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.

Elections

Assembly Election 2011: Ogmore[2]
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
Turnout			20,264	36.4

Assembly Election 2007: Ogmore[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	11,761	51.7
	Plaid Cymru	Sian Caiach	3,861	17.0
	Conservative	Norma Lloyd-Nesling	2,663	11.7
	Independent	Steve Smith	2,337	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Plant	2,144	9.4
Majority			7,900	34.7
Turnout				40.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2003: Ogmore[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	9,874	58.9
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Marion Davies	3,370	20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Radford	1,567	9.4
	Conservative	Richard Hill	1,532	9.1
	Socialist Labour	Christopher Herriott	410	2.5
Majority			6,504	38.8
Turnout				33.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1999: Ogmore[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Gregory	10,407	48.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	John Rogers	5,842	27.1	N/A
	Independent	Ralph Hughes	2,439	11.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs Sheila Ramsay-Waye	1,496	6.9	N/A
	Conservative	Chris Smart	1,415	6.6	N/A
Majority			4,565		N/A
Turnout				41.5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency)
• National Assembly for Wales election, 2007

References

1. ^ "Ogmore Constituency Labour Party". Ogmore Labour. 2008-07-20. http://www.cobwebs.uk.net/oclp/page1.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28. 
2. ^ "Wales elections > Ogmore". BBC News. 6 May 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/26694.stm. Retrieved 8 March 2011. 
3. ^ Election results - 2007, National Assembly for Wales
4. ^ ^{a b} Ogmore, Political Science Resources

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