Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cynon Valley
County constituency
Cynon Valley shown within Wales
Created: 1983
MP: Ann Clwyd
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
Preserved county: Mid Glamorgan
EP constituency: Wales

Cynon Valley is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a Labour Party stronghold.

The Cynon Valley Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

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[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Cynon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Clwyd 17,074 64.1 -1.5
Plaid Cymru Geraint Benney 3,815 14.3 -3.1
Liberal Democrat Margaret Phelps 2,991 11.2 +1.8
Conservative Antonia Dunn 2,062 7.7 +0.1
UK Independence Sue Davies 705 2.6 +2.6
Majority 13,259 49.8
Turnout 26,647 58.7 +3.3
Labour hold Swing +0.8
General Election 2001: Cynon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Clwyd 17,685 65.6 -4.1
Plaid Cymru Steven Cornelius 4,687 17.4 +6.8
Liberal Democrat Ian Parry 2,541 9.4 -0.9
Conservative Julian Waters 2,045 7.6 +0.8
Majority 12,998 48.2
Turnout 26,958 55.4 -13.8
Labour hold Swing

[edit] See also

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Constituencies in Wales
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Conservative
Plaid Cymru
Independent
Wales European constituency: Labour (2) · Conservative (1) · Plaid Cymru (1)
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