Gower (Senedd constituency) explained

Gower
Welsh: Gŵyr|label=none
Constituency Type:Senedd county constituency
Parl Name:Senedd
Year:1999
Parts Label:Electoral region
Parts:South Wales West
Member Label:MS
Member:Rebecca Evans
Party Label:Party
Party:Labour
Blank1 Name:Preserved county
Blank1 Info:West Glamorgan

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.

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
1999Edwina HartLabour
2016Rebecca Evans

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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

Regional ballots rejected: 188[1]

Elections in the 2000s

2003 Electorate: 60,523
Regional ballots rejected: 335

Elections in the 1990s

References

51.62°N -4.137°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election . Electoral Commission . 27 November 2021.