Rhondda (Senedd constituency)
{{Short description|Constituency of the Senedd}}
{{Distinguish|Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency)}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2018}}
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{{Infobox constituency
| name = Rhondda
|type=| constituency_type = Senedd county constituency
|parl_name=Senedd|map1=| image = 150px
| image2 = 200px
| caption2 = Rhondda shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
|electorate=| year = 1999
| member_label = MS
| member = Buffy Williams
|seats=| party_label = Party
| party = Welsh Labour
| parts_label = Preserved county
| parts = Mid Glamorgan
South Glamorgan
}}
Rhondda is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is 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.
Boundaries
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The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Rhondda 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, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd 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
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| colspan="2"|Election | Member | Party | Portrait |
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| 1999 | 100px | |||
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| 2003 | Labour | 100px | |||
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| 2016 | 100px | |||
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|2021 |
Elections
=Elections in the 2020s=
{{AMS election box begin
|title = 2021 Senedd election: Rhondda[https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Council/Votingandelections/RelatedDocuments/NoticeofPoll/StatementofPersonsNominatedandNoticeofPollRhonddaConstituency.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002151439/https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Council/Votingandelections/RelatedDocuments/NoticeofPoll/StatementofPersonsNominatedandNoticeofPollRhonddaConstituency.pdf |date=2 October 2021 }} Rhondda Statement of Persons Nominated
|constituency_type = Constituency
|list_type = Regional
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Elizabeth Williams
|votes = 12,832
|percentage = 54.7
|change = +18.8
|list_votes = 11,949
|list_percentage = 51.1
|list_change = +18.7
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Leanne Wood
|votes = 7,335
|percentage = 31.3
|change = -19.3
|list_votes = 6,495
|list_percentage = 27.8
|list_change = -20.4
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status = incumbent
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Tom Parkhill
|votes = 1,490
|percentage = 6.4
|change = +4.2
|list_votes = 2,058
|list_percentage = 8.8
|list_change = +6.3
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Propel (political party)
|candidate = Jeff Gregory
|votes = 525
|percentage = 2.2
|change = New
|list_votes = 288
|list_percentage = 1.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party
|candidate = Ian McLean
|votes = 430
|percentage = 1.8
|change = New
|list_votes = 648
|list_percentage = 2.8
|list_change = +0.3
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Steve Bayliss
|votes = 355
|percentage = 1.5
|change = New
|list_votes = 306
|list_percentage = 1.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with constituency party link
|party = Freedom Alliance (UK)
|candidate = Steven Phillips
|votes = 291
|percentage = 1.2
|change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Jackie Charlton
|votes = 200
|percentage = 0.9
|change = +0.2
|list_votes = 206
|list_percentage = 0.9
|list_change = -0.3
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 575
|list_percentage = 2.5
|list_change = +1.0
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|list_votes = 343
|list_percentage = 1.5
|list_change = -8.4
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = No More Lockdowns
|list_votes = 159
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change = New
}}
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|party = Gwlad
|list_votes = 136
|list_percentage = 0.6
|list_change = New
}}
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|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 74
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = ±0.0
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|list_votes = 57
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = -0.1
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Workers Party of Britain
|list_votes = 49
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box independent
|party = Independent politician
|candidate= Alan Coulthard
|list_votes = 45
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,497
|percentage = 23.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 23,458
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Welsh Labour
|loser = Plaid Cymru
|swing = +19.1
}}
{{AMS election box end|notes=yes}}
=Elections in the 2010s=
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Rhondda
|list_type = Regional[https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Election-results/Documents/2016/Declaration%20of%20Result%20-%20South%20Wales%20Central%20Region.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729191155/https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Election-results/Documents/2016/Declaration%20of%20Result%20-%20South%20Wales%20Central%20Region.pdf |date=29 July 2021 }} National Assembly – 5 May 2016 - South Wales Central{{cite web |title=Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election |url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/senedd-elections/results-and-turnout-2016-national-assembly-wales-election |website=Electoral Commission |access-date=24 November 2021 |archive-date=24 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724233301/https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/senedd-elections/results-and-turnout-2016-national-assembly-wales-election |url-status=live }}
