Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency): Difference between revisions

Cynon Valley
Cynon Valley
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Cynon Valley in Wales
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan
Electorate	52,372 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Aberdare, Mountain Ash, Hirwaun
1983–2024
Seats	One
Created from	Aberdare and parts of Brecon and Radnor and Neath
Senedd	Cynon Valley, South Wales Central

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit Next edit →

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Revision as of 09:34, 19 July 2024

Cynon Valley (Welsh: Cwm Cynon) was a constituency^{[n 1]} in Wales, of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1983 to 2024. Its last MP from 2019 to 2024 was Beth Winter of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

The Cynon Valley Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency).

The constituency was abolished as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales. Its wards were split between Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, and Pontypridd.^[3]

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 2010-2024

1983–2010: The Borough of Cynon Valley.

2010–2024: 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.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[4]	Party
1983	Ioan Evans	Labour Co-op
1984 by-election	Ann Clwyd	Labour
2019	Beth Winter	Labour
2024	Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Cynon Valley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ioan Evans	20,668	56.0	*N/A*
	SDP	Felix Aubel	7,594	20.6	N/A
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	5,240	14.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Pauline Jarman	3,421	9.3	N/A
Majority			13,074	35.4	N/A
Turnout			36,923	73.4	N/A
Registered electors			50,284
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

1984 Cynon Valley by-election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clwyd	19,389	58.8	+2.8
	SDP	Felix Aubel	6,554	19.9	−0.7
	Plaid Cymru	Clayton F. Jones	3,619	11.0	+1.8
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	2,441	7.4	−6.8
	Communist	Mary Winter	642	1.9	N/A
	Independent	Noel E. Rencontre	215	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Paul Nicholls-Jones	122	0.4	N/A
Majority			12,835	38.9	+3.5
Turnout			32,982	65.7	−7.7
Registered electors			50,237
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1987: Cynon Valley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clwyd	26,222	68.9	+12.9
	SDP	Keith Butler	4,651	12.2	−8.4
	Conservative	Mark Bishop	4,638	12.2	−2.0
	Plaid Cymru	Dorothy Richards	2,549	6.7	−2.6
Majority			21,571	56.7	+21.3
Turnout			38,060	76.7	+3.3
Registered electors			49,621
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Cynon Valley^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clwyd	26,254	69.1	+0.2
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	4,890	12.9	+0.7
	Plaid Cymru	Clifford Benney	4,186	11.0	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Marcello Verma	2,667	7.0	−5.2
Majority			21,364	56.2	−0.5
Turnout			37,997	76.5	−0.2
Registered electors			49,695
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.2

General election 1997: Cynon Valley^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clwyd	23,307	69.7	+0.6
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Davies	3,552	10.6	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Huw Price	3,459	10.3	+3.3
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	2,260	6.8	−6.1
	Referendum	Gwyn John	844	2.5	N/A
Majority			19,755	59.1	+2.9
Turnout			33,422	69.2	−7.3
Registered electors			48,286
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Cynon Valley^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clwyd	17,685	65.6	−4.1
	Plaid Cymru	Steven J. Cornelius	4,687	17.4	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Parry	2,541	9.4	−0.9
	Conservative	Julian Waters	2,045	7.6	+0.8
Majority			12,998	48.2	−10.9
Turnout			26,958	55.4	−13.8
Registered electors			48,639
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.4

General election 2005: Cynon Valley^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clwyd	17,074	64.1	−1.5
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint Benney	3,815	14.3	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Phelps	2,991	11.2	+1.8
	Conservative	Antonia Dunn	2,062	7.7	+0.1
	UKIP	Sue Davies	705	2.6	N/A
Majority			13,259	49.8	+1.6
Turnout			26,647	58.7	+3.3
Registered electors			44,803
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.8

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Cynon Valley^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clwyd	15,681	52.5	−10.5
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Trystan Davies	6,064	20.3	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Thacker	4,120	13.8	+1.6
	Conservative	Juliette Ash	3,010	10.1	+2.1
	UKIP	Frank Hughes	1,001	3.4	+0.7
Majority			9,617	32.2	−17.6
Turnout			29,876	59.0	−1.3
Registered electors			50,650
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.6

General election 2015: Cynon Valley^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clwyd	14,532	47.7	−4.8
	Plaid Cymru	Cerith Griffiths	5,126	16.8	−3.5
	UKIP	Rebecca Rees-Evans	4,976	16.3	+12.9
	Conservative	Keith Dewhurst	3,676	12.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Angharad Jones	830	2.7	−11.1
	Green	John Matthews	799	2.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Chris Beggs	533	1.7	N/A
Rejected ballots			81
Majority			9,406	30.9	−1.3
Turnout			30,472	59.3	+0.3
Registered electors			51,422
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.6

Of the 81 rejected ballots:

59 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.^[21]
22 voted for more than one candidate.^[21]

