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

Under the 2023 review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020:
Following local government boundary reviews which came into effect in May 2022, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
By population, it is made up as follows:
  • 61.1% from Aberavon, accounting for 81.1% of the former constituency.
  • 21.6% from Ogmore, accounting for 25.8% of the former constituency.
  • 16.0% from Bridgend, accounting for 17.0% of that constituency under its 2010–2024 boundaries.
  • 1.3% from Neath, accounting for 1.7% of the former constituency.