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Gower (Senedd constituency)

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Coordinates:51°37′12″N4°08′13″W / 51.620°N 4.137°W /51.620; -4.137

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Senedd constituency (1999–)

Not to be confused withGower (UK Parliament constituency).

Gower Gŵyr
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Gower shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies
CurrentSenedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MS	Rebecca Evans
Electoral region	South Wales West
Preserved county	West Glamorgan

Gower (Welsh:Gŵyr) is aconstituency of theSenedd. It elects oneMember of the Senedd by thefirst past the post method of election. It is also one of seven constituencies in theSouth Wales West electoral region, which elects fouradditional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree ofproportional representation for the region as a whole.

History

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The constituency has elected aLabour member since theassembly was created in 1999. However in 2007 and 2016 the party won narrow majorities. The AM from 1999 to 2016Edwina Hart wasMinister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science from 2011 to 2016.

Boundaries

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Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of theGower Westminster constituency. It is entirely within thepreserved county ofWest Glamorgan.

The other six constituencies of the region areAberavon,Bridgend,Neath,Ogmore,Swansea East andSwansea West.

Voting

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In general elections for theSenedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become theMember 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 regionalclosed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by thed'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Members of the Senedd

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Election		Member	Party	Portrait
	1999	Edwina Hart	Labour
	2016	Rebecca Evans	Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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2021 Senedd election: Gower
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[1]
Party		Candidate	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	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
	Labourhold		Swing
Notes ^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

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Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Gower
Party		Candidate	Constituency^[3]			Regional^[4]
Party		Candidate	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
	Labourhold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Gower
Party		Candidate	Constituency^[5]			Regional^[6]
Party		Candidate	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
	Labourhold		Swing

Regional ballots rejected: 188^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

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Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Gower
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[8]
Party		Candidate	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
	Labourhold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Gower
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[9]
Party		Candidate	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
	Labourhold		Swing

2003 Electorate: 60,523
Regional ballots rejected: 335

Elections in the 1990s

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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
	Labourwin (new seat)

Notes

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^Incumbent member for this constituency

References

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^"South Wales West Electoral Region Aberavon Constituency STATEMENT OF LOCAL TOTALS"(PDF). Retrieved12 May 2021.
^Hayward, Will (7 May 2021)."The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales".WalesOnline. Retrieved20 November 2021.
^"Wales elections > Gower".BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved8 March 2016.
^"Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election".Electoral Commission. Retrieved24 November 2021.
^"Wales elections > Gower".BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved27 November 2021.
^"Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election".Electoral Commission. Retrieved27 November 2021.
^"Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election".Electoral Commission. Retrieved27 November 2021.
^"2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)"(PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved24 October 2021.
^The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Archived fromthe original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved1 August 2021.

v t e Electoral regions andconstituencies of theSenedd
Mid and West Wales	Brecon and Radnorshire Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Ceredigion Dwyfor Meirionnydd Llanelli Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire
North Wales	Aberconwy Alyn and Deeside Arfon Clwyd South Clwyd West Delyn Vale of Clwyd Wrexham Ynys Môn
South Wales Central	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Cynon Valley Pontypridd Rhondda Vale of Glamorgan
South Wales East	Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Islwyn Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Monmouth Newport East Newport West Torfaen
South Wales West	Aberavon Bridgend Gower Neath Ogmore Swansea East Swansea West

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