Aberafan Maesteg (UK Parliament constituency)

Aberafan Maesteg is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 general election following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. It is currently represented by Stephen Kinnock of the Labour Party, who represented the predecessor constituency of Aberavon from 2015 to 2024.

Aberafan Maesteg
County constituency for the House of Commons
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Location of the constituency within Wales
Preserved county	West Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan
Electorate	69,817 (March 2020)[1]
Major settlements	Aberavon, Maesteg, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Stephen Kinnock (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Aberavon, Bridgend, Ogmore

Boundaries

Under the 2023 review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020:^[2][3]

• The County Borough of Bridgend wards of: Caerau, Cornelly, Llangynwyd, Maesteg East, Maesteg West, and Pyle.

• The County Borough of Neath Port Talbot wards of: Aberavon, Baglan, Briton Ferry East, Briton Ferry West, Bryn and Cwmavon, Cymmer, Glyncorrwg, Gwynfi, Margam, Pelenna, Port Talbot, Sandfields East, Sandfields West, and Tai-bach.

Following local government boundary reviews which came into effect in May 2022,^[4][5] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:^[6]

• The County Borough of Bridgend wards of: Caerau, Cornelly, Llangynwyd, Maesteg East, Maesteg West, and Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr (part).

• The County Borough of Neath Port Talbot wards of: Aberavon, Baglan, Briton Ferry East, Briton Ferry West, Bryn and Cwmavon, Cimla and Pelenna (part), Cymmer and Glyncorrwg, Gwynfi and Croeserw, Margam and Tai-bach, Port Talbot, Sandfields East, and Sandfields West.

By population, it is made up as follows:^[7][8]

• 61.1% from Aberavon, accounting for 81.1% of the former constituency (parts in Neath Port Talbot CB, except Pelenna).
• 21.6% from Ogmore, accounting for 25.8% of the former constituency (Maesteg).

• 16.0% from Bridgend, accounting for 17.0% of that constituency under its 2010–2024 boundaries (Cornelly and Pyle).
• 1.3% from Neath, accounting for 1.7% of the former constituency (Pelenna).

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2024 general election: Aberafan Maesteg^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Kinnock	17,838	49.9	−3.0
	Reform UK	Mark Griffiths	7,484	20.9	+12.4
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Deere	4,719	13.2	+4.2
	Conservative	Abigail Mainon	2,903	8.1	−14.5
	Green	Nigel Hill	1,094	3.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Griffiths	916	2.6	−1.1
	Independent	Captain Beany	618	1.7	+0.1
	Heritage	Rhiannon Morrissey	183	0.5	N/A
Majority			10,354	29.0	N/A
Turnout			35,755	49.3	−14.3
Registered electors			72,580
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [a] [10]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	23,509	52.9
	Conservative	10,052	22.6
	Plaid Cymru	3,991	9.0
	Brexit Party	3,794	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	1,645	3.7
	Independent	731	1.6
	Green Party	701	1.6
Majority		13,457	30.3
Turnout		44,423	63.6
Electorate		69,817

Notes

1. Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place