Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Ogmore (Senedd constituency).

Ogmore
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Ogmore in Wales
Preserved countyMid Glamorgan
Electorate57,581 (December 2019)
Major settlementsMaesteg, Pencoed
1918–2024
SeatsOne
Created fromMid Glamorganshire and South Glamorganshire
Replaced byAberafan Maesteg, Bridgend, Pontypridd, and Rhondda and Ogmore
SeneddOgmore, South Wales West

Ogmore (Welsh: Ogwr) was a constituency created in 1918, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.[n 1]

The constituency was abolished as part of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 general election. Its wards were split between Aberafan Maesteg, Bridgend, Pontypridd, and Rhondda and Ogmore.[1]

Boundaries

Map
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

1918–1983: The Urban Districts of Bridgend, Maesteg, Ogmore and Garw, as well as a part of the Rural District of Penybont.

1983–2010: The Borough of Ogwr wards of Bettws, Blackmill, Blaengarw, Caerau, Llangeinor, Llangynwyd, Maesteg East, Maesteg West, Nantyffyllon, Nant-y-moel, Ogmore Vale, Pencoed, Pontycymmer, St Bride's Minor, and Ynysawdre, and the Borough of Taff-Ely wards of Brynna, Gilfach Goch, Llanharan, and Llanharry.

2010–2024: The Bridgend County Borough electoral divisions of Aberkenfig, Bettws, Blackmill, Blaengarw, Bryncethin, Bryncoch, Caerau, Cefn Cribwr, Felindre, Hendre, Llangeinor, Llangynwyd, Maesteg East, Maesteg West, Nant-y-moel, Ogmore Vale, Penprysg, Pontycymmer, Sarn, and Ynysawdre, and those in Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough of Brynna, Gilfach Goch, Llanharan, and Llanharry.

Taking its name from the River Ogmore, the constituency was close to the source of the river in the Ogwr valley, but it excluded the village of Ogmore-by-Sea, south-west of Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr).[n 2] Ogmore constituency covered the area of Bridgend County Borough Council roughly north of the M4, and parts of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. It included the communities of Cefn Cribwr, Garw Valley, Gilfach Goch, Llanharan, Maesteg, Ogwr Valley, Pencoed, Sarn, and Tondu.[2]

Major boundary change

A substantial change of boundaries took effect in 1983, when the new constituency of Bridgend was created, centred on the town of that name, which was by then the largest settlement in Ogmore. The constituency since that date consisted of the northern part of the original constituency, together with wards from the former Borough of Taff-Ely (now Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC).

History

Summary of winning results

The 2015 result made the seat the 44th-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[3] Successive candidates fielded by the Labour Party have won absolute majorities (pluralities) since the seat was created in 1918, or have run unopposed four times. The 2019 election was the first time in the seat's 101-year history that Labour failed to win an absolute majority, though the party still won with a margin of 22%

Opposition parties

Four parties have taken the runner-up position from and including a 2002 by-election, a total of five elections. At the 2015 general election the Liberal Democrat, Green and TUSC candidates did not win 5% of the vote apiece therefore forfeited their deposits. Those running for the Conservatives and UKIP in 2015 (and 2016 at the by-election held during the month before the UK's EU membership referendum) held their deposits. The highest polling of any runner-up, by percentage, was Thomas George Jones in 1931, winning 30.8% of the votes cast, 0.3% more than half the percentage polled by the winning candidate; this was when the Labour Party's vote was slightly split by the presence of a prominent Communist Party candidate and editor, Johnny Campbell. The government's dropping of a prosecution against him in 1924 had led to a General Election.

