Ogmore (Senedd Cymru constituency)

Ogmore (Welsh: Ogwr) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which also elects four additional members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Ogmore (Welsh: Ogwr)
Senedd Cymru county constituency
Ogmore shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd Cymru county constituency
Created	1999
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 is almost entirely within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan, but takes in a very small area in South Glamorgan. It covers the area of Bridgend County Borough Council roughly north of the M4, and parts of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. It includes 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 are Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Swansea East and Swansea West.

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	Janice Gregory	Labour Party
	2016	Huw Irranca-Davies	Labour Party

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Ogmore[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Huw Irranca-Davies	12,895	55.2	-8.7
	Plaid Cymru	Tim Thomas	3,427	14.7	-2.0
	UKIP	Elizabeth Kendall	3,233	13.8	+13.8
	Conservative	Jamie Wallis	2,587	11.1	-3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Davies	698	3.0	-1.9
	Green	Laurie Brophy	516	2.2	+2.2
Majority			9,468	40.5	-6.8
Turnout				42.9	+6.5

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Ogmore[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	12,995	63.9	+12.3
	Plaid Cymru	Danny Clark	3,379	16.7	−0.3
	Conservative	Martyn Hughes	2,945	14.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Francis	985	4.9	−4.6
Majority			9,576	47.3	+12.6
Turnout			20,264	36.4	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Ogmore[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	11,761	51.7	−7.2
	Plaid Cymru	Sian M. Caiach	3,861	17.0	−3.1
	Conservative	Norma Lloyd-Nesling	2,663	11.7	+2.6
	Independent	Steve B. Smith	2,337	10.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Plant	2,144	9.4	+0.0
Majority			7,900	34.7	-4.1
Turnout			22,766	40.0	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.1

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Ogmore[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	9,874	58.9	+10.7
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Davies	3,370	20.1	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Radford	1,567	9.4	+2.5
	Conservative	Richard J. Hill	1,532	9.1	+2.5
	Socialist Labour	Christopher Herriott	410	2.5	N/A
Majority			6,504	38.8	+18.7
Turnout			16,753	33.5	−8.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.9

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Ogmore[5]

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)

References

1. "Ogmore Constituency Labour Party". Ogmore Labour. 20 July 2008. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
2. "Wales elections > Ogmore". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
3. "Wales elections > Ogmore". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
4. Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
5. Ogmore, Political Science Resources