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Established | December 14, 1918 |
Disbanded | Still Active |
Contributor | RP |
Last Modified | RBH October 23, 2021 02:33pm |
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This seat is centred on the market town of Pontypridd. The constituency includes former mining communities on the periphery of the Rhondda and Ogmore as well as more affluent areas on the outskirts of Cardiff. The economic profile of the area is characterised by new industry and it has benefited from inward investment with the presence of companies such as L'Oreal and Bosch. The Royal Mint in Llantrisant is also a major employer. The constituency contains a sizeable commuter population for Cardiff and has a substantial student population (over ten per cent of the entire population) due to the presence of the University of Glamorgan in the constituency. It has been a traditionally seen as a safe South Wales Valleys Labour seat, and is predominantly English speaking although Plaid Cymru has performed well too. In the first assembly election it came within 2,000 votes of Labour's Jane Davidson. But at the 2003 assembly elections, the Plaid vote fell by over 11 per cent. At Westminster, Dr. Kim Howells has held this seat since winning the by-election in 1989. He is now education minister. He has a reputation for being outspoken; he described the Turner Prize art nominations as "conceptual bullshit". Dr Howells learned in 2004 that he will escape charges following his admission that he destroyed union records during the 1984-5 miners' strike. Pontypridd's claims to fame include the birthplace of musical legends: Tom Jones, and Evan James and James James, who wrote the national anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.
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