Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ogmore
County constituency
Ogmore shown within Wales
Created: 1918
MP: Huw Irranca-Davies
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
Preserved county: Mid Glamorgan
EP constituency: Wales

Ogmore is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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[edit] Boundaries

Taking its name from the River Ogmore, the constituency is situated close to the source of the river in the Ogwr valley and excludes the village of Ogmore-by-Sea, which is the seaside village of Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr).

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[edit] Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1918)
Election Member Party
1918 Vernon Hartshorn Labour
1945 Edward Williams Labour
1946 by-election John Evans Labour
1950 Walter Padley Labour
1979 Ray Powell Labour
2002 by-election Huw Irranca-Davies Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

Ogmore by-election, 4th June 1946
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Evans 13,632 70.6 −5.8
Plaid Cymru T. R. Morgan 5,685 29.4 +23.8
Majority 7,947 41.2 −17.2
Turnout 19,317 75.6 −42.5
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Ogmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Powell 18,833 62.0 -11.9
Plaid Cymru Angela Pulman 4,259 14.0 +7.0
Liberal Democrat Ian Lewis 3,878 12.8 +3.6
Conservative Richard Hill 3,383 11.1 +1.4
Majority 14,574 48.0
Turnout 30,353 58.2 -14.8
Labour hold Swing

Following the death of Sir Ray Powell on 7 December 2001 a by-election was held on 14 February 2002.

By-election 14 February, 2002: Ogmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Huw Irranca-Davies 9,548 52.0 -10.1
Plaid Cymru Bleddyn Hancock 3,827 20.8 +6.8
Liberal Democrat Veronica Watkins 1,608 8.8 -4.0
Conservative Guto Bebb 1,377 7.5 -3.7
Socialist Labour Christopher Herriot 1,152 6.3 +6.3
Green Jonathan Spink 250 1.4 n/a
Socialist Alliance Jeffrey Hurford 205 1.1 n/a
Monster Raving Loony Leslie Edwards 187 1.0 n/a
New Millennium Bean Party Captain Beany 122 0.7 n/a
Independent Rev David Braid 100 0.3 n/a
Majority 5,721 31.1 -16.9
Turnout 18,376 35.2 -23.0
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2005: Ogmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Huw Irranca-Davies 18,295 60.4 -1.6
Liberal Democrat Jackie Radford 4,592 15.2 +2.4
Conservative Norma Lloyd-Nesling 4,243 14.0 +2.9
Plaid Cymru John Williams 3,148 10.4 -3.6
Majority 13,703 45.3
Turnout 30,278 57.8 -0.4
Labour hold Swing -2.0

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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