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Aberafan Maesteg

Aberafan Maesteg is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 general election following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. It is currently represented by Stephen Kinnock of the Labour Party, who represented the predecessor constituency of Aberavon from 2015 to 2024.

Constituency profile
The seat covers the industrial towns of Port Talbot and Maesteg and a more rural area around the Afan Valley further north. Rhondda Valley including Porth and Tonypandy. Electoral Calculus characterises the seat as "Traditional", reflecting a working-class population who have largely supported Labour. Incomes and house prices are well below UK averages. ==Boundaries==
Boundaries
Under the 2023 review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020: • The County Borough of Bridgend wards of: Caerau, Cornelly, Llangynwyd, Maesteg East, Maesteg West, and Pyle. • The County Borough of Neath Port Talbot wards of: Aberavon, Baglan, Briton Ferry East, Briton Ferry West, Bryn and Cwmavon, Cymmer, Glyncorrwg, Gwynfi, Margam, Pelenna, Port Talbot, Sandfields East, Sandfields West, and Tai-bach. Following local government boundary reviews which came into effect in May 2022, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election: • The County Borough of Bridgend wards of: Caerau, Cornelly, Llangynwyd, Maesteg East, Maesteg West, and Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr (part). • The County Borough of Neath Port Talbot wards of: Aberavon, Baglan, Briton Ferry East, Briton Ferry West, Bryn and Cwmavon, Cimla and Pelenna (part), Cymmer and Glyncorrwg, Gwynfi and Croeserw, Margam and Tai-bach, Port Talbot, Sandfields East, and Sandfields West. By population, it is made up as follows: • 61.1% from Aberavon, accounting for 81.1% of the former constituency (parts in Neath Port Talbot CB, except Pelenna). • 21.6% from Ogmore, accounting for 25.8% of the former constituency (Maesteg). • 16.0% from Bridgend, accounting for 17.0% of that constituency under its 2010–2024 boundaries (Cornelly and Pyle). • 1.3% from Neath, accounting for 1.7% of the former constituency (Pelenna). ==Elections==
Elections
Elections in the 2020s Elections in the 2010s ==Notes==
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