Turnout

Turnout at general elections has ranged between 85.3% in 1950 and 57.8% in 2005, falling to 35.2% in the 2002 by-election.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[4] Party
1918 Vernon Hartshorn Labour
1931 by-election Ted Williams
1946 by-election John Evans
1950 Walter Padley
1979 Sir Ray Powell
2002 by-election Huw Irranca-Davies
2016 by-election Chris Elmore
2024 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Ogmore[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vernon Hartshorn Unopposed
Registered electors 35,910
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Ogmore[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vernon Hartshorn 17,321 55.8 N/A
National Liberal John Walter Jones 7,498 24.1 N/A
Unionist Dorothy Caroline Edmondes 6,257 20.1 N/A
Majority 9,823 31.7 N/A
Turnout 31,076 78.3 N/A
Registered electors 39,673
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Ogmore[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vernon Hartshorn Unopposed
Registered electors 40,284
Labour hold
General election 1924: Ogmore[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vernon Hartshorn Unopposed
Registered electors 40,801
Labour hold
General election 1929: Ogmore[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vernon Hartshorn 22,900 56.7 N/A
Liberal Dapho Llewellyn Powell 11,804 29.2 N/A
Unionist H Abbott 4,164 10.3 N/A
Communist John Ross Campbell 1,525 3.8 N/A
Majority 11,096 27.5 N/A
Turnout 40,393 82.8 N/A
Registered electors 48,786
Labour hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1931 Ogmore by-election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Williams 19,356 78.8 +22.1
Communist John Ross Campbell 5,219 21.2 +17.4
Majority 14,137 57.6 +30.1
Turnout 24,575 50.8 ―32.0
Registered electors 48,406
Labour hold Swing
General election 1931: Ogmore[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Williams 23,064 61.0 +4.3
Conservative Thomas George Jones 11,653 30.8 +20.5
Communist John Ross Campbell 3,099 8.2 +4.4
Majority 11,411 30.2 +2.7
Turnout 37,816 76.9 ―5.9
Registered electors 49,203
Labour hold Swing
General election 1935: Ogmore[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Williams Unopposed
Registered electors 49,764
Labour hold

