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Welsh Assembly Results
Party Welsh Labour Plaid Cymru Welsh Conservative UKIP Wales Welsh Liberal Democrat
Seats 29 12 11 7 1
Change −1 +1 −3 +7 −4

After 60 of 60 seats Results in full

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Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

Welsh Assembly constituency Region - South Wales East
Result: LAB HOLD

Scoreboard

Party Candidates Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

LAB

Welsh Labour

 Candidates Dawn Bowden Votes 9,763 47.2% Net percentage change in seats −7.1
Party

UKIP

UKIP Wales

 Candidates David Rowlands Votes 4,277 20.7% Net percentage change in seats +20.7
Party

PC

Plaid Cymru

 Candidates Brian Thomas Votes 3,721 18.0% Net percentage change in seats +9.2
Party

CON

Welsh Conservative

 Candidates Elizabeth Simon Votes 1,331 6.4% Net percentage change in seats +0.1
Party

LD

Welsh Liberal Democrat

 Candidates Bob Griffin Votes 1,122 5.4% Net percentage change in seats −7.4
Party

GRN

Wales Green Party

 Candidates Julie Colbran Votes 469 2.3% Net percentage change in seats +2.3

Change compared with 2011

Turnout and Majority

Welsh Labour Majority

5,486

Turnout

38.5%

Vote share

Party %
Welsh Labour 47.2
UKIP Wales 20.7
Plaid Cymru 18.0
Welsh Conservative 6.4
Welsh Liberal Democrat 5.4
OTHERS 2.3

Vote share change since 2011

−%
+%
UKIP Wales
+20.7
Plaid Cymru
+9.2
Welsh Conservative
+0.1
Welsh Labour
−7.1
Welsh Liberal Democrat
−7.4
Wales Constituencies and Regions A-Z

Constituency Profile

The constituency of Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney has a rich history as one of the birth places of the industrial revolution but has struggled economically in modern times.

The average house prices in the constituency are among the lowest in Wales at £100,000 - the Welsh average is £158,000. The mean gross weekly earnings figure for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney is £499 - the fourth lowest in Wales. The all Wales figure is £551. Around 600 staff are employed in the Welsh Government office based in the constituency. The main town is Merthyr Tydfil which has a population of around 60,000. Labour has held the seat in the National Assembly since 1999 with Huw Lewis winning the seat four times in that period - with an increased majority of over 7,000 in the 2011 Assembly election. Mr Lewis is standing down at this election.

In 2011 Labour won 54.3% of the vote, ahead of an Independent candidate (17.8%), Liberal Democrats (12.8%), Plaid Cymru (8.8%) and Conservatives (6.3%).

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