Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)

Pontypridd /pɒntəˈpriːð/ is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Alex Davies-Jones of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Pontypridd
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Pontypridd in Wales
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan
Electorate	61,507 (April 2012)[1]
Major settlements	Pontypridd, Llantrisant
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of Parliament	Alex Davies-Jones (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	South Glamorganshire and East Glamorganshire
Overlaps
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	South Wales Central

Boundaries

Pontypridd constituency can be split into two parts, an eastern part containing the town itself, and a western part focussed on Llantrisant. In Pontypridd township itself the wards are: Town, Treforest, Rhondda (consisting of Hopkinstown, Maesycoed, Graigwen, Trehafod, & Pwllgwaun), Graig, Trallwng, Rhydyfelin Central & Ilan, & Hawthorn. The Western half consists of the following wards: Taffs Well, Beddau, Church Village, Tonteg, Llantwit Fardre, Llantrisant, Pontyclun, Talbot Green, Tonyrefail East and Tonyrefail West.[2]

Alternatively, one can think of the constituency as being divided between a 'suburban' district in the south and communities that grew in the industrial revolution to the north; the Southern area, particularly between Church Village and Llantrisant, contains much new residential and light industrial development, and benefits from good transport links due to its proximity to the M4. This section has a growing population and is an important 'dormitory' for Cardiff. The Northern parts, particularly Tonyrefail and the northern end of Pontypridd town consists of large sections of 19th century housing and suffered high unemployment in the 1980s as the old industries closed. However, in recent years, economic recovery has been firm, especially considered with neighbouring constituencies to the north.

The Pontypridd constituency was created in its original form from parts of the old South Glamorganshire & East Glamorganshire constituencies as part of Representation of the People Act 1918 (sometimes referred to as 'The Fourth Reform Act') which granted virtually all men over 21 the right to vote, extended voting rights to women over 30 years of age, & increased the number of the now abolished University constituencies. Part of this Act also effected a 'General Redistribution of Seats' on an 'equitable basis'.[3] It originally included the old Borough & Rural district of Cowbridge (which included Ystradowen, Bonvilston, St Athan, Llantwit Major & Llandow) & the Urban district of Pontypridd plus the Rural District of Llantrisant & Llantwit Fardre.[4] The constituency remained unchanged from this form until the Third Periodic Parliamentary Boundary Review's proposals were implemented in 1983.[5] This removed Cowbridge Borough and the Cowbridge Rural District placing them in the Vale of Glamorgan constituency additionally moving out the communities of Llanharry, Llanharan, and Brynna into the Ogmore constituency. However, the communities of Creigiau and Pentyrch were added to the seat at this time, only to be removed again in time for the 2010 general election.

Prior to 2010 the Pontypridd Constituency also consisted of the Cilfynydd, Glyncoch, Creigiau & Pentyrch Wards. The Fifth Periodic Parliamentary Boundary Review for Wales placed Cilfynydd & Glyncoch wards in the Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency)[6] & the Creigiau & Pentyrch wards in the Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency). These changes were made & in place for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Members of Parliament

Like many seats in South Wales, Pontypridd has been retained by the Labour party for over 97 years.

Election		Member[7]	Party
	1918	Thomas Arthur Lewis	Coalition Liberal
	1922 by-election	Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones	Labour
	1931 by-election	David Lewis Davies	Labour
	1938 by-election	Arthur Pearson	Labour
	1970	Brynmor John	Labour
	1989 by-election	Dr Kim Howells	Labour
	2010	Owen Smith	Labour
	2019	Alex Davies-Jones	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

T.A. Lewis

1918^d : Pontypridd[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
C	Liberal	Thomas Arthur Lewis	13,327	56.1	N/A
	Labour	David Lewis Davies	10,152	42.8	N/A
	Conservative	Arthur Seaton	260	1.1	N/A
Majority			3,175	13.3	N/A
Turnout			23,739	68.3	N/A
Registered electors			34,778
	Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