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Ogmore[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Williams 32,715 76.4 N/A
National Owen Glyndwr Davies 7,712 18.0 N/A
Plaid Cymru Trefor Richard Morgan 2,379 5.6 N/A
Majority 25,003 58.4 N/A
Turnout 42,806 75.7 N/A
Registered electors 56,552
Labour hold Swing N/A
1946 Ogmore by-election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Evans 13,632 70.6 ―5.8
Plaid Cymru Trefor Richard Morgan 5,685 29.4 +23.8
Majority 7,947 41.2 ―17.2
Turnout 19,317 75.6 ―0.1
Registered electors 57,401
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Ogmore[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Padley 35,836 74.7 ―1.7
Conservative Raymond Gower 9,791 20.4 N/A
Communist Mavis Llewellyn 1,691 3.6 N/A
Welsh Republican Movement Ithel Davies 631 1.3 N/A
Majority 26,045 54.3 ―4.1
Turnout 47,949 85.3 +9.6
Registered electors 56,184
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Ogmore[7][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Padley 37,022 76.9 +2.2
Conservative Percy Lunniss Powell 9,504 19.7 ―0.7
British Empire Party Trefor David 1,643 3.4 N/A
Majority 27,518 57.2 +2.9
Turnout 48,169 84.9 ―0.4
Registered electors 56,726
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Ogmore[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Padley 33,275 75.6 ―1.3
Conservative Derek Geoffrey Jennings 10,751 24.4 +4.7
Majority 22,524 51.2 ―6.0
Turnout 44,026 78.6 ―6.3
Registered electors 55,976
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Ogmore[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Padley 35,170 74.7 ―0.9
Conservative Tom O. Ewart-Jones 11,905 25.3 +0.9
Majority 23,265 49.4 ―1.8
Turnout 47,075 82.3 +3.7
Registered electors 57,192
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Ogmore[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Padley 34,178 72.9 ―1.8
Conservative Ralph Morgan Thomas 10,238 21.8 ―3.5
Plaid Cymru Margaret Tucker 2,470 5.3 N/A
Majority 23,940 51.1 +1.7
Turnout 46,886 79.7 −2.6
Registered electors 58,848
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Ogmore[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Padley 33,545 71.3 ―1.6
Conservative Ralph Morgan Thomas 6,872 14.6 ―7.2
Liberal Jennie Thomas Gibbs 6,632 14.1 N/A
Majority 26,673 56.7 +5.6
Turnout 47,049 78.4 ―1.3
Registered electors 60,003
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Ogmore[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Padley 33,436 67.3 ―4.0
Conservative Antony F. Gardner 10,415 21.0 +6.4
Plaid Cymru Edward John Merriman 5,828 11.7 N/A
Majority 23,021 46.3 ―10.4
Turnout 49,679 75.6 ―2.8
Registered electors 65,731
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Ogmore[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Padley 28,372 52.8 ―14.5
Liberal Jennie Gibbs 10,819 20.1 N/A
Conservative R K Jones 9,416 17.5 ―3.5
Plaid Cymru Edward John Merriman 5,139 9.6 ―2.1
Majority 17,553 32.7 ―13.6
Turnout 53,746 79.8 +4.2
Registered electors 67,354
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Ogmore[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Padley 30,453 59.5 +6.7
Conservative R.K. Jones 8,249 16.1 ―1.4
Liberal Jennie Gibbs 8,203 16.0 ―4.1
Plaid Cymru D.I. Jones 4,290 8.4 ―1.2
Majority 22,204 43.4 +10.7
Turnout 51,195 75.4 ―4.4
Registered electors 67,927
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Ogmore[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Powell 29,867 53.4 ―6.1
Conservative L Walters 13,780 24.6 +8.5
Liberal Jennie Gibbs 9,812 17.5 +1.5
Plaid Cymru D I Jones 2,450 4.4 ―4.0
Majority 16,087 28.8 ―14.6
Turnout 55,909 79.7 +4.3
Registered electors 70,156
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Ogmore[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Powell 23,390 59.2 +5.8
Liberal John Parsons 6,026 15.3 ―2.2
Conservative Richard O'Sullivan 5,806 14.7 ―9.9
Plaid Cymru Edward Merriman 3,124 7.9 +3.5
Ecology Noel Thomas 1,161 2.9 N/A
Majority 17,364 43.9 +15.1
Turnout 39,507 76.9 ―2.8
Registered electors 51,378
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: Ogmore[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Powell 28,462 69.4 +10.2
Conservative Michael Barratt 6,170 15.0 +0.3
SDP Mairwen James 3,954 9.6 ―5.7
Plaid Cymru John Jones 1,791 4.4 ―3.5
Independent Labour Thomas Spence 652 1.6 N/A
Majority 22,292 54.4 +10.5
Turnout 41,029 80.1 +3.2
Registered electors 51,255
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Ogmore[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Powell 30,186 71.7 +2.3
Conservative David G. Edwards 6,359 15.1 +0.1
Liberal Democrats John Warman 2,868 6.8 ―2.8
Plaid Cymru Laura McAllister 2,667 6.3 +1.9
Majority 23,827 56.6 +2.2
Turnout 42,080 80.6 +0.5
Registered electors 52,195
Labour hold Swing +1.1
General election 1997: Ogmore[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Powell 28,163 74.0 +2.3
Conservative David A. Unwin 3,716 9.8 ―5.3
Liberal Democrats Kirsty Williams 3,510 9.2 +2.4
Plaid Cymru John D. Rogers 2,679 7.0 +0.7
Majority 24,447 64.2 +7.6
Turnout 38,068 72.9 ―7.7
Registered electors 52,193
Labour hold Swing +3.8

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Ogmore[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Powell 18,833 62.0 ―12.0
Plaid Cymru Angela Pulman 4,259 14.0 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Lewis 3,878 12.8 +3.6
Conservative Richard Hill 3,383 11.1 +1.3
Majority 14,574 48.0 ―16.2
Turnout 30,353 58.2 ―14.7
Registered electors 52,185
Labour hold Swing ―9.5
2002 Ogmore by-election[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Huw Irranca-Davies 9,548 52.0 ―10.0
Plaid Cymru Bleddyn Hancock 3,827 20.8 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Veronica Watkins 1,608 8.8 ―4.0
Conservative Guto Bebb 1,377 7.5 ―3.6
Socialist Labour Christopher Herriot 1,152 6.3 N/A
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 David Braid 100 0.3 N/A
Majority 5,721 31.2 ―16.8
Turnout 18,376 35.2 ―23.0
Registered electors 52,209
Labour hold Swing -8.4

