Created 1983 Welsh assembly South Wales Central | Electorate 52,372 (December 2010) European Parliament constituency Wales Number of members 1 | |
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Cynon Valley (Welsh: Cwm Cynon) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a Labour Party stronghold.
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The Cynon Valley Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
Boundaries
1983-2010: The Borough of Cynon Valley.
2010-present: The Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough electoral divisions of Aberaman North, Aberaman South, Abercynon, Aberdare East, Aberdare West/Llwydcoed, Cilfynydd, Cwmbach, Glyncoch, Hirwaun, Mountain Ash East, Mountain Ash West, Penrhiwceiber, Pen-y-waun, Rhigos, and Ynysybwl.
The constituency encompasses the towns of Aberdare, Mountain Ash, Cilfynydd, Abercynon and Hirwaun.
Elections in the 1980s
References
Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA