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.
Gower Gŵyr | |
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Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
Gower shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies | |
Current Senedd county constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Labour |
MS | Rebecca Evans |
Electoral region | South Wales West |
Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
History
editThe 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
editThe 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
editIn 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
editElection | Member | Party | Portrait | |
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1999 | Edwina Hart | Labour | ||
2016 | Rebecca Evans |
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[1] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Rebecca Evans[a] | 15,631 | 47.1 | +7.4 | 13,401 | 40.4 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Myles Langstone | 10,836 | 32.7 | - 0.9 | 9,380 | 28.3 | +1.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | John Davies | 3,946 | 11.9 | +2.0 | 5,079 | 15.3 | +1.9 | |
Green | Anne Leonie Pigott | 1,088 | 3.3 | +0.9 | 1,501 | 4.5 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sheehan | 869 | 2.6 | -0.8 | 950 | 2.9 | -2.9 | |
Reform UK | Byron John | 547 | 1.6 | New | 275 | 0.8 | New | |
Gwlad | Wayne Erasmus | 247 | 0.7 | New | 159 | 0.5 | New | |
Abolish | 1,337 | 4.0 | -1.3 | |||||
UKIP | 412 | 1.2 | -9.2 | |||||
Independent | Caroline Jones | 241 | 0.7 | N/A | ||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 206 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Propel | 137 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Communist | 55 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||
TUSC | 47 | 0.1 | -0.2 | |||||
Majority | 4,795 | 14.4 | +8.3 | |||||
Turnout | 33,164 | 52.66[2] | +2.9 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
Regional Ballot void votes: 182. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (48), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (1), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (133)
Elections in the 2010s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency[3] | Regional[4] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Rebecca Evans | 11,982 | 39.7 | -8.4 | 10,310 | 34.2 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | Lyndon Jones | 10,153 | 33.6 | +3.7 | 8,220 | 27.2 | -0.7 | |
UKIP | Colin Beckett | 3,300 | 10.9 | New | 3,128 | 10.4 | -6.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Harri Roberts | 2,982 | 9.9 | -2.2 | 4,044 | 13.4 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Kingston-Jones | 1,033 | 3.4 | -6.5 | 1,738 | 5.8 | -1.8 | |
Green | Abi Cherry-Hamer | 737 | 2.4 | New | 799 | 2.6 | -0.6 | |
Abolish | 1,609 | 5.3 | New | |||||
Monster Raving Loony | 189 | 0.6 | New | |||||
TUSC | 82 | 0.3 | -0.2 | |||||
Communist | 71 | 0.2 | ±0.0 | |||||
Majority | 1,829 | 6.1 | −12.1 | |||||
Turnout | 30,187 | 49.8 | +6.7 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Constituency[5] | Regional[6] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Edwina Hart | 12,866 | 48.1 | +13.9 | 10,234 | 38.2 | ||
Conservative | Caroline Jones | 8,002 | 29.9 | +0.1 | 7,479 | 27.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Darren Price | 3,249 | 12.1 | -6.4 | 3,369 | 12.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter May | 2,656 | 9.9 | -0.7 | 2,027 | 7.6 | ||
UKIP | 1,147 | 4.3 | ||||||
Green | 867 | 3.2 | ||||||
BNP | 638 | 2.4 | ||||||
Socialist Labour | 556 | 2.1 | ||||||
Welsh Christian | 302 | 1.1 | New | |||||
TUSC | 134 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Communist | 62 | 0.2 | ||||||
Majority | 4,864 | 18.2 | +17.8 | |||||
Turnout | 26,773 | 43.1 | −1.7 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Regional ballots rejected: 188[7]
Elections in the 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[8] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Edwina Hart[a] | 9,406 | 34.2 | -9.4 | 7,643 | |||
Conservative | Byron Davies | 8,214 | 29.8 | +10.2 | 7,393 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Darren Price | 5,106 | 18.5 | +3.8 | 4,610 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas J. Tregoning | 2,924 | 10.6 | -1.1 | 2,622 | |||
UKIP | Alex R. Lewis | 1,895 | 6.9 | -3.4 | 695 | |||
Green | 1,478 | |||||||
BNP | 1,369 | New | ||||||
Socialist Labour | 302 | 0. | New | |||||
Welsh Christian | 283 | New | ||||||
Keith James - Independent | 160 | New | ||||||
Socialist Alternative (UK) | 137 | New | ||||||
Respect | 74 | 0. | New | |||||
Communist | 71 | 0. | New | |||||
CPA | 57 | 0. | New | |||||
Joel Jenkins - Independent | 21 | New | ||||||
Majority | 1,192 | 4.4 | −19.6 | |||||
Turnout | 27,545 | 44.8 | +5.6 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[9] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Edwina Hart | 10,334 | 43.6 | +8.2 | 7,972 | |||
Conservative | Stephen R. James | 4,646 | 19.6 | +5.5 | 4,967 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Sian M. Caiach | 3,502 | 14.8 | -9.2 | 3,825 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas J. Tregoning | 2,775 | 11.7 | -0.1 | 2,857 | |||
UKIP | Richard D. Lewis | 2,444 | 10.3 | New | 1,788 | |||
Green | 1,406 | |||||||
Socialist Labour | 458 | |||||||
Cymru Annibynnol | 206 | |||||||
ProLife Alliance | 62 | 0. | ||||||
Majority | 5,688 | 24.0 | +12.6 | |||||
Turnout | 24,143 | 39.9 | −7.6 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2003 Electorate: 60,523
Regional ballots rejected: 335
Elections in the 1990s
editParty | 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) |
Notes
editReferences
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- ^ "Wales elections > Gower". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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