Gower (Senedd constituency)
Senedd constituency (1999–2026)
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Gower (Welsh: Gŵyr) was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It was also one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elected four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
| Gower Gŵyr | |
|---|---|
| Former Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
Gower shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies | |
| Former Senedd county constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2026 |
| Party | Labour |
| MS | Rebecca Evans |
| Electoral region | South Wales West |
| Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
History
The constituency had 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 was entirely within the preserved county of West Glamorgan.
The other six constituencies of the region were Aberavon, Bridgend, Neath, Ogmore, Swansea East and Swansea West.
Voting
In general elections for the Senedd, each voter had two votes. The first vote was 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 was used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats were 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Edwina Hart | Labour |  | |
| 2016 | Rebecca Evans |  | ||
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 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
| 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 | |||||||
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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) | |||||