Cynon Valley (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency).

Cynon Valley (Welsh: Cwm Cynon) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also 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.

Cynon Valley Cwm Cynon
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Cynon Valley shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Welsh Labour
MS	Vikki Howells
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan

Boundaries

Map of current 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 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	Christine Chapman	Labour Co-operative
	2016	Vikki Howells	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Cynon Valley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vikki Howells[a]	11,427	55.3	+4.2	10,279	50.1	+7.0
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint Benney	3,959	19.3	-0.6	3,935	19.2	-4.7
	Conservative	Mia Rees	2,795	13.6	+7.5	3,220	15.7	+9.3
	Propel	Vicky Jenkins	713	3.5	New	325	1.6	New
	Abolish	Martyn Ford	648	3.2	New	660	3.2	-0.3
	Reform UK	Peter Hopkins	356	1.7	New	284	1.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Francis	335	1.6	-0.1	324	1.6	-0.4
	Independent	Gareth Bennett	278	1.4	New
	Green					625	3.0	+0.8
	UKIP					352	1.7	-14.5
	Gwlad					153	0.7	New
	No More Lockdowns					121	0.6	New
	Workers Party					64	0.3	New
	TUSC					56	0.3	-0.1
	Communist					53	0.3	-0.1
	Independent Alan Coulthard					50	0.2	New
Majority			7,468	36.0	+4.8
Turnout			20,511	39.05[2]	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cynon Valley

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[3][4]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vikki Howells	9,830	51.1	-10.9	8,295	43.1	-10.3
	Plaid Cymru	Cerith Griffiths	3,836	19.9	-7.3	4,601	23.9	-0.6
	UKIP	Liz Wilks	3,460	18.0	New	3,120	16.2
	Conservative	Lyn Hudson	1,177	6.1	-2.1	1,227	6.4	-1.2
	Green	John Matthews	598	3.1	New	426	2.2	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wallace	335	1.7	-0.9	385	2.0	-0.8
	Abolish					670	3.5	New
	Women's Equality					149	0.8	New
	Monster Raving Loony					102	0.5	-0.1
	TUSC					79	0.4	-0.1
	Communist					70	0.4	+0.1
	Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power					56	0.3	New
	Independent (Jonathan Bishop)[5]					51	0.3	New
Majority			5,994	31.2	−3.6
Turnout			19,236	38.2	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cynon Valley

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[6]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Christine Chapman	11,626	62.0	+5.3	9,730
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Trystan Davies	5,111	27.2	-0.6	4,254
	Conservative	Daniel Saxton	1,531	8.2	-2.2	1,378
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Walton	492	2.6	-2.5	507
	UKIP					73		-
	Socialist Labour					781
	Green					609
	BNP					409		-
	Welsh Christian					228
	Monster Raving Loony					104		New
	TUSC					96		New
	Communist					57		-
Majority			6,515	34.8	+5.9
Turnout			18,760	35.9	−2.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+3.0

Note: The Electoral Commission record the UKIP regional vote here as 73. That figure would be by far the lowest in Wales and not in keeping with historic figures here or equivalent figures elsewhere in the South Wales Valleys, South Wales Central and Wales at this election.
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 118<^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Cynon Valley

Party		Candidate	Constituency [8]			Regional[9]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Christine Chapman	11,058	56.7	-8.3	10,036	50.6	-5.4
	Plaid Cymru	Liz A. Walters	5,435	27.8	+6.5	4,214	21.3	+0.5
	Conservative	Neill S.M. John	2,024	10.4	+3.8	1,401	7.1	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret H. Phelps	1,000	5.1	-2.5	1,232	6.2	+0.2
	BNP					912	4.6	New
	UKIP					769	3.9	±0.0
	Green					528	2.7	-0.3
	Welsh Christian					211	1.1	New
	Socialist Labour					200	1.0	-2.1
	Communist					89	0.4	+0.3
	Socialist Alternative					84	0.4	New
	Respect					68	0.3	New
	CPA					39	0.2	New
	Socialist Equality					36	0.2	New
Majority			5,623	28.9	−13.9
Turnout			19,517	38.4	+1.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−7.2

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cynon Valley

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[10]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Christine Chapman	10,841	65.0	+19.4	9,329	56.1	+14.1
	Plaid Cymru	David A. Walters	3,724	22.3	−20.2	3,454	20.8	-23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rob O. Humphreys	1,120	6.7	−0.4	1,238	7.4	+0.3
	Conservative	Daniel C.B. Thomas	984	5.9	+1.1	1,001	6.0	+1.4
	Socialist Labour					522	3.1	Unknown
	Green					392	2.4	Unknown
	UKIP					314	1.9	New
	Cymru Annibynnol					123	0.7	New
	New Millennium Bean Partyn					86	0.5	New
	Communist					75	0.5	Unknown
	Vote No 2 Stop the War					71	0.4	New
	ProLife Alliance					31	0.2	New
Majority			7,117	42.7	+39.6
Turnout			16,669	37.5	−8.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+19.8

2003 Electorate: 44,473
Regional ballots rejected: 345

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Cynon Valley

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Christine Chapman	9,883	45.6	N/A	9,000	42.0	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Phil Richards	9,206	42.5	N/A	9,385	43.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alison L. Willott	1,531	7.1	N/A	1,513	7.1	N/A
	Conservative	Edmund R. Hayward	1,046	4.8	N/A	997	4.6	N/A
	Others					554	2.6	N/A
Majority			932	3.1	N/A
Turnout			21,666	45.6	N/A
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

1999 Electorate: 47,508