Bridgend general election 2024: The constituency results in full

Labour has won the Bridgend seat, taking it from the Conservative Party, which won in 2019. Chris Elmore, previously MP for Ogmore before the review of constituency boundaries in Wales, has been elected as the new MP.

Reform UK's candidate Caroline Jones pushed the Conservative candidate Anita Boateng into third place. The full vote totals were:

• Anita Boateng (Conservatives) - 6,764

• Iolo Caudy (Plaid Cymru) - 3,629

• Debra Ann Cooper (Green Party) - 1,760

• Chris Elmore (Labour) - 16,516

• Mark John (Independent) - 3,338

• Caroline Jones (Reform UK) - 7,921

• Claire Waller (Liberal Democrat) - 1,446

In the recent boundary review for this election, which shrank the number of parliamentary constituencies in Wales from 40 to 32, part of the former Ogmore constituency was added to the Bridgend patch.

The MP since 2017, Chris Elmore 40-year-old is married and has a three-year-old. He's a former trainee butcher who has worked in politics for 20 years, firstly as an elected councillor and cabinet member in the Vale of Glamorgan, but also in public affairs.

He's a keen gardener and calls his garden a "slice of paradise".

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Where does the constituency cover?

This constituency includes Bryncoch, Ynysawdre, Morfa, Pendre, Sarn, Newton and Rest Bay.

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What happened in the general election in 2019?

The full list of candidates:

• Anita Boateng (Conservatives)

• Iolo Caudy (Plaid Cymru)

• Debra Ann Cooper (Green Party)

• Chris Elmore (Labour)

• Mark John (Independent)

• Caroline Jones (Reform UK)

Before the election, we sent questionnaires to all the candidates. This was winning candidate Chris Elmore's:

Chris Elmore - Labour

I’m Chris Elmore and I’m standing as the Welsh Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Bridgend and Porthcawl and since 2016 I have served as the Member of Parliament for Ogmore. I’ve recently hit the ripe old age of 40 in December last year! Bridgend is very much home as its where my wife and I are bringing up our three-year-old, who is growing up far too fast. I’ve been working in politics, in one shape or form for 20 years now – whether that be as an elected councillor and cabinet member in the Vale of Glamorgan, working in Public Affairs or now as a Member of Parliament. In what feels like a lifetime ago I was also a trainee butcher. My garden is very much my slice of paradise that I look forward to each weekend when I’m back from Parliament – it’s somewhere where I can switch off from the political noise.

Name a policy you want to see become law if elected as an MP

Employment and paternity rights are areas of policy that I have been passionate about for years and I was lucky enough to make a meaningful change through my Private Member’s Bill this year. My Bill, the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill, ensures that the surviving partner has the right to take leave from day one if the mother of the child dies during pregnancy or in childbirth with a leave entitlement of up to 52 weeks. It also allows for a leave provision in situations where the child also dies, meaning that the surviving partner can stay on paternity leave for a period of time. As a father and as husband I genuinely couldn’t think of a worse situation to be in, and I am pleased that my Bill will allow people the time they need to grieve and to plan for the future.

What's the biggest issue facing Wales and what will you do to fix it?

Undoubtedly the single biggest issue facing communities across Wales, and indeed the United Kingdom as a whole, is the cost-of-living crisis. With sky-high energy costs, stagnant wages and the worst living standards in more than 50 years – residents are angry and frustrated with 14 years of Tory austerity. I have had constituency surgeries where nurses tell me they’re turning to foodbanks and pensioners who have been forced to just heat one room during winter because energy bills are too high.

Hard-working people shouldn’t have to worry about affording the basics such as heating and eating. A Labour Government in Wales working with a UK Labour Government in Westminster will be able to bring down living costs through the establishment of GB Energy which will cut energy bills, create jobs and contribute to a greener economy.

Who has been the best British Prime Minister and why?

For me, the best Prime Minister we have had has to be Clement Atlee – he truly was one of the most transformational and consequential leaders of the 20th century. You have to cast your mind back to the country he inherited in 1945; a country ravaged by war, left with crumbling infrastructure and a generation lost in conflict.

Without Atlee’s Labour Government we wouldn't have had the National Health Service, nor would we have had social security without the introduction of the National Insurance Act (1946). Labour Governments are at their best when they are at the most transformational and the 1945-51 Atlee administration didn’t just build back a war-torn country it set in motion policies and institutions that would stand the test of time and benefit generations thereafter. Under Keir Starmer, we’ll have another transformational Labour Government to end the pain of 14 years of the Tories.