Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Bridgend (Assembly constituency).

Bridgend
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bridgend in Wales.
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan
Electorate	59,533 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Bridgend, Porthcawl
Current constituency
Created	1983 (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

Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr in Welsh) is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post voting system.

Members of Parliament

The Bridgend constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Ogmore & Aberavon. It normally elects Labour MPs although it went Conservative at the 1983 election landslide. Its current MP is Madeleine Moon (Labour) and its Assembly member is Carwyn Jones (Labour), the First Minister. However, Labour, while remaining the largest party, lost control of Bridgend county borough council at the last elections to a "rainbow coalition" of Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Independents and Plaid Cymru.

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Peter Hubbard-Miles	Conservative
	1987	Win Griffiths	Labour
	2005	Madeleine Moon	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Bridgend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madeleine Moon	13,931	36.3	-6.6
	Conservative	Helen Baker	11,668	30.4	+5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Wayne Morgan	8,658	22.6	+0.5
	Plaid Cymru	Nicholas Thomas	2,269	5.9	-1.0
	BNP	Brian Urch	1,020	2.7	+2.7
	UKIP	Dave Fulton	801	2.1	+0.7
Majority			2,263	5.9
Turnout			38,347	65.3	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bridgend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madeleine Moon	16,410	43.3	-9.2
	Conservative	Helen Baker	9,887	26.1	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Warren	7,949	21.0	+6.6
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Clubb	2,527	6.7	-0.5
	Green	Jonathan Spink	595	1.6	+1.6
	UKIP	Kunnathur Rajan	491	1.3	+1.3
Majority			6,523	17.2
Turnout			37,859	59.2	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.0

General Election 2001: Bridgend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Win Griffiths	19,423	52.5	-5.6
	Conservative	Tania Brisby	9,377	25.3	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Barraclough	5,330	14.4	+2.9
	Plaid Cymru	Monica Mahoney	2,653	7.2	+3.4
	ProLife Alliance	Sara Jeremy	223	0.6	N/A
Majority			10,046	27.2
Turnout			37,006	60.2	-12.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bridgend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Win Griffiths	25,115	58.1
	Conservative	David Thomas Charles Davies	9,867	22.8
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Mckinlay	4,968	11.5
	Referendum Party	T Greaves	1,662	3.8
	Plaid Cymru	D Watkins	1,649	3.8	N/A
Majority			15,248
Turnout				72.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Bridgend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Win Griffiths	24,143	51.3	+3.7
	Conservative	David A. Unwin	16,817	35.7	−2.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Mills	4,827	10.3	−1.9
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Lloyd Jones	1,301	2.8	+0.5
Majority			7,326	15.6	+6.0
Turnout			47,088	80.5	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

See also

• Bridgend (Assembly constituency)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Mid Glamorgan