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Leanne Wood
|votes = 11,891
|percentage = 50.6
|change = +21.1
|list_votes = 11,354
|list_percentage = 48.2
|list_change = +23.7
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Leighton Andrews
|votes = 8,432
|percentage = 35.9
|change = -27.3
|list_votes = 7,623
|list_percentage = 32.4
|list_change = -22.2
|winner =
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Stephen Clee
|votes = 2,203
|percentage = 9.4
|change = New
|list_votes = 2,337
|list_percentage = 9.9
|list_change = +6.6
|winner =
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Maria Hill
|votes = 528
|percentage = 2.2
|change = -2.6
|list_votes = 582
|list_percentage = 2.5
|list_change = -1.8
|winner =
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|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Wales Green Party
|candidate = Pat Matthews
|votes = 259
|percentage = 1.1
|change = New
|list_votes = 346
|list_percentage = 1.5
|list_change = -1.0
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Rhys Taylor
|votes = 173
|percentage = 0.7
|change = -1.8
|list_votes = 278
|list_percentage = 1.2
|list_change = -1.0
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party
|list_votes = 591
|list_percentage = 2.5
|list_change = New
|winner =
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|status =
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Women's Equality Party
|list_votes = 105
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|list_votes = 114
|list_percentage = 0.5
|list_change = ±0.0
|winner =
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Independent (Jonathan Bishop){{cite web |title=Jonathan Bishop |url=https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/5769/jonathan-bishop |website=Who Can I vote for? |access-date=30 July 2021 |archive-date=30 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730151057/https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/5769/jonathan-bishop |url-status=live }}
|list_votes = 45
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|list_votes = 82
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = -0.3
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 62
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = ±0.0
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power
|list_votes = 40
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = New
|winner =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,459
|percentage = 14.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 23,486
|percentage = 47.2
|change = +9.2
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Plaid Cymru
| loser = Welsh Labour
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Rhondda
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Labour
| candidate = Leighton Andrews
| votes = 12,650
| percentage = 63.2
| change = +5.0
|list_votes = 10,919
|list_percentage = 54.6
|list_change = +1.7
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Sara Evans-Fear
| votes = 5,911
| percentage = 29.5
| change = -0.5
|list_votes = 4,906
|list_percentage = 24.5
|list_change = -1.0
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservative Party
| candidate = James Jeffreys
| votes = 969
| percentage = 4.8
| change = -0.3
|list_votes = 861
|list_percentage = 4.3
|list_change = -0.3
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = George Summers
| votes = 497
| percentage = 2.5
| change = -4.0
|list_votes = 436
|list_percentage = 2.2
|list_change = -2.2
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 746
|list_percentage = 3.7
|list_change = +2.3
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
| party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|list_votes = 667
|list_percentage = 3.3
|list_change = +0.7
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 502
|list_percentage = 2.5
|list_change = +0.4
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = British National Party
|list_votes = 476
|list_percentage = 2.4
|list_change = -1.8
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Welsh Christian Party
|list_votes = 200
|list_percentage = 1.0
|list_change = +0.1
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|list_votes = 112
|list_percentage = 0.6
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|list_votes = 105
|list_percentage = 0.5
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 66
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = -0.5
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 6,739
| percentage = 33.7
| change = +5.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 20,027
| percentage = 38.0
| change = -4.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Welsh Labour
| swing = +2.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 112{{cite web |title=Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election |url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/excel_doc/NAW-2011-results-flat-file-WEB.xls |website=Electoral Commission |access-date=27 November 2021}}
=Elections in the 2000s=
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Rhondda
|constituency_type = Constituency [http://www.assemblywales.org/abthome/abt-nafw/abt-nafw-election-results/abt-nafw-election-results-2007.htm Election results – 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509085231/http://www.assemblywales.org/abthome/abt-nafw/abt-nafw-election-results/abt-nafw-election-results-2007.htm |date=9 May 2011 }}, National Assembly for Wales
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Labour
| candidate = Leighton Andrews
| votes = 12,875
| percentage = 58.2
| change = -3.4
|list_votes = 11,692
|list_percentage = 52.9
|list_change = -7.1
|winner =
|list_winner = yes
|status = yes
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Jill Evans
