Current MP
Current representation
Gerald Jones
Labour
Male
Constituency view
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
Wales
Lab hold
2024 Results
Party breakdown
Labour15,791 - 44.8%
Reform8,344 - 23.7%
Plaid Cymru4,768 - 13.5%
Conservative2,687 - 7.6%
Lib Dem1,276 - 3.6%
Green1,231 - 3.5%
Other1,118 - 3.2%
Demographics
Demographics
Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.
Ethnic composition
2021
White 97.4%White British 94.5%Asian 1.3%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.9%Other 0.3%
England & Wales (2021)
White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%
2011
White 97.6%White British 95.5%Asian 1.2%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.7%Other 0.2%
England & Wales (2011)
White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%
2001
White 98.9%White British 97.7%Asian 0.7%Black, African or Caribbean 0.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.3%Other 0.1%
England & Wales (2001)
White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%
1991 data not available for this constituency.
Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.
2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.
2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.
Country of birth
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare (2021)
UK 95.5%Other EU 2.7%Other countries 1.8%
England & Wales (2021)
UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare (2011)
UK 96.2%Other EU 2.0%Other countries 1.9%
England & Wales (2011)
UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare (2001)
UK 98.4%Other EU 0.4%Other countries 1.2%
England & Wales (2001)
UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%
1991 data not available for this topic.