Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (Senedd constituency)

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Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Merthyr Tudful a Rhymni
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Welsh Labour
MS	Dawn Bowden
Electoral region	South Wales East

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (Welsh: Merthyr Tudful a Rhymni) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.