General election 2017: Cynon Valley^[22]^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clwyd	19,404	61.0	+13.3
	Conservative	Keith Dewhurst	6,166	19.4	+7.3
	Plaid Cymru	Liz Walters	4,376	13.8	−3.0
	UKIP	Ian McLean	1,271	4.0	−12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Knight	585	1.8	−0.9
Majority			13,238	41.6	+11.7
Turnout			31,802	62.0	+2.7
Registered electors			51,334
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

General election 2019: Cynon Valley^[24]^[25]^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beth Winter	15,533	51.4	−9.6
	Conservative	Pauline Church	6,711	22.2	+2.8
	Brexit Party	Rebecca Rees-Evans	3,045	10.1	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint Benney	2,562	8.5	−5.3
	Cynon Valley	Andrew Chainey	1,322	4.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bray	949	3.1	+1.3
	SDP	Ian McLean	114	0.4	N/A
Majority			8,822	29.2	−12.4
Turnout			30,236	59.1	−2.9
Registered electors			51,134
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.2

Notes

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ "'Cynon Valley', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Vote 2001". BBC News Vote 2001. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "BBC NEWS > Cynon Valley". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Cynon Valley parliamentary constituency - Election 2005" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ Cynon Valley BBC Election - Cynon Valley
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "MP wins fight to defend her seat". 13 December 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Cynon Valley Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015 Results. BBC. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cynon Valley Results". UK Parliamentary Elections May 2015 results. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^ "Cynon Valley Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ "2017 Results". Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ "Statements of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
^ "Cynon Valley Parliamentary constituency". Election 2019 Results. BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ "Results". Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

External links

Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
Cynon Valley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK

51°39′25″N 3°27′40″W / 51.657°N 3.461°W / 51.657; -3.461

[3] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[4] As with all constituencies, the constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

[1] "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[ElectionWeb-2] "'Cynon Valley', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

[Final_proposals_report-5] 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.

[6] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)

[electoralcalculus1983-7] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[8] Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[electoralcalculus1987-9] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1992-10] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[11] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

[electoralcalculus1997-12] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[13] "Vote 2001". BBC News Vote 2001. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 April 2010.

[electoralcalculus2001-14] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[15] "BBC NEWS > Cynon Valley". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[electoralcalculus2005-16] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[17] "Cynon Valley parliamentary constituency - Election 2005" – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[electoralcalculus2010-18] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[19] Cynon Valley BBC Election - Cynon Valley

[electoralcalculus2015-20] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[21] "MP wins fight to defend her seat". 13 December 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[22] "Cynon Valley Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015 Results. BBC. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[2015results-23] "Cynon Valley Results". UK Parliamentary Elections May 2015 results. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[24] "Cynon Valley Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[2017results-25] "2017 Results". Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[26] "Statements of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

[27] "Cynon Valley Parliamentary constituency". Election 2019 Results. BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[2019results-28] "Results". Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[1]

[2]

[n 1]