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

General election 2005: Ogmore[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Huw Irranca-Davies 18,295 60.4 ―1.6
Liberal Democrats 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 45.2 ―2.8
Turnout 30,278 57.8 ―0.4
Registered electors 52,349
Labour hold Swing ―2.0

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Ogmore[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Huw Irranca-Davies 18,664 53.8 ―7.1
Conservative Emma Moore 5,398 15.6 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Jackie Radford 5,260 15.2 +0.5
Plaid Cymru Danny Clark 3,326 9.6 ―0.6
BNP Kay Thomas 1,242 3.6 N/A
UKIP Carolyn Passey 780 2.3 N/A
Majority 13,246 38.2 ―7.1
Turnout 34,650 62.4 +2.9
Registered electors 55,527
Labour hold Swing ―4.3
General election 2015: Ogmore[24][25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Huw Irranca-Davies 18,663 52.9 ―0.9
Conservative Jane March 5,620 15.9 +0.3
UKIP Glenda Davies 5,420 15.4 +13.1
Plaid Cymru Tim Thomas 3,556 10.1 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Gerald Francis[27] 1,072 3.0 ―12.2
Green Laurie Brophy 754 2.1 N/A
TUSC Emma Saunders 165 0.5 N/A
Rejected ballots 72
Majority 13,043 37.0 ―1.2
Turnout 35,250 63.7 +1.3
Registered electors 55,572
Labour hold Swing ―0.6

Of the 72 rejected ballots:

  • 51 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[25]
  • 21 voted for more than one candidate.[25]
2016 Ogmore by-election[28][29][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Elmore[31] 12,383 52.6 ―0.3
UKIP Glenda Davies 3,808 16.2 +0.8
Plaid Cymru Abi Thomas 3,683 15.7 +5.6
Conservative Alex Williams 2,956 12.6 ―3.3
Liberal Democrats Janet Ellard 702 3.0 ±0.0
Majority 8,575 36.4 ―0.6
Turnout 23,532 43.0 ―20.7
Registered electors 55,027
Labour hold Swing ―0.8
General election 2017: Ogmore[32][33][34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Elmore 23,225 62.4 +9.5
Conservative Jamie Wallis 9,354 25.1 +9.2
Plaid Cymru Huw Marshall 2,796 7.5 ―2.6
UKIP Glenda Davies 1,235 3.3 ―12.1
Liberal Democrats Gerald Francis 594 1.6 ―1.4
Rejected ballots 55
Majority 13,871 37.3 +0.3
Turnout 37,204 65.1 +1.4
Registered electors 57,125
Labour hold Swing +0.2

Of the 55 rejected ballots:

  • 36 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[34]
  • 19 voted for more than one candidate.[34]
General election 2019: Ogmore[35][36][37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Elmore 17,602 49.7 ―12.7
Conservative Sadie Vidal 9,797 27.7 +2.6
Brexit Party Christine Roach 2,991 8.5 N/A
Plaid Cymru Luke Fletcher 2,919 8.3 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Anita Davies 1,460 4.1 +2.5
Green Tom Muller 621 1.8 N/A
Rejected ballots 96
Majority 7,805 22.0 ―15.3
Turnout 35,390 61.5 ―3.6
Registered electors 57,581
Labour hold Swing –7.6

Of the 96 rejected ballots:

  • 64 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[37]
  • 32 voted for more than one candidate.[37]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ogmore is most specifically a county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ Ogmore-by-Sea forms part of the Vale of Glamorgan County Borough and of the Vale of Glamorgan constituency).

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