Caerphilly () is a
constituency
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centred on the town of
Caerphilly
Caerphilly (, ; cy, Caerffili, ) is a town and community in Wales. It is situated at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley.
It is north of Cardiff and northwest of Newport. It is the largest town in Caerphilly County Borough, and lies wi ...
in
South Wales
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, represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
UK Parliament
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since
2001
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by
Wayne David of the
Labour Party.
Since its creation, the constituency has always elected
Labour MPs, although the predecessor constituency of
East Glamorganshire, and prior to that
Glamorganshire
, HQ = Cardiff
, Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974)
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* West Glamorgan
* Mid Glamorgan
* South Glamorgan
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had elected Liberal MPs throughout the Victorian era.
Boundaries
The Caerphilly constituency covers roughly the southern and eastern half of
Caerphilly district, the part of the district historically located in
Glamorgan
, HQ = Cardiff
, Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974)
, Origin=
, Code = GLA
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* West Glamorgan
* Mid Glamorgan
* South Glamorgan
, Mot ...
. In the northwest of the constituency are communities such as
Hengoed
Hengoed () is a village on the west side of the Rhymney Valley - between Ystrad Mynach to the south and Cefn Hengoed to the north. Across the valley it looks towards Maesycwmmer. The village is in the county borough of Caerphilly, in the trad ...
and
Ystrad Mynach, extending in a southeasterly direction through
Caerphilly
Caerphilly (, ; cy, Caerffili, ) is a town and community in Wales. It is situated at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley.
It is north of Cardiff and northwest of Newport. It is the largest town in Caerphilly County Borough, and lies wi ...
and
Llanbradach to the rural outcrops bordering
Cardiff
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.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 2010s
Of the 81 rejected ballots:
*59 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
[
*22 voted for more than one candidate.][
Of the 160 rejected ballots:
*132 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.][
*28 voted for more than one candidate.][
]
See also
* Caerphilly (Senedd constituency)
Caerphilly () is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four ad ...
* List of parliamentary constituencies in Gwent
* List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales
Wales is currently divided into forty constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which elect Members of Parliament to the House of Commons. After the General Election of December 2019, 22 of the Welsh constituencies are repre ...
Notes
References
External links
Politics Resources
(Election results from 1922 onwards)
(Election results from 1955 onwards)
2017 Election
House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
A Vision Of Britain Through Time
(Constituency elector numbers)
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Parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918