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Ogmore — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Ogmore was won by Labour at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 7,805 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Ogmore from 1918 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1918–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Vernon Hartshorn (Labour) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1922 Vernon Hartshorn (Labour) 17,321 55.7% John Walter Jones (National Liberal) 9,823 (31.6 pts) 78.3%
1923 Vernon Hartshorn (Labour) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1924 Vernon Hartshorn (Labour) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1929 Vernon Hartshorn (Labour) 22,900 56.7% Dapho Llewellyn Powell (Liberal) 11,096 (27.5 pts) 82.8%
1931 Edward John Williams (Labour) 23,064 61.0% Thomas George Jones (Conservative) 11,411 (30.2 pts) 76.9%
1935 Edward John Williams (Labour) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1945 Edward John Williams (Labour) 32,715 76.4% Owen Glyndwr Davies (National) 25,003 (58.4 pts) 75.6%
1950 Walter Ernest Padley (Labour) 35,836 74.7% Herbert Raymond Gower (Conservative) 26,045 (54.3 pts) 85.2%
1951 Walter Ernest Padley (Labour) 37,022 76.9% Percy Lunniss Powell (Conservative) 27,518 (57.1 pts) 84.9%
1955 Walter Ernest Padley (Labour) 33,275 75.6% Derek Geoffrey Jennings (Conservative) 22,524 (51.2 pts) 78.7%
1959 Walter Ernest Padley (Labour) 35,170 74.7% Tom O Ewart-Jones (Conservative) 23,265 (49.4 pts) 82.3%
1964 Walter Ernest Padley (Labour) 34,178 72.9% Ralph Morgan Thomas (Conservative) 23,928 (51.0 pts) 79.7%
1966 Walter Padley (Labour) 33,545 71.3% Ralph Thomas (Conservative) 26,673 (56.7 pts) 79.0%
1970 Walter Padley (Labour) 33,436 67.3% Antony Gardner (Conservative) 23,021 (46.3 pts) 75.7%
Feb 1974 Walter Padley (Labour) 28,372 52.8% Jennie Gibbs (Liberal) 17,553 (32.7 pts) 79.8%
Oct 1974 Walter Padley (Labour) 30,453 59.5% Roger King Jones (Conservative) 22,204 (43.4 pts) 75.4%
1979 Raymond Powell (Labour) 29,867 53.4% Leslie James Walters (Conservative) 16,087 (28.8 pts) 79.7%
1983 Raymond Powell (Labour) 23,390 59.2% John Humphrey Parsons (Liberal) 17,364 (44.0 pts) 76.9%
1987 Raymond Powell (Labour) 28,462 69.4% Michael Barratt (Conservative) 22,292 (54.3 pts) 79.5%
1992 Raymond Powell (Labour) 30,186 71.7% David Edwards (Conservative) 23,827 (56.6 pts) 80.6%
1997 Raymond Powell (Labour) 28,163 74.0% David Unwin (Conservative) 24,447 (64.2 pts) 73.1%
2001 Raymond Powell (Labour) 18,833 62.0% Angela Pulman (Plaid Cymru) 14,574 (48.0 pts) 58.2%
2005 Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) 18,295 60.4% Jackie Radford (Liberal Democrat) 13,703 (45.3 pts) 57.8%
2010 Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) 18,644 53.8% Emma Moore (Conservative) 13,246 (38.2 pts) 62.5%
2015 Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) 18,663 52.9% Jane March (Conservative) 13,043 (37.0 pts) 63.6%
2017 Chris Elmore (Labour) 23,225 62.4% Jamie Wallis (Conservative) 13,871 (37.3 pts) 65.3%
2019 Chris Elmore (Labour) 17,602 49.7% Sadie Vidal (Conservative) 7,805 (22.1 pts) 61.6%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Vernon Hartshorn Labour Unopposed Yes

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Vernon Hartshorn Labour 17,32155.7% Yes
John Walter Jones National Liberal 7,49824.1% No
Dorothy Caroline Edmondes Unionist 6,25720.1% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Vernon Hartshorn Labour Unopposed Yes

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Vernon Hartshorn Labour Unopposed Yes

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Vernon Hartshorn Labour 22,90056.7% Yes
Dapho Llewellyn Powell Liberal 11,80429.2% No
Harry Abbott Unionist 4,16410.3% No
John Ross Campbell Communist 1,5253.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward John Williams Labour 23,06461.0% Yes
Thomas George Jones Conservative 11,65330.8% No
John Ross Campbell Communist 3,0998.2% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward John Williams Labour Unopposed Yes

