Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Bridgend (Senedd constituency).
Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Jamie Wallis, a Conservative.[n 2]
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Bridgend | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | Mid Glamorgan |
Population | 79,873 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 59,533 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Bridgend Porthcawl |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Jamie Wallis (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Aberavon and Ogmore |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Bridgend, South Wales West |
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The constituency is to retain its name but its boundaries altered, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[3]