1922 general election: Pontypridd [10][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Mardy-Jones	14,884	47.2	+4.4
	National Liberal	Rhys Rhys-Williams	8,667	27.5	N/A
	Unionist	J Griffith Jones	7,994	25.4	N/A
Majority			6,217	19.7	N/A
Turnout			31,545	76.8	+8.5
Registered electors			41,087
	Labour hold		Swing

1922 Pontypridd by-election[10][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Mardy-Jones	16,630	57.0	+14.2
C	Liberal	Thomas Arthur Lewis	12,550	43.0	-13.1
Majority			4,080	14.0	N/A
Turnout			29,180	72.8	+4.5
Registered electors			40,071
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

1923 general election: Pontypridd [10][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Mardy-Jones	16,837	54.9	+7.7
	Liberal	Jon David Rees	13,839	45.1	+17.6
Majority			2,998	9.8	-9.9
Turnout			30,676	76.0	-0.8
Registered electors			40,379
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.0

1924 general election: Pontypridd[11][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Mardy-Jones	18,301	55.9	+1.0
	Conservative	David J. Evans	14,425	44.1	N/A
Majority			3,876	11.9	+2.1
Turnout			32,726	79.6	+3.6
Registered electors			41,099
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

1929 general election: Pontypridd[11][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Mardy-Jones	20,835	53.1	-2.8
	Liberal	John Victor Evans	14,421	36.8	N/A
	Conservative	May Gordon Williams	3,967	10.1	-34.0
Majority			6,414	16.4	+4.5
Turnout			39,223	82.0	+2.4
Registered electors			47,860
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1930s

1931 Pontypridd by-election[12][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Lewis Davies	20,687	59.9	+6.8
	Liberal	Geoffrey Crawshay	8,368	24.3	-12.5
	Conservative	David J Evans	5,489	15.9	+5.8
Majority			12,319	35.7	+19.3
Turnout			34,544	73.0	-9.0
Registered electors			34,733
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.7

1931 general election: Pontypridd[12][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Lewis Davies	21,751	58.4	+5.3
	Liberal	Bernard Acworth	13,937	37.4	+0.6
	Independent Labour	Thomas Mardy-Jones	1,110	3.0	N/A
	New Party	William Lowell	466	1.3	N/A
Majority			7,814	21.0	+4.6
Turnout			37,264	78.7	-3.3
Registered electors			47,346
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

1935 general election: Pontypridd[13][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Lewis Davies	Unopposed
Registered electors			48,469
	Labour hold

1938 Pontypridd by-election[14][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Pearson^c	22,159	59.9	N/A
	Liberal National	Juliet Rhys-Williams	14,810	40.1	N/A
Majority			7,349	19.8	N/A
Turnout			36,969	69.3	N/A
Registered electors			36,846
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1945 general election: Pontypridd[14][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	27,823	68.6	N/A
	Conservative	Cennydd Traherne	7,260	17.9	N/A
	Liberal	John Ellis Williams	5,464	13.5	N/A
Majority			20,563	50.7	+30.8
Turnout			40,547	76.0	+6.7
Registered electors			53,346
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.4

Elections in the 1950s

1950 general election: Pontypridd[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	30,945	68.9	+0.3
	Conservative	Thomas Esmôr Rhys Rhys-Roberts	9,049	20.2	+2.3
	Liberal	David Irwin Charles Lewis	4,895	10.9	-2.6
Majority			21,896	48.8	-1.9
Turnout			44,889	84.3	+8.3
Registered electors			53,275
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.0

1951 general election: Pontypridd[17][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	32,586	72.3	+3.4
	Conservative	James Lionel Manning	12,511	27.7	+7.5
Majority			20,075	44.5	-4.3
Turnout			45,097	83.3	-1.0
Registered electors			54,126
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.1

1955 general election: Pontypridd[18][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	28,881	71.1	-1.2
	Conservative	Thomas Tyrrell	11,718	28.9	+1.2
Majority			17,163	42.3	-2.2
Turnout			40,599	74.9	-8.4
Registered electors			54,214
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.1

