UK Explained

Pontypridd

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

Your MP at a glance

Alex Davies-Jones, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Pontypridd 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 472 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £701£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 263 areas and lower than 385.

UK 3.9%This area 2.9%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
Pontypridd£7012.9%
Isle of Wight West£7052.9%
Newcastle-under-Lyme£7063.0%
Ceredigion Preseli£6962.8%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Pontypridd

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 people101,43359,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over18%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher29%34%5 points lower
Households that own their home69%62%7 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
Households renting privately17%20%4 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
Alex Davies-Jones

Labour

MAJORITY
8,402

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
52%

of people who could vote did

Alex Davies-Jones won with 41% of the votes, and Steven Bayliss (Reform UK) came second with 20%.

Votes for each party

Labour41% · 16,225
Reform UK20% · 7,823
Plaid Cymru13% · 5,275
Conservative10% · 3,775
Independent7% · 2,809
Green Party5% · 1,865
Everyone else4% · 1,606
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Alex Davies-JonesLabour16,22541.2%
Steven BaylissReform UK7,82319.9%
William ReesPlaid Cymru5,27513.4%
Jack RobsonConservative3,7759.6%
Wayne OwenIndependent2,5676.5%
Angela KaradogGreen Party1,8654.7%
David MathiasLiberal Democrat1,6064.1%
Joe BiddulphIndependent1980.5%
Jonathan BishopIndependent440.1%

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
£701 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
2.9%
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