Constituency profile

Rhondda and Ogmore

Wales · County constituency

Chris Bryant MP
Sitting MP

Chris Bryant

Labour

First elected June 2001Cabinet: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
Wales
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
55.3% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +3.4pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +6.6pp
Vulnerability score 8/10 (Labour projected to lose)
WelshLeave-leaningWorking-class profile

About the Rhondda and Ogmore constituency

Rhondda and Ogmore is a county constituency in Wales. The sitting MP is Chris Bryant (Labour), first elected in June 2001. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 47.8% to 26.1% for Reform UK, a majority of 7,790 votes on a 48.1% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 32.1% and Labour on 25.6%, a margin of 6.6 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Rhondda and Ogmore? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
55.3%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
21.9%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
28.0%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
66.8%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
32.9%
UK average ~36%
Median age
41.8
UK median ~40
Age 65+
24.0%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
29.7%
UK average ~28%

How did Rhondda and Ogmore vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab hold · majority 7,790 votes (21.7pp) · turnout 48.1%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Rhondda and Ogmore

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Senedd 2026 layer

How Rhondda and Ogmore voted at the Senedd election (7 May 2026)

Rhondda and Ogmore sits almost entirely within the Senedd constituency of Afan Ogwr Rhondda. Senedd elections use a closed-list proportional system; each Senedd seat returns six members.

Senedd constituencyShare of Rhondda and OgmoreWinnerRunner-upSeats (6 per constituency)
Afan Ogwr Rhondda98%Plaid Cymru 36.9%Reform UK 33.6%3 Plaid Cymru, 2 Reform UK, 1 Labour
Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr2%Plaid Cymru 39.5%Reform UK 30.6%3 Plaid Cymru, 2 Reform UK, 1 Labour

Senedd 2026 results from official declarations. Overlap percentages are area-based using the post-2024 Westminster boundary against the new 16-seat Senedd boundary.

Council layer (not Westminster)

Rhondda and Ogmore within Rhondda Cynon Taf and Bridgend

Rhondda and Ogmore crosses council boundaries: Rhondda Cynon Taf (84%), Bridgend (16%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Rhondda Cynon Taf
56 LSOAs
84%
Bridgend
11 LSOAs
16%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
25 Jun 2026Treorchy
Rhondda Cynon Taf
PC HOLDPC 71% Ref 16% Lab 10%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
BlackmillLabour 44.1%vs Reform 29.4%2022 Labour 55.0%vs Independent 33.9%--
Cwm ClydachLabour 46.6%vs Reform 26.8%2022 Labour 67.8%vs Plaid Cymru 32.2%--
CymerLabour 46.8%vs Reform 27.1%2022 Labour 72.4%vs Plaid Cymru 27.6%--
Ferndale and MaerdyLabour 51.5%vs Reform 22.3%2022 Labour 57.1%vs Independent 20.8%--
Garw ValleyLabour 44.0%vs Reform 29.4%2022 Labour 72.3%vs Independent 14.4%--
Gilfach-gochLabour 51.4%vs Reform 24.5%2022 Labour 92.2%vs Conservative 7.8%--
Llwyn-y-piaLabour 47.0%vs Reform 28.5%2022 Labour 67.6%vs Plaid Cymru 19.2%--
Nant-y-moelLabour 46.7%vs Reform 27.4%2022 Labour 83.1%vs Conservative 16.9%--
Ogmore ValeLabour 49.5%vs Reform 31.2%2022 Independent 53.5%vs Labour 36.7%--
Pen-y-graigLabour 45.9%vs Reform 30.4%2022 Labour 61.8%vs Plaid Cymru 29.3%--
PentreLabour 48.0%vs Reform 25.3%2022 Labour 58.3%vs Plaid Cymru 37.8%--
PorthLabour 48.7%vs Reform 22.9%2022 Labour 52.2%vs Plaid Cymru 43.9%--
TonypandyLabour 50.4%vs Reform 26.1%2022 Labour 64.3%vs Plaid Cymru 29.1%--
Tonyrefail EastLabour 43.7%vs Reform 22.8%2022 Labour 52.6%vs Plaid Cymru 42.5%--
Tonyrefail WestLabour 46.9%vs Reform 27.7%2022 Labour 53.5%vs Plaid Cymru 25.2%--
TrealawLabour 51.9%vs Reform 23.6%2022 Labour 80.1%vs Plaid Cymru 19.9%--
TreherbertLabour 47.8%vs Reform 26.2%2022 Labour 44.6%vs Independent 35.3%--
TreorchyLabour 49.1%vs Reform 22.9%2022 Labour 52.7%vs Plaid Cymru 44.2%--
Tylorstown and YnyshirLabour 49.1%vs Reform 28.4%2022 Labour 79.6%vs Plaid Cymru 15.5%--
YstradLabour 47.5%vs Reform 22.8%2022 Labour 60.6%vs Plaid Cymru 39.4%--

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Rhondda and Ogmore at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Rhondda and Ogmore at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorLab holdChris Bryant Rhondda MP55.3%6.4%10.6%1.2% UKIP-8.4%11,55360.3%
2015predecessorLab holdChris Bryant Rhondda MP50.7%6.7%1.5%12.7% UKIP1.4%-7,45560.9%+0.6
2017predecessorLab holdChris Bryant Rhondda MP64.1%10.1%0.8%2.7% UKIP--13,74665.2%+4.3
2019notionalLabour winnerChris Bryant Rhondda MP, pre-review boundary56.3%15.4%2.3%-1.4%24.6%17,37757.8%
2024Lab holdChris Bryant47.8%5.7%2.6%26.1% Ref3.3%-7,79048.1%-9.7

Rhondda and Ogmore was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Rhondda (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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