Neath (Senedd constituency)
Senedd constituency (1999–2026)
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Neath (Welsh: Castell-nedd) was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was 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.
| Neath Castell-nedd | |
|---|---|
| Former Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
Neath shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies | |
| Former Senedd county constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2026 |
| Party | Labour |
| MS | Jeremy Miles |
| Electoral region | South Wales West |
| Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
History
From the creation of the assembly the constituency had returned a Labour AM, with varying majorities, from 7.7% to 26.8%. The last holder Jeremy Miles, was one of the first openly gay elected Members of the Senedd.[1] Plaid Cymru were Labour's main opposition in the seat.
In the election in 2016 the constituency got the highest vote share from an Independent in Steve Hunt with 8.1% of the vote. Hunt was the only independent to save his deposit.
Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Neath Westminster constituency. It was entirely within the preserved county of West Glamorgan.
The other six constituencies of the region were Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, 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.
Assembly Members and Members of the Senedd
| Election | Member | Party | Portrait | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Gwenda Thomas | Labour |  | |
| 2016 | Jeremy Miles | .jpg) | ||
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Jeremy Miles[a] | 11,666 | 42.2 | +4.9 | 11,221 | 40.8 | +3.0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Sioned Williams | 6,445 | 23.3 | -2.5 | 7,265 | 26.4 | -0.2 | |
| Conservative | Mathew Williams | 4,107 | 14.8 | +6.2 | 4,486 | 16.3 | +8.1 | |
| Independent | Steve Hunt | 2,418 | 8.8 | New | ||||
| Green | Megan Lloyd | 1,038 | 3.8 | +1.5 | 1,098 | 4.0 | +1.3 | |
| Abolish | Simon Rees | 751 | 2.7 | New | 1,000 | 3.6 | -0.4 | |
| Propel | James Henton | 443 | 1.6 | New | 283 | 1.0 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Clamp | 395 | 1.4 | -1.5 | 528 | 1.9 | -2.5 | |
| Reform | Sean Prior | 315 | 1.1 | New | 262 | 1.0 | New | |
| UKIP | 466 | 1.7 | -13.4 | |||||
| Independent | Caroline Jones | 433 | 1.6 | New | ||||
| Gwlad | 183 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | 181 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Communist | 71 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |||||
| TUSC | 59 | 0.2 | -0.3 | |||||
| Majority | 5,221 | 18.93 | +7.4 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,578 | |||||||
| Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
Regional Ballot void votes: 174. Want of an Official Mark (23), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (44), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (107)
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[3] | Regional[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Jeremy Miles | 9,468 | 37.3 | −16.1 | 9,570 | 37.8 | -10.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Llewellyn | 6,545 | 25.8 | −0.8 | 6,736 | 26.6 | +2.6 | |
| UKIP | Richard Pritchard | 3,780 | 14.9 | New | 3,810 | 15.1 | +11.5 | |
| Conservative | Peter Crocker-Jaques | 2,179 | 8.6 | -3.1 | 2,067 | 8.2 | -2.6 | |
| Independent | Steve Hunt | 2,056 | 8.1 | New | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Little | 746 | 2.9 | −1.2 | 1,040 | 4.1 | +0.1 | |
| Green | Lisa Rapado | 589 | 2.3 | New | 682 | 2.7 | +0.8 | |
| Abolish | 1,012 | 4.0 | New | |||||
| Monster Raving Loony | 194 | 0.8 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 122 | 0.5 | +0.1 | |||||
| Communist | 74 | 0.3 | ±0.0 | |||||
| Majority | 2,923 | 11.5 | −15.3 | |||||
| Turnout | 25,363 | 45.8 | +4.7 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -7.65 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[5] | Regional[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Gwenda Thomas | 12,736 | 53.4 | +10.0 | 11,514 | 48.1 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Llewellyn | 6,346 | 26.6 | −9.1 | 5,733 | 24.0 | ||
| Conservative | Alex Powell | 2,780 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 2,578 | 10.8 | ||
| BNP | Michael Green | 1,004 | 4.2 | New | 845 | 3.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mathew McCarthy | 983 | 4.1 | −5.1 | 948 | 4.0 | ||
| UKIP | 869 | 3.6 | ||||||
| Socialist Labour | 504 | 2.1 | ||||||
| Green | 457 | 1.9 | ||||||
| Welsh Christian | 290 | 1.2 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 105 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Communist | 78 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Majority | 6,390 | 26.8 | +19.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,849 | 41.1 | −2.4 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +9.6 | ||||||
Regional ballots rejected: 126[7]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[8] | Regional[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Gwenda Thomas[a] | 10,934 | 43.4 | −7.7 | 9,388 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Llewellyn | 8,990 | 35.7 | +6.9 | 7,297 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Sivertsen | 2,956 | 11.7 | +2.6 | 2,519 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Ramsay-Waye | 2,320 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 1,799 | |||
| BNP | 1,222 | New | ||||||
| Green | 860 | |||||||
| UKIP | 802 | |||||||
| Socialist Labour | 387 | 0. | New | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 292 | New | ||||||
| Respect | 94 | 0. | New | |||||
| Communist | 86 | 0. | New | |||||
| Keith James - Independent | 83 | 0. | New | |||||
| Socialist Alternative (UK) | 78 | 0. | New | |||||
| CPA | 63 | 0. | New | |||||
| Joel Jenkins - Independent | 45 | 0. | New | |||||
| Majority | 1,944 | 7.7 | −14.6 | |||||
| Turnout | 25,200 | 43.5 | +4.4 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | −7.3 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[10] | Regional[11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Gwenda Thomas[a] | 11,332 | 51.1 | +5.6 | 10,286 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Llewellyn | 6,386 | 28.8 | −7.0 | 5,740 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Helen C. Jones | 2,048 | 9.2 | −0.6 | 1,891 | |||
| Conservative | Chris B. Smart | 2,011 | 9.1 | +2.0 | 1,903 | |||
| Welsh Socialist Alliance | David Pudner | 410 | 1.9 | 0.0 | ||||
| Green | 1,001 | |||||||
| UKIP | 510 | |||||||
| Socialist Labour | 405 | |||||||
| Cymru Annibynnol | 212 | |||||||
| ProLife Alliance | 88 | 0. | ||||||
| Majority | 4,946 | 22.3 | +12.6 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,187 | 39.1 | −8.9 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 | ||||||
2003 Electorate: 56,759
Regional ballots rejected: 381
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gwenda Thomas | 12,234 | 45.5 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | Trefor Jones | 9,616 | 35.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | David R. Davies | 2,631 | 9.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Jill F. Chambers | 1,895 | 7.1 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | Nicholas Duncan | 519 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,618 | 9.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 26,895 | 48.0 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||