Preserved county Mid Glamorgan Electorate 59,533 (December 2010) Created 1983 | Population 79,873 (2011 census) Major settlements Bridgend, Porthcawl | |
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Member of parliament Madeleine Moon (Labour) | ||
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr in Welsh) is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post voting system.
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Boundaries
1983-1997: The Borough of Ogwr wards numbers 1, 2, 12 to 16, 18, and 20 to 23.
1997-2010: The Borough of Ogwr wards of Brackla, Cefn Cribwr, Coity Higher, Cornelly, Coychurch Lower, Laleston, Morfa, Newcastle, Newcastle Higher, Oldcastle, Porthcawl East, Porthcawl West, Pyle, and St Bride’s Major.
2010–present: The Bridgend County Borough electoral divisions of Brackla; Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr; Cefn Glas; Coity; Cornelly; Coychurch Lower; Litchard; Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd; Morfa; Newcastle; Newton; Nottage; Oldcastle; Pendre; Pen-y-fai; Porthcawl East Central; Porthcawl West Central; Pyle; and Rest Bay.
Members of Parliament
The Bridgend constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Ogmore & Aberavon. It normally elects Labour MPs although it went Conservative at the 1983 election landslide. Its current MP is Madeleine Moon of the Labour Party, who was first elected in 2005.