman	Labour Co-operative
	2016	Vikki Howells	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cynon Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Vikki Howells	9,830	51.1	−10.9
	Plaid Cymru	Cerith Griffiths	3,836	19.9	−7.3
	UKIP	Liz Wilks	3,460	18.0	N/A
	Conservative	Lyn Hudson	1,177	6.1	−2.1
	Green	John Matthews	598	3.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wallace	335	1.7	−0.9
Majority			5,994
Turnout				38.2	+2.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cynon Valley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Christine Chapman	11,626	62.0	+5.3
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Trystan Davies	5,111	27.2	−0.6
	Conservative	Daniel Saxton	1,531	8.2	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Walton	492	2.6	−2.5
Majority			6,515	34.7	+5.9
Turnout			18,760	35.9	−2.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Cynon Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Christine Chapman	11,058	56.7	−7.8
	Plaid Cymru	Liz A. Walters	5,435	27.8	+6.5
	Conservative	Neill S.M. John	2,024	10.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret H. Phelps	1,000	5.1	−2.5
Majority			5,623	28.8	−13.9
Turnout			19,517	38.4	+1.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−7.2

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cynon Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Christine Chapman	10,841	65.0	+19.4
	Plaid Cymru	David A. Walters	3,724	22.3	−20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rob O. Humphreys	1,120	6.7	−0.3
	Conservative	Daniel C.B. Thomas	984	5.9	+1.1
Majority			7,117	42.7	+39.6
Turnout			16,669	37.5	−8.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+19.8

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Cynon Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Christine Chapman	9,883	45.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Phil Richard	9,206	42.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alison L. Willott	1,531	7.1	N/A
	Conservative	Edmund R. Hayward	1,046	4.8	N/A
Majority			677	3.1	N/A
Turnout			21,666	45.6	N/A
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

References

1. "Wales elections > Cynon Valley". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.