1959 general election: Pontypridd[19][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	29,853	68.2	-2.9
	Conservative	Brandon Rhys-Williams	13,896	31.8	+2.9
Majority			15,957	36.5	-5.8
Turnout			43,749	81.2	+6.3
Registered electors			53,903
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.9

Elections in the 1960s

1964 general election: Pontypridd [20][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	29,533	71.4	+3.2
	Conservative	John Warrender	11,859	28.6	-3.2
Majority			17,674	42.7	+6.2
Turnout			41,392	76.9	-4.3
Registered electors			53,859
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

1966 general election: Pontypridd[21][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Pearson	30,840	74.9	+3.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Green-Wanstall	10,325	25.1	-3.5
Majority			20,515	49.8	+7.1
Turnout			41,365	74.7	-2.2
Registered electors			55,088
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

Elections in the 1970s

1970 general election: Pontypridd [22][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brynmor John	28,414	58.5	-16.4
	Conservative	Michael Withers	8,205	16.9	-8.2
	Liberal	Mary Murphy	6,871	14.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Errol Jones	5,059	10.4	N/A
Majority			20,209	41.6	-8.2
Turnout			48,549	74.4	-0.3
Registered electors			65,265
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.1

February 1974 general election: Pontypridd[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brynmor John	28,028	52.0	-6.5
	Conservative	Alun Jones	11,406	21.1	+4.2
	Liberal	Mary Murphy	9,889	18.3	+4.1
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Kemp	4,612	8.6	-1.8
Majority			16,622	30.8	-10.8
Turnout			53,935	77.4	+3.0
Registered electors			69,685
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.4

October 1974 general election: Pontypridd[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brynmor John	29,302	56.6	+4.6
	Conservative	Alun Jones	10,528	20.3	-0.8
	Liberal	Mary Murphy	8,050	15.5	-2.8
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Kemp	3,917	7.6	-1.0
Majority			18,774	36.3	+5.5
Turnout			51,797	73.8	-3.6
Registered electors			70,200
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.7

1979 general election: Pontypridd[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brynmor John	32,801	56.0	-0.6
	Conservative	Michael Clay	17,114	29.2	+8.9
	Liberal	Hugh Penri-Williams	6,228	10.6	-4.9
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Roberts	2,200	3.8	-3.8
	National Front	R G Davies	263	0.4	N/A
Majority			15,687	26.8	-9.5
Turnout			58,606	78.1	+4.3
Registered electors			75,050^b
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.7

Elections in the 1980s

1983 general election: Pontypridd^a [26][27][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brynmor John	20,188	45.6	−10.4
	SDP	Richard Langridge	11,444	25.9	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Evans	10,139	22.9	−6.3
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Davies	2,065	4.7	+0.9
	Green	Alwyn K. Jones	449	1.0	N/A
Majority			8,744	19.8	−7.0
Turnout			44,285	72.7	−5.4
Registered electors			60,883
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.2

1987 general election: Pontypridd[29][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brynmor John	26,422	56.3	+10.7
	Conservative	Desmond Swayne	9,145	19.5	−3.4
	SDP	Peter Sain-Ley-Berry	8,865	18.9	−7.0
	Plaid Cymru	Delme Bowen	2,498	5.3	+0.6
Majority			17,277	36.8	+17.0
Turnout			46,930	76.6	+3.9
Registered electors			61,255
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.1

1989 Pontypridd by-election[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kim Howells	20,549	53.4	−2.9
	Plaid Cymru	Syd Morgan	9,775	25.3	+20.0
	Conservative	Nigel Evans	5,212	13.5	−6.0
	SLD	Tom Ellis	1,500	3.9	−15.0
	SDP (1988)	Terry Thomas	1,199	3.1	N/A
	Communist	David Richards	239	0.6	N/A
	Independent	David Black	57	0.1	N/A
Majority			10,794	28.0	−8.8
Turnout			38,511	62.0	−14.6
Registered electors			61,193
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.5

