UK Explained

Aberafan Maesteg

Represented in Parliament by Stephen Kinnock (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Stephen Kinnock, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Aberafan Maesteg compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 552 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £673£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 406 areas and lower than 242.

UK 3.9%This area 3.7%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Aberafan Maesteg£6733.7%
Ashfield£6693.7%
Leeds Central and Headingley£6723.8%
Cardiff South and Penarth£6673.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Aberafan Maesteg

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people92,57659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over21%19%2 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher24%34%10 points lower
Households that own their home64%62%2 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association20%17%3 points higher
Households renting privately16%20%5 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Stephen Kinnock

Labour

MAJORITY
10,354

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
49%

of people who could vote did

Stephen Kinnock won with 50% of the votes, and Mark Griffiths (Reform UK) came second with 21%.

Votes for each party

Labour50% · 17,838
Reform UK21% · 7,484
Plaid Cymru13% · 4,719
Conservative8% · 2,903
Green Party3% · 1,094
Liberal Democrat3% · 916
Everyone else2% · 801
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Stephen KinnockLabour17,83849.9%
Mark GriffithsReform UK7,48420.9%
Colin DeerePlaid Cymru4,71913.2%
Abigail MainonConservative2,9038.1%
Nigel HillGreen Party1,0943.1%
Justin GriffithsLiberal Democrat9162.6%
Captain BeanyIndependent6181.7%
Rhiannon MorrisseyHeritage Party1830.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£673 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.7%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026