Gower (Senedd constituency)

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.

Not to be confused with Gower (UK Parliament constituency).

Gower
Gŵyr
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Gower shown as one of the 40
Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd county constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSRebecca Evans
Electoral regionSouth Wales West
Preserved countyWest Glamorgan

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
ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999 Edwina Hart Labour
2016 Rebecca Evans

Elections

Elections in the 2020s
2021 Senedd election: Gower
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[1]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Evans[lower-alpha 1] 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
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency

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
Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Gower
Party Candidate Constituency[3] Regional[4]
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
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Gower
Party Candidate Constituency[5] Regional[6]
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
Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Gower
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[8]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Edwina Hart[lower-alpha 1] 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
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Gower
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[9]
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
Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Gower
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency

References
  1. "South Wales West Electoral Region Aberavon Constituency STATEMENT OF LOCAL TOTALS" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. "Wales elections > Gower". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. "Wales elections > Gower". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. "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.
  9. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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