Bridgend (Wahlkreis)

**Bridgend** (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) ist ein Wahlkreis für die Wahl zum walisischen Regionalparlament (Senned).
Der Wahlkreis entsendet ein Mitglied des Senedd. Der Wahlkreis gehör ferner zu den sieben Wahlkreisen der RP-Wahlregion South Wales West, in der vier weitere Regionalparlamentsmitglieder nach dem Verhältniswahlrecht gewählt werden.

## Geschichte

Bridgend gilt als relativ sicherer Wahlkreis für die Labour Party.

The former First Minister Carwyn Jones has represented the constituency since the creation of the assembly. The former Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns contested the seat in 1999 and 2003.

**Party averages from 5 elections:**
Labour – 44.3%,
Conservative – 26.8%,
Plaid Cymru – 12.2%,
Lib Dem – 11.1%

* UKIP achieved 14.6% at the 2016 election.

## Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Bridgend Westminster constituency. It is partly within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan and partly within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.

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

## 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.

## Members of the Senedd

The member for the constituency since 1999 has been Carwyn Jones, who became First Minister of Wales in 2009 and served until 2018.

## Elections

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## References

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