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward John Williams Labour 32,71576.4% Yes
Owen Glyndwr Davies National 7,71218.0% No
Trefor Richard Morgan Plaid Cymru 2,3795.6% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Ernest Padley Labour 35,83674.7% Yes
Herbert Raymond Gower Conservative 9,79120.4% No
Mavis Llewellyn Communist 1,6193.4% No
Ithel Davies Plaid Cymru 6311.3% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Ernest Padley Labour 37,02276.9% Yes
Percy Lunniss Powell Conservative 9,50419.7% No
Trefor David British Empire Party 1,6433.4% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Ernest Padley Labour 33,27575.6% Yes
Derek Geoffrey Jennings Conservative 10,75124.4% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Ernest Padley Labour 35,17074.7% Yes
Tom O Ewart-Jones Conservative 11,90525.3% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Ernest Padley Labour 34,17872.9% Yes
Ralph Morgan Thomas Conservative 10,25021.9% No
Margaret Tucker Plaid Cymru 2,4705.3% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Padley Labour 33,54571.3% Yes
Ralph Thomas Conservative 6,87214.6% No
Jennie Gibbs Liberal 6,63214.1% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Padley Labour 33,43667.3% Yes
Antony Gardner Conservative 10,41521.0% No
Edward Merriman Plaid Cymru 5,82811.7% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Padley Labour 28,37252.8% Yes
Jennie Gibbs Liberal 10,81920.1% No
Roger King Jones Conservative 9,41617.5% No
Edward Merriman Plaid Cymru 5,1399.6% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Padley Labour 30,45359.5% Yes
Roger King Jones Conservative 8,24916.1% No
Jennie Gibbs Liberal 8,20316.0% No
Drafydd Ieuan Jones Plaid Cymru 4,2908.4% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Raymond Powell Labour 29,86753.4% Yes
Leslie James Walters Conservative 13,78024.6% No
Jennie Gibbs Liberal 9,81217.5% No
Dafydd Ieuan Jones Plaid Cymru 2,4504.4% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Raymond Powell Labour 23,39059.2% Yes
John Humphrey Parsons Liberal 6,02615.3% No
Richard Michael Stanley O'Sullivan Conservative 5,80614.7% No
Edward Merriman Plaid Cymru 3,1247.9% No
Noel Thomas Green 1,1612.9% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Raymond Powell Labour 28,46269.4% Yes
Michael Barratt Conservative 6,17015.0% No
Mairwen James Social Democratic Party 3,9549.6% No
John Jones Plaid Cymru 1,7914.4% No
Thomas Spence Independent Labour 6521.6% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Raymond Powell Labour 30,18671.7% Yes
David Edwards Conservative 6,35915.1% No
John Warman Liberal Democrat 2,8686.8% No
Laura McAllister Plaid Cymru 2,6676.3% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Raymond Powell Labour 28,16374.0% Yes
David Unwin Conservative 3,7169.8% No
Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrat 3,5109.2% No
John Rogers Plaid Cymru 2,6797.0% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Raymond Powell Labour 18,83362.0% Yes
Angela Pulman Plaid Cymru 4,25914.0% No
Ian Lewis Liberal Democrat 3,87812.8% No
Richard Hill Conservative 3,38311.1% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 18,29560.4% Yes
Jackie Radford Liberal Democrat 4,59215.2% No
Norma Lloyd-Nesling Conservative 4,24314.0% No
John Williams Plaid Cymru 3,14810.4% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 18,64453.8% Yes
Emma Moore Conservative 5,39815.6% No
Jackie Radford Liberal Democrat 5,26015.2% No
Danny Clark Plaid Cymru 3,3269.6% No
Kay Thomas BNP 1,2423.6% No
Carolyn Passey UKIP 7802.3% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 18,66352.9% Yes
Jane March Conservative 5,62015.9% No
Glenda Davies UKIP 5,42015.4% No
Tim Thomas Plaid Cymru 3,55610.1% No
Gerald Francis Liberal Democrat 1,0723.0% No
Laurie Brophy Green 7542.1% No
Emma Saunders Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1650.5% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Chris Elmore Labour 23,22562.4% Yes
Jamie Wallis Conservative 9,35425.1% No
Huw Marshall Plaid Cymru 2,7967.5% No
Glenda Davies UKIP 1,2353.3% No
Gerald Francis Liberal Democrat 5941.6% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Chris Elmore Labour 17,60249.7% Yes
Sadie Vidal Conservative 9,79727.7% No
Christine Roach Brexit Party 2,9918.5% No
Luke Fletcher Plaid Cymru 2,9198.2% No
Anita Davies Liberal Democrat 1,4604.1% No
Tom Muller Green 6211.8% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1922: Labour margin 31.6 pts 1929: Labour margin 27.5 pts 1931: Labour margin 30.2 pts 1945: Labour margin 58.4 pts 1950: Labour margin 54.3 pts 1951: Labour margin 57.1 pts 1955: Labour margin 51.2 pts 1959: Labour margin 49.4 pts 1964: Labour margin 51.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 56.7 pts 1970: Labour margin 46.3 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 32.7 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 43.4 pts 1979: Labour margin 28.8 pts 1983: Labour margin 44.0 pts 1987: Labour margin 54.3 pts 1992: Labour margin 56.6 pts 1997: Labour margin 64.2 pts 2001: Labour margin 48.0 pts 2005: Labour margin 45.3 pts 2010: Labour margin 38.2 pts 2015: Labour margin 37.0 pts 2017: Labour margin 37.3 pts 2019: Labour margin 22.1 pts 1922 1929 1931 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Ogmore has been contested at 28 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Ogmore in the 2019 general election?

Labour won Ogmore in 2019 with 17,602 votes (49.7%), a majority of 7,805 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Ogmore since 1918?

Since 1918, Ogmore has been won by: Labour.

What was the closest result in Ogmore?

The closest result on record for Ogmore was 2019, when Labour beat Conservative by just 7,805 votes (22.1 percentage points).

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