Elections in the 1990s

1992 general election: Pontypridd[32][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kim Howells	29,722	60.8	+4.5
	Conservative	Peter D. Donnelly	9,925	20.3	+0.8
	Plaid Cymru	Delme Bowen	4,448	9.1	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Belzak	4,180	8.5	−10.4
	Green	Emma J. Jackson	615	1.3	N/A
Majority			19,797	40.5	+3.7
Turnout			48,890	79.3	+2.7
Registered electors			61,685
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

1997 general election: Pontypridd[34][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kim Howells	29,290	63.9	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Howells	6,161	13.4	+4.9
	Conservative	Jonathan M. Cowen	5,910	12.9	−7.4
	Plaid Cymru	Owain Llewelyn	2,977	6.5	−2.6
	Referendum	John Wood	874	1.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Peter Skelly	380	0.8	N/A
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	178	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Anthony G. Moore	85	0.2	N/A
Majority			23,129	50.4	+9.9
Turnout			45,855	71.4	-7.9
Registered electors			64,185
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.9

Elections in the 2000s

2001 general election: Pontypridd[36][37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kim Howells	22,963	59.9	−4.0
	Plaid Cymru	Bleddyn Hancock	5,279	13.8	+7.3
	Conservative	Prudence Dailey	5,096	13.3	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Brooke	4,152	10.8	−2.6
	UKIP	Susan Warry	603	1.6	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Joseph Biddulph	216	0.6	N/A
Majority			17,684	46.1	−4.3
Turnout			38,309	58.0	-13.4
Registered electors			71,768
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.6

2005 general election: Pontypridd[38][39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kim Howells	20,919	52.8	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Powell	7,728	19.5	+8.7
	Conservative	Quentin Edwards	5,321	13.4	+0.1
	Plaid Cymru	Julie Richards	4,420	11.2	−2.6
	UKIP	David Bevan	1,013	2.6	+1.0
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	233	0.6	N/A
Majority			13,191	33.3	−12.8
Turnout			39,634	60.9	+2.9
Registered electors			64,310
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.9

Elections in the 2010s

2010 general election: Pontypridd[40][41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Owen Smith	14,220	38.8	−15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Powell	11,435	31.2	+11.2
	Conservative	Lee Gonzalez	5,932	16.2	+4.6
	Plaid Cymru	Ioan Bellin	2,673	7.3	−3.7
	UKIP	David Bevan	1,229	3.4	+0.8
	Socialist Labour	Simon Parsons	456	1.2	N/A
	Christian	Donald Watson	365	1.0	N/A
	Green	John Matthews	361	1.0	N/A
Majority			2,785	7.6	−25.7
Turnout			36,671	63.0	−0.2
Registered electors			58,205
	Labour hold		Swing	−13.3

2015 general election: Pontypridd[42][43][44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Owen Smith	15,554	41.1	+2.3
	Conservative	Ann-Marie Mason	6,569	17.3	+1.1
	UKIP	Andrew Tomkinson	5,085	13.4	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Powell	4,904	12.9	−18.3
	Plaid Cymru	Osian Lewis	4,348	11.5	+4.2
	Green	Katy Clay	992	2.6	+1.6
	Socialist Labour	Damien Biggs	332	0.9	−0.3
	TUSC	Esther Pearson	98	0.3	N/A
Rejected ballots			96
Majority			8,985	23.7	+16.1
Turnout			37,882	64.3	+1.3
Registered electors			58,940
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.1

Of the 96 rejected ballots:

• 70 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[44]
• 26 voted for more than one candidate.[44]

2017 general election: Pontypridd[45][46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Owen Smith	22,103	55.4	+14.3
	Conservative	Juliette Ash	10,655	26.7	+9.4
	Plaid Cymru	Fflur Elin	4,102	10.3	–1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Powell	1,963	4.9	–8.0
	UKIP	Robin Hunter-Clarke	1,071	2.7	–10.7
Majority			11,448	28.7	+5.0
Turnout			39,894	65.9	+1.6
Registered electors			60,564
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.5

