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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE54,267 voters
AREA70 sq. miles


Cynon Valley is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Ann Clwyd of the Labour party.

The Cynon Valley constituency has a total population of 69,342, of which 54,267 are eligible (18+) to vote (78.3%).

Cynon Valley ranks 243th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 566th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Ann Clwyd

Ann Clwyd

Ann Clwyd Roberts (born 21 March 1937) is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cynon Valley since 1984. She was re-elected at the 2015 general election despite previously announcing that she intended to retire.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Clwyd

MP DETAILS
AddressAnn Clwyd MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyLabour
Email Addressclwyda@parliament.uk
ConstituencyCynon Valley
GenderFemale
Date of Birth21/03/1937
TwitterTwitter Profile
Party PageWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
12.1%
47.7%
2.7%
2.6 %
16.3%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Cynon Valley constituency in 2015 was 59.30%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Angharad JonesLiberal DemocratFemale---
Ann ClwydLabourFemale21 March 1937 (87)--
Cerith GriffithsPlaid CymruMale---
Chris BeggsSocialist Labour PartyMale---
John MatthewsGreenMale---
Keith DewhurstConservativeMale-https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/keith-dewhurst/0/96/a21http://www.cynonvalleyconservatives.co.uk/
Rebecca Rees-EvansUK Independence PartyFemale---

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
10.07%
52.49%
13.79%
%
20.3%
%
%
3.35%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 Conservative3,01010.1%
 Labour15,68152.5%
 Liberal-Democrat4,12013.8%
 Plaid-Cymru6,06420.3%
 UK-Independence-Party1,0013.4%
TOTALS
Electorate50,650
Votes29,876
Turnout59%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeAsh, Juliette
LabourClwyd, Ann
Liberal DemocratThacker, Lee
UKIPHughes, Frank
Plaid CymruDavies, Dafydd Trystan
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Cynon Valley constituency in 2010 was 59%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

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