Bridgend (Assembly Constituency)
Coordinates: 51°30′25″N 3°34′52″W / 51.507°N 3.581°W / 51.507; -3.581
Not to be confused with Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency).| Welsh Assembly county constituency | |
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| Bridgend shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| Electoral region: | South Wales West |
| AM: | Carwyn Jones |
| Party: | Labour |
| Preserved counties: | Mid Glamorgan and West Glamorgan |
Bridgend is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Read more about Bridgend (Assembly Constituency): Boundaries, Voting, Assembly Members, Elections, Elections in The 1990s