Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency)

Blaenau Gwent
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Blaenau Gwent in Wales.
Preserved county	Gwent
Population	69,814 (2011 census)
Electorate	53,791 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Ebbw Vale, Abertillery, Brynmawr, Tredegar
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Nick Smith (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Abertillery, Brecon and Radnor and Ebbw Vale
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	South Wales East
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Coordinates: 51°46′37″N 3°11′42″W / 51.777°N 3.195°W / 51.777; -3.195

Blaenau Gwent is a constituency in South Wales created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Nick Smith of the Labour Party.

Blaenau Gwent incorporates most of the area of Aneurin Bevan's old constituency and other areas as population expansion has been low or negative following the 1960s. The constituency was created in 1983, twenty-three years after Bevan's death, from the upper part of the former Abertillery constituency, the town of Brynmawr from 'Brecon and Radnor', and Bevan's old Ebbw Vale seat with the exception of the area of the Rhymney Community (formerly Rhymney Urban District). The then-Labour party leader Michael Foot, who had won Ebbw Vale in the by-election following Bevan's death, was the seat's first MP.

Until 2005, the constituency statistically ranked in the top 20 safest Labour seats in the country by size of majority and by continuous representation by candidates from that party. In the 1983 and 1992 general elections, it was Labour's safest seat.