[n 2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards}}
+{{Short description|UK Parliamentary constituency, 1983–2024}}
 {{Distinguish|Cynon Valley (Senedd constituency)}}
-{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
-{{EngvarB|date=November 2021}}
+{{Use Welsh English|date=November 2022}}
-{{Coord|51.657|-3.461|display=title|region:GB_scale:20000}}
 {{Infobox UK constituency main
-  |name        = Cynon Valley
+  |name           = Cynon Valley
-  |parliament  = uk
+  |parliament     = uk
-  |map1        = CynonValley2007
+  |map1           = CynonValley2007
-  |map2        =
+  |map2           =
-  |map_entity  = [[Wales]]
+  |map_entity     = [[Wales]]
-  |map_year    =
+  |map_year       =
-  |year        = 1983
+  |year           = 1983
-  |abolished   =
+  |abolished      = 2024
-  |type        = County
+  |type           = County
   |elects_howmany = One
-  |previous    = [[Aberdare (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdare]] and parts of [[Brecon and Radnor (UK Parliament constituency)|Brecon and Radnor]] and [[Neath (UK Parliament constituency)|Neath]]<ref name="ElectionWeb">{{cite web|title='Cynon Valley', June 1983 up to May 1997|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83172.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|access-date=10 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311073912/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83172.htm|archive-date=11 March 2016}}</ref>
+  |previous       = [[Aberdare (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdare]] and parts of [[Brecon and Radnor (UK Parliament constituency)|Brecon and Radnor]] and [[Neath (UK Parliament constituency)|Neath]]<ref name="ElectionWeb">{{cite web|title='Cynon Valley', June 1983 up to May 1997|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83172.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|access-date=10 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311073912/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83172.htm|archive-date=11 March 2016}}</ref>
-  |next        =
+  |next           =
-  |electorate  = 52,372 (December 2010)<ref>{{cite web|
+  |electorate     = 52,372 (December 2010)<ref>{{cite web|
 url=http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=14666|title=Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view|date=1 December 2010|work=2011 Electorate Figures|publisher=StatsWales|access-date=13 March 2011}}</ref>
-  |mp          = [[Beth Winter]]
+  |mp             = [[Beth Winter]]
-  |party       = Welsh Labour Party
+  |party          = Welsh Labour Party
-  |region      = Wales
+  |region         = Wales
-  |county      = [[Mid Glamorgan]]
+  |county         = [[Mid Glamorgan]]
-  |european    = Wales
+  |european       = Wales
-  |towns       = [[Aberdare]], [[Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf|Mountain Ash]], [[Hirwaun]]
+  |towns          = [[Aberdare]], [[Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf|Mountain Ash]], [[Hirwaun]]
-  |national    = [[Cynon Valley (Senedd constituency)|Cynon Valley]], [[South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)|South Wales Central]]
+  |national       = [[Cynon Valley (Senedd constituency)|Cynon Valley]], [[South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)|South Wales Central]]
 }}
-'''Cynon Valley''' ({{lang-cy|Cwm Cynon}}) is a [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[borough constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] since [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] by [[Beth Winter]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election at least every five years.|group= n}}
+'''Cynon Valley''' ({{lang-cy|Cwm Cynon}}) was a [[Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[borough constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} in [[Wales]], of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] from 1983 to 2024. Its last MP from [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] to 2024 was [[Beth Winter]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elected one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election at least every five years.|group= n}}
 The [[Cynon Valley (Senedd constituency)|Cynon Valley Senedd constituency]] was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency).
+The constituency was abolished as part of the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]] and under the [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales#Final recommendations|June 2023 final recommendations]] of the [[Boundary Commission for Wales]]. Its wards were split between [[Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare (UK Parliament constituency)|Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare]], and [[Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontypridd]].<ref name="Final proposals report">{{Cite book |url=https://bcomm-wales.gov.uk/sites/bcomm/files/review/E02859434_Boundary%20Commission%20Wales%202023_English_Web%20Accessible_V03.pdf |title=2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales |date=28 June 2023 |publisher=[[Boundary Commission for Wales]]}}</ref>
 ==Boundaries==
+{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|text=Map of boundaries 2010-2024}}
-'''1983–2010''': The Borough of Cynon Valley.
+'''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.
+'''2010–2024''': 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, Rhondda Cynon Taf|Mountain Ash]], [[Cilfynydd]], [[Abercynon]] and [[Hirwaun]].
@@ Line 43: / Line 48: @@
 !colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref>{{Rayment-hc|c|6|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!Party
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" |
+|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" |
 |[[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]
-|[[Ioan Evans]]
+|[[Ioan Evans (politician)|Ioan Evans]]
 |[[Labour Co-operative|Labour Co-op]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |
+|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |
 |[[1984 Cynon Valley by-election|1984 by-election]]
 |[[Ann Clwyd]]
 |[[Welsh Labour|Labour]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |
+|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |
 |[[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]
 |[[Beth Winter]]
 |[[Welsh Labour|Labour]]
+|-
+|
+|[[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]
+|colspan="2"|''Constituency abolished''
 |}
+[[File:Vote Share - Cynon Valley 1983 - 2019.png|upright=2.5|thumb|centre]]
-==Elections==
-[[File:Vote Share - Cynon Valley 1983 - 2019.png|upright=2.5|thumb|right]]
+==Elections==
 ===Elections in the 1980s===
 {{Election box begin|title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Cynon Valley<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
 {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = Labour and Co-operative
-  |candidate  = [[Ioan Evans]]
+  |candidate  = [[Ioan Evans (politician)|Ioan Evans]]
   |votes      = 20,668
   |percentage = 56.0
@@ Line 110: / Line 119: @@
 {{Election box end}}
-{{Election box begin|title=[[1984 Cynon Valley by-election]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html|title=Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament|last=Boothroyd|first=David|access-date=2015-09-19|website=United Kingdom Election Results}}</ref>}}
+{{Election box begin|title=[[1984 Cynon Valley by-election]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html|title=Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament|last=Boothroyd|first=David|access-date=2015-09-19|website=United Kingdom Election Results|archive-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405203844/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
 {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = Welsh Labour
@@ Line 178: / Line 187: @@
 }}
 {{Election box end}}
-* Death of Ioan Evans 10 February 1984
 {{Election box begin|title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Cynon Valley<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
@@ Line 697: / Line 705: @@
 * [[Cynon Valley (Senedd constituency)]]
 * [[1984 Cynon Valley by-election]]
-* [[List of Parliamentary constituencies in Mid Glamorgan]]
+* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Mid Glamorgan]]
-* [[List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales]]
+* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales]]
 ==Notes==
@@ Line 714: / Line 722: @@
 *[http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf 2017 Election] House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
 *[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ A Vision Of Britain Through Time] (Constituency elector numbers)
+*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/66105.html Cynon Valley UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
-{{Constituencies in Wales}}
+{{Historic constituencies in Wales|selected = Until 2019}}
 {{Authority control}}
+{{Coord|51.657|-3.461|display=title|region:GB_scale:20000}}
+[[Category:Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales]]
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Cynon Valley (Uk Parliament Constituency)}}
-[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in South Wales]]
 [[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983]]
+[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2024]]
 [[Category:Politics of Rhondda Cynon Taf]]
 [[Category:Mid Glamorgan]]