Gower (Senedd constituency)
Coordinates: 51°37′12″N 4°08′13″W / 51.620°N 4.137°W
Gower Gŵyr | |
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Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
Current Senedd county constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Labour |
MS | Rebecca Evans |
Electoral region | South Wales West |
Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
Gower (Welsh: Gŵyr) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
History[]
The constituency has elected a Labour member since the assembly was created in 1999. However in 2007 and 2016 the party won narrow majorities. The AM from 1999 to 2016 Edwina Hart was Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science from 2011 to 2016.
Boundaries[]
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Gower Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of West Glamorgan.
The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Bridgend, Neath, Ogmore, Swansea East and Swansea West.
Voting[]
In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
Members of the Senedd[]
Election | Member | Party | Portrait | |
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1999 | Edwina Hart | Labour | ||
2016 | Rebecca Evans |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2020s[]
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Rebecca Evans[a] | 15,631 | 47.1 | 7.4 | 13,401 | 40.39 | ||
Conservative | Myles Langstone | 10,836 | 32.7 | 0.9 | 9,380 | 28.27 | ||
Plaid Cymru | John Davies | 3,946 | 11.9 | 2.0 | 5,079 | 15.31 | ||
Green | Anne Leonie Pigott | 1,088 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1,501 | 4.52 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sheehan | 869 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 950 | 2.86 | ||
Reform UK | Byron John | 547 | 1.6 | New | 275 | 0.83 | ||
Gwlad | Wayne Erasmus | 247 | 0.7 | New | 159 | 0.48 | ||
Communist | 55 | 0.17 | ||||||
Freedom Alliance | 206 | 0.62 | ||||||
Abolish the Welsh Assembly | 1,337 | 4.03 | ||||||
Propel | 137 | 0.41 | ||||||
TUSC | 47 | 0.14 | ||||||
UKIP | 412 | 1.24 | ||||||
Independent | Caroline Jones | 241 | 0.73 | |||||
Majority | 4,795 | 14.4 | 8.3 | |||||
Turnout | 33,164 | |||||||
Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
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Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rebecca Evans | 11,982 | 39.7 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Lyndon Jones | 10,153 | 33.6 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | Colin Beckett | 3,300 | 10.9 | New | |
Plaid Cymru | Harri Roberts | 2,982 | 9.9 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Kingston-Jones | 1,033 | 3.4 | −6.5 | |
Green | Abi Cherry-Hamer | 737 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,829 | 6.1 | -12.1 | ||
Turnout | 30,187 | 49.8 | +6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edwina Hart | 12,866 | 48.1 | +13.9 | |
Conservative | Caroline Jones | 8,002 | 29.9 | +0.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Darren Price | 3,249 | 12.1 | −6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter May | 2,656 | 9.9 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 4,864 | 18.2 | +17.8 | ||
Turnout | 26,773 | 43.1 | -1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edwina Hart | 9,406 | 34.2 | −9.4 | |
Conservative | Byron Davies | 8,214 | 29.8 | +10.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Darren Price | 5,106 | 18.5 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas J. Tregoning | 2,924 | 10.6 | −1.1 | |
UKIP | Alex R. Lewis | 1,895 | 6.9 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 1,192 | 4.4 | -19.6 | ||
Turnout | 27,545 | 44.8 | +5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edwina Hart | 10,334 | 43.6 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Stephen R. James | 4,646 | 19.6 | +5.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Sian M. Caiach | 3,502 | 14.8 | −9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas J. Tregoning | 2,775 | 11.7 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Richard D. Lewis | 2,444 | 10.3 | New | |
Majority | 5,688 | 24.0 | +12.6 | ||
Turnout | 24,143 | 39.9 | −7.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edwina Hart | 9,813 | 35.4 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Dyfan Rhys Jones | 6,653 | 24.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Aled D. Jones | 3,912 | 14.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Howard W. Evans | 3,260 | 11.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Richard D. Lewis | 2,307 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Ioan M. Richard | 1,755 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,160 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,700 | 47.5 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
References[]
- ^ "Wales elections > Gower". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region
- Politics of Swansea
- 1999 establishments in Wales
- Constituencies established in 1999