Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare

7:25am on 5th July

Labour Party HOLD / provisional
Elected: Gerald Jones

Candidates

Photograph of Gerald JonesLab / 44.8%
Gerald Jones
Photograph of Gareth ThomasReform / 23.7%
Gareth Thomas
Photograph of Francis WhitefootPC / 13.5%
Francis Whitefoot
Photograph of Amanda JennerCon / 7.6%
Amanda Jenner
Photograph of Jade SmithLD / 3.6%
Jade Smith
Photograph of David GriffinGreen / 3.5%
David Griffin
Photograph of Anthony ColeWorkers Party of Britain / 1.5%
Anthony Cole
Photograph of Lorenzo de GregoriIndependent / 1.1%
Lorenzo de Gregori
Photograph of Bob DavenportCommunist Party of Britain / 0.6%
Bob Davenport

Candidate images from Democracy Club. Data collated by Open Innovations.

Constituency Drill Down

Population: 99700

Households: 43800

Housing tenure type for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare

0%25%50%Social rentedPrivate rentedOwned with a mortgage or loanOwned outrightOther tenureOther tenure
Percentage: 0.3%
Owned outright
Percentage: 36.6%
Owned with a mortgage or loan
Percentage: 27.6%
Private rented
Percentage: 16.1%
Social rented
Percentage: 19.4%

Age demographic for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare

0%25%50%Aged 65 years and overAged 50 to 64 yearsAged 35 to 49 yearsAged 25 to 34 yearsAged 16 to 24 yearsAged 15 years and underAged 15 years and under
Percentage: 18.7%
Aged 16 to 24 years
Percentage: 9.7%
Aged 25 to 34 years
Percentage: 13.2%
Aged 35 to 49 years
Percentage: 18.1%
Aged 50 to 64 years
Percentage: 20.5%
Aged 65 years and over
Percentage: 19.7%

Data from the House of Commons Library.

2019 General Election

It is projected that this would have been a Labour Party seat in the 2019 General Election if it had been contested with the new constituency boundaries.