Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr election results in full: The breakdown of Senedd Election votes as it happens

Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr is a new constituency for this Senedd election. It is one of 16 constituencies made up by pairing the 32 Westminster constituencies.

This constituency pairs up the Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare and Pontypridd constituencies, and therefore includes places like Abercynon, Aberdare, Llantrisant, Merthyr Tydfil and Pontypridd.

Each of the 16 constituencies will elect six politicians and people will be asked to vote for a party, not a person, and the result is being calculated via a method of proportional representation called the D’Hondt method.

Here, Labour incumbent Vikki Howells hopes to be elected, as does Plaid Cymru’s Heledd Fychan, who was a regional member in the last Senedd. Former Labour MP Beth Winter is standing as an independent here, having left the party.

The result in this constituency is estimated to be around 4pm, but this is approximate. We will update this page with the result as soon as it is available.

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Vote totals in Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr

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Senedd Members elected in Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr

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Turnout in Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr

47.28%

Results

Constituency map of Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr

The full list of candidates in Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr

Conservatives

1. Adam Robinson
2. David Jones
3. Roxanne Rees
4. Lee Davies
5. Oliver Morgan
6. Jayne McKenna

Green Party

1. Angela Karadog
2. James Bennett
3. John Dane
4. Georgina Budd
5. Zara Siddique
6. Jeff Baxter

Gwlad

Stefan Morgan

Heritage Party

Julie Lloyd

Independents

Anthony Biddulph

Dai Williams

Beth Winter

Labour

1. Vikki Howells
2. Lloyd John Watkins
3. Chris Binding
4. Mitch Theaker
5. Mustapha Maohoub
6. Anna Williams-Price
7. Jane Allison Gebbie

Liberal Democrats

1. Neil Feist
2. David Seale
3. Alec Dauncey
4. Nick Beckett
5. Chris Passmore
6. Hayden Lewis

Plaid Cymru

1. Heledd Fychan
2. Lis McLean
3. Sara Crowley
4. Ian Gwynne
5. Farrell Perks
6. Ioan Bellin

Reform UK

1. Jason O’Connell
2. David Hughes
3. Mark Lawrence
4. Martin Roberts
5. John Ball
6. Jamie Loftus