2019 general election: Pontypridd[47][48][49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alex Davies-Jones	17,381	44.5	–10.9
	Conservative	Sam Trask	11,491	29.4	+2.7
	Plaid Cymru	Fflur Elin	4,990	12.8	+2.5
	Brexit Party	Steve Bayliss	2,917	7.5	N/A
	Independent	Mike Powell	1,792	4.6	N/A
	Independent	Sue Prior	337	0.9	N/A
	Independent	Jonathan Bishop	149	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,890	15.1	–13.6
Turnout			39,057	64.7	–1.2
Registered electors			60,327
	Labour hold		Swing	–6.8

See also

• Pontypridd (Assembly constituency)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Mid Glamorgan
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales
• The National Library of Wales:Dictionary of Welsh Biography (Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones)
• The National Library for Wales: Dictionary of Welsh Biography (Arthur Pearson)
• The National Library for Wales: Dictionary of Welsh Biography (Brynmor John)
• Ordnance Survey Election Maps Site
• Boundary Commission Map report from 1917 showing original detailed map used for Pontypridd Constituency
• Boundary Commission Ordnance Survey Map original used at 1955 review for the entire UK showing all constituencies highly detailed

Footnotes

• ^a In 1983 the Third Periodical Boundary Review report made major changes to the constituency, removing the Cowbridge community & placing it the new Vale of Glamorgan seat & also by removing the Llanharry & Llanharan communities to the Ogmore seat. However, the Pentyrch & Creigiau communities were added to the new seat from the old Barry seat, to give a New seat with nearly 15,000 less electors.
• ^b This was and still is the largest number of electors for the Pontypridd constituency in any of its forms.
• ^c Arthur Pearson's initial selection following a closely contested process at a selection conference at Pontyclun occurred only after several rounds of voting, and he was finally chosen against the prominent local miners' agent W. H. May on 15 January 1938.
• ^d Enacted in the Representation of the People Act 1918 & created from the old East Glamorganshire (which included Pontypridd & the Tonteg/Church Village/Llantwit Fardre areas) & South Glamorganshire (which included the Llantrisant, Tonyrefail, Pontyclun, Llanharry & Cowbridge areas) parliamentary constituencies, the Pontypridd constituency from 1918 to the 1983 UK General Election remained unchanged & consisted of the Cowbridge, Llantwit Major, St Athan, Ystradowen, Llandow & Bonvilston communities plus Pontypridd urban district council plus the Llantrisant(which included Llanharry, Llanharan, Brynna) & Llantwit Fardre rural districts.

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Ward figures for 2012 County Council Elections
2. "Comisiwn Ffiniau i Gymru" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
3. The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 8 1918 Election section
4. The Times House of Commons Guide 1950, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 55
5. Third Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Wales. February 1983. Cmd.8798.
6. "Fifth Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Wales" (PDF). Stationery Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
7. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
8. The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 68 1918 Section
9. Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-019. Page 562
10. House of Commons Information Office Email Dated 18 December 2008
11. The Times House of Commons Guide 1929, 1931, 1935, Politico's Publishing Page 119 1929 section
12. The Times House of Commons Guide 1929, 1931, 1935, Politico's Publishing Page 108 1931 section
13. The Times House of Commons Guide 1929, 1931, 1935, Politico's Publishing Page 135 1935 section
14. The Times House of Commons Guide 1945, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 109
15. The Times House of Commons Guide 1950, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 240
16. Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary election results 1950-1970 (1 ed.). Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 9780900178023. Page 582
17. The Times House of Commons Guide 1951, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 182
18. The Times House of Commons Guide 1955, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 206
19. The Times House of Commons Guide 1959, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 189
20. The Times House of Commons Guide 1964, The Times Office, Printing House Square Page 202
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External links

• Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
• 2017 Election House of Commons Library 2017 Election report
• A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)