Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Cynon Valley (Welsh: Cwm Cynon) is a constituency in Wales represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Beth Winter of the Labour Party.
| Cynon Valley | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Cynon Valley in Wales | |
| Preserved county | Mid Glamorgan |
| Electorate | 52,372 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Aberdare, Mountain Ash, Hirwaun |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Beth Winter (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Aberdare and parts of Brecon and Radnor and Neath |
| Overlaps | |
| Senedd | Cynon Valley, South Wales Central |
The Cynon Valley Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency).
The constituency is set to be abolished, 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 next United Kingdom general election. Its wards are to be split between Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, and Pontypridd.
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