| votes = 6,660
| percentage = 30.1
| change = +3.1
|list_votes = 5,576
|list_percentage = 25.5
|list_change = +2.8
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = Karen Roberts
| votes = 1,441
| percentage = 6.5
| change = +3.5
|list_votes = 964
|list_percentage = 4.4
|list_change = -0.1
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservative Party
| candidate = Howard Parsons
| votes = 1,131
| percentage = 5.1
| change = +2.9
|list_votes = 1,006
|list_percentage = 4.6
|list_change = +1.0
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = British National Party
|list_votes = 922
|list_percentage = 4.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
| party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|list_votes = 584
|list_percentage = 2.6
|list_change = +0.1
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 473
|list_percentage = 2.1
|list_change = +0.3
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 307
|list_percentage = 1.4
|list_change = -1.7
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Welsh Christian Party
|list_votes = 190
|list_percentage = 0.9
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 167
|list_percentage = 0.8
|list_change = +0.4
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Party (England and Wales)
|list_votes = 77
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Christian Peoples Alliance
|list_votes = 76
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Respect - The Unity Coalition
|list_votes = 59
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Equality Party (UK)
|list_votes = 11
|list_percentage = ±0.0
|list_change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 6,215
| percentage = 28.1
| change = -6.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 22,107
| percentage = 42.1
| change = -3.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Welsh Labour
| swing = -3.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Rhondda
|constituency_type = Constituency
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Labour
| candidate = Leighton Andrews
| votes = 14,170
| percentage = 61.6
| change = +21.1
|list_votes = 13,746
|list_percentage = 60.0
|list_change = +19.8
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Geraint Rhys Davies
| votes = 6,216
| percentage = 27.0
| change = -21.7
|list_votes = 5,204
|list_percentage = 22.7
|list_change = -17.5
|winner =
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|status =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Jeffrey Gregory
| votes = 909
| percentage = 4.0
| change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = Veronica Watkins
| votes = 680
| percentage = 3.0
| change = -1.7
|list_votes = 1,023
|list_percentage = 4.5
|list_change = -1.4
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = UK Independence Party
| candidate = Kunnathur T. Rajan
| votes = 524
| percentage = 2.3
| change = New
|list_votes = 568
|list_percentage = 2.5
|list_change = New
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservative Party
| candidate = Paul James Williams
| votes = 504
| percentage = 2.2
| change = -0.6
|list_votes = 813
|list_percentage = 3.6
|list_change = +0.7
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 710
|list_percentage = 3.1
|list_change = Unknown
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 407
|list_percentage = 1.8
|list_change = Unknown
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Cymru Annibynnol
|list_votes = 164
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Vote No 2 Stop the War
|list_votes = 65
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = New Millennium Bean Partyn
|list_votes = 88
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 91
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = Unknown
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = ProLife Alliance
|list_votes = 19
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 7,954
| percentage = 34.6
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 23,003
| percentage = 45.6
| change = -4.6
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Welsh Labour
| loser = Plaid Cymru
| swing = +21.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
2003 Electorate: 50,463
Regional ballots rejected: 394
=Elections in the 1990s=
{{AMS election box begin
| title = Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Rhondda}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Geraint Rhys Davies
| votes = 13,558
| percentage = 48.7
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 12,908
|list_percentage = 46.1
|list_change = N/A
|winner =yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Labour
| candidate = Wayne David
| votes = 11,273
| percentage = 40.5
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 11,256
|list_percentage = 40.2
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = Meurig Williams
| votes = 1,303
| percentage = 4.7
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 1,659
|list_percentage = 5.9
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Glyndwr Summers
| votes = 913
| percentage = 3.3
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservative Party
| candidate = Peter Hobbins
| votes = 774
| percentage = 2.8
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 801
|list_percentage = 2.9
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Other list parties
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
|list_votes = 1,395
|list_percentage = 5.0
|list_change = N/A
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{{Election box majority no change
| votes = 2,285
| percentage = 8.2
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 27,821
| percentage = 50.2
}}
{{Election box new seat win
| winner = Plaid Cymru
}}
{{Election box end}}
1999 Electorate: 55,266
References
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