Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Bridgend in Wales.
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| Preserved county | Mid Glamorgan |
| Population | 79,873 (2011 census) |
| Electorate | 59,533 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements |
Bridgend Porthcawl |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of parliament | Madeleine Moon (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Aberavon and Ogmore |
| Overlaps | |
| Welsh Assembly | South Wales West |
| European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Coordinates: 51°30′25″N 3°34′52″W / 51.507°N 3.581°W
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr in Welsh) is a parliamentary constituency created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Madeleine Moon of the Labour Party.
1983-1997: The Borough of Ogwr wards numbers 1, 2, 12 to 16, 18, and 20 to 23.
1997-2010: The Borough of Ogwr wards of Brackla, Cefn Cribwr, Coity Higher, Cornelly, Coychurch Lower, Laleston, Morfa, Newcastle, Newcastle Higher, Oldcastle, Porthcawl East, Porthcawl West, Pyle, and St Bride’s Major.
2010–present: The Bridgend County Borough electoral divisions of Brackla; Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr; Cefn Glas; Coity; Cornelly; Coychurch Lower; Litchard; Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd; Morfa; Newcastle; Newton; Nottage; Oldcastle; Pendre; Pen-y-fai; Porthcawl East Central; Porthcawl West Central; Pyle; and Rest Bay.
The 2015 result gave the seat the 19th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. The Bridgend constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Ogmore & Aberavon. It has to date elected candidates from the Labour Party save for electing the Conservative candidate Hubbard-Miles at the 1983 election 'landslide' election. An absolute Labour majority occurred in Bridgend in three successive elections, 1997, 2001 and 2005.
Since 2001, inclusive, two non-Labour, non-Conservative candidates at each election have kept their deposits, winning greater than or equal to 5% of the vote. In 2011 UKIP and Plaid Cymru were the parties of the two such candidates.
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