Ogmore (Assembly constituency)

Not to be confused with Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency).

**Ogmore** (Welsh: *Ogwr*)
Welsh Assembly county constituency

Ogmore shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created:	1999
Electoral region:	South Wales West
AM:	Janice Gregory
Party:	Labour
Preserved counties:	Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan

Ogmore (Welsh: Ogwr) is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Ogmore Westminster constituency. It is almost entirely within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan, but takes in a very small area in South Glamorgan. It covers the area of Bridgend County Borough Council roughly north of the M4, and parts of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. It includes the communities of Cefn Cribbwr, Garw Valley, Gilfach Goch, Llanharan, Maesteg, Ogwr Valley, Pencoed, Sarn and Tondu.^[1]

The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Swansea East and Swansea West.

Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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

Period		Member	Party
	1999	Janice Gregory	Labour Party

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Ogmore^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Laurie Brophy
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Davies
	Labour	Huw Irranca-Davies
	UKIP	Elizabeth Kendall
	Plaid Cymru	Tim Thomas
	Conservative	Jamie Wallis
Majority
Turnout

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Ogmore^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	12,995	63.9	+12.3
	Plaid Cymru	Danny Clark	3,379	16.7	−0.3
	Conservative	Martyn Hughes	2,945	14.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Francis	985	4.9	−4.6
Majority			9,576	47.3	+12.6
Turnout			20,264	36.4	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Ogmore^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	11,761	51.7	−7.2
	Plaid Cymru	Sian M. Caiach	3,861	17.0	−3.1
	Conservative	Norma Valery Lloyd-Nesling	2,663	11.7	+2.6
	Independent	Steve B. Smith	2,337	10.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Plant	2,144	9.4	+0.0
Majority			7,900	34.7	-4.1
Turnout			22,766	40.0	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.1

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Ogmore^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	9,874	58.9	+10.7
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Davies	3,370	20.1	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Radford	1,567	9.4	+2.5
	Conservative	Richard J. Hill	1,53	9.1	+2.5
	Socialist Labour	Christopher Herriott	410	2.5	N/A
Majority			6,504	38.8	+18.7
Turnout			16,753	33.5	−8.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.9

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Ogmore^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	10,407	48.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	John D. Rogers	5,842	27.1	N/A
	Independent	Ralph G. Hughes	2,439	11.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Ramsay-Waye	1,496	6.9	N/A
	Conservative	Chris B. Smart	1,415	6.6	N/A
Majority			4,565	21.1	N/A
Turnout			21,599	41.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

↑ "Ogmore Constituency Labour Party". Ogmore Labour. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
↑ "Wales elections > Aberavon". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
↑ "Wales elections > Ogmore". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
↑ Election results - 2007, National Assembly for Wales
1 2 Ogmore, Political Science Resources

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales

Mid and West Wales	Brecon and Radnorshire Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Ceredigion Dwyfor Meirionnydd Llanelli Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire

North Wales	Aberconwy Alyn and Deeside Arfon Clwyd South Clwyd West Delyn Vale of Clwyd Wrexham Ynys Môn

South Wales Central	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Cynon Valley Pontypridd Rhondda Vale of Glamorgan

South Wales East	Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Islwyn Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Monmouth Newport East Newport West Torfaen

South Wales West	Aberavon Bridgend Gower Neath Ogmore Swansea East Swansea West

Coordinates: 51°34′N 3°34′W / 51.567°N 3.567°W / 51.567; -3.567

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