South Wales West (Senedd electoral region) explained

South Wales West
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Senedd electoral region
Created 1999
Current representation
	7 MSs
Plaid Cymru	2 MSs
Conservative	2 MSs
Constituencies 1. Aberavon 2. Bridgend 3. Gower 4. Neath 5. Ogmore 6. Swansea East 7. Swansea West
Preserved counties Mid Glamorgan (part) South Glamorgan (part) West Glamorgan

South Wales West is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of seven constituencies. The region elects 11 members, seven directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in 1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.

Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up Members of the Senedd, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

County boundaries

The region covers the whole of the preserved county of West Glamorgan, part of the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan and part of the preserved county of South Glamorgan. The rest of Mid Glamorgan is divided between the South Wales Central and South Wales East electoral regions. The rest of South Glamorgan is within the South Wales Central region.

Electoral region profile

The region is predominantly urban, taking in Wales' second-largest city, Swansea, as well as working-class towns such as Neath and Port Talbot. However, there are also rural regions, such as on the Gower peninsula. A higher proportion of the local populace are Welsh speakers than in the neighbouring region, South Wales Central.

Constituencies

The seven constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster):

Constituency^[1]	Electorate	Majority^[2]	Member of the Senedd	Nearest opposition	Preserved counties
Aberavon	49,891	6,402 (30.7%)		David Rees	bgcolor=		Victoria Griffiths	Entirely within West Glamorgan
Bridgend	62,185	5,623 (20.9%)		Sarah Murphy		Rachel Nugent-Finn
Gower	62,163	1,829 (6.1%)		Rebecca Evans		Myles Langstone	Entirely within West Glamorgan
Neath	55,859	2,923 (11.5%)		Jeremy Miles	bgcolor=		Sioned Williams
Ogmore	56,661	9,468 (40.5%)		Huw Irranca-Davies	bgcolor=		Luke Fletcher
Swansea East	58,521	7,452 (36.2%)		Mike Hedges	bgcolor=		Rhiannon Barrar	Entirely within West Glamorgan
Swansea West	56,892	5,080 (22.9%)		Julie James		Samantha Chohan

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

Constituency AMs and MSs

Term	Election	Aberavon		Bridgend		Gower		Neath		Ogmore		Swansea East		Swansea West
1st	1999		Brian Gibbons (Lab)		Carwyn Jones (Lab)		Edwina Hart (Lab)		Gwenda Thomas (Lab)		Janice Gregory (Lab)		Val Feld (Lab)		Andrew Davies (Lab)
	2001												Val Lloyd (Lab)
2nd	2003
3rd	2007
4th	2011		David Rees (Lab)										Mike Hedges (Lab)		Julie James (Lab)
5th	2016						Rebecca Evans (Lab)		Jeremy Miles (Lab)		Huw Irranca-Davies (Lab)
6th	2021				Sarah Murphy (Lab)

Regional list AMs and MSs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term	Election	AM / MS		AM / MS		AM / MS		AM / MS
1st	1999		Peter Black (LD)		Alun Cairns (Con)		Dai Lloyd (PC)		Janet Davies (PC)
2nd	2003
3rd	2007								Bethan Jenkins (PC)
4th	2011				Suzy Davies (Con)		Byron Davies (Con)
	2015^[3]						Altaf Hussain (Con)
5th	2016		Caroline Jones (UKIP) (later Ind, BREX, Ind)				Dai Lloyd (PC)
	2018
	2019
	2020
6th	2021		Tom Giffard (Con)		Altaf Hussain (Con)		Sioned Williams (PC)		Luke Fletcher (PC)

2021 Senedd election

See main article: 2021 Senedd election.

2021 Senedd election additional members

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)^[4]	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
		7	78,318 (43%)	6	0	7	+1
		0	38,244 (21%)	3	2	2	-1
		0	33,753 (19%)	2	2	2	0
		0	7,155 (4%)	0	0	0	0
		0	6,976 (4%)	0	0	0	0
		0	6,010 (3%)	0	0	0	0
		0	2,809 (2%)	0	0	0	0
	Independent - Jones	0	2,747 (2%)	0	0	0	0
		0	1,774 (1%)	0	0	0	0
	Propel	0	1,506 (1%)	0	0	0	0
	Gwlad	0	1,306 (1%)	0	0	0	0
-		Freedom Alliance	0	1,271 (1%)	0	0	0	0
		0	483 (0%)	0	0	0	0
		0	345 (0%)	0	0	0	0

Regional MSs elected 2021

Party		Name
		Tom Giffard
		Sioned Williams
		Altaf Hussain
		Luke Fletcher

2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members

In the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election, the results for additional members were as follows:^[5]

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
		7	66,903 (39.5%)	5	0	7	+2
		0	29,050 (17.2%)	2	2	2	0
		0	25,414 (15.0%)	2	1	1	-1
		0	23,096 (13.7%)	2	1	1	-1
		0	10,946 (6.5%)	0	0	0	0
	Abolish the Welsh Assembly	0	7,137 (4%)	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	4,420 (3%)	0	0	0	0
	Official Monster Raving Loony Party	0	1,106 (1%)	0	0	0	0
	TUSC	0	686 (0%)	0	0	0	0
	Welsh Communist Party	0	431 (0%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 2016

Party		Name
		Bethan Jenkins
		David Lloyd
		Suzy Davies
		Caroline Jones

2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members

In the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election, the results for additional members were as follows:

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
		7	71,766 (46.5%)	6	0	7	+1
		0	27,457 (17.8%)	2	2	2	0
		0	21,258 (13.8%)	2	1	1	−1
		0	10,683 (6.9%)	1	1	1	0
		0	6,619 (4.3%)	0	0	0	0
		0	5,057 (3.3%)	0	0	0	0
		0	4,714 (3.1%)	0	0	0	0
		0	3,952 (2.6%)	0	0	0	0
		0	1,602 (1.0%)	0	0	0	0
		0	809 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
		0	464 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 2011

Party		Name
		Byron Davies †
		Suzy Davies
		Peter Black
		Bethan Jenkins

† Resigned as AM following his election to the UK House of Commons on 7 May 2015; replaced by Altaf Hussain from 19 May 2015.

2007 Welsh Assembly election additional members

In the election for additional members in the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election, the results were as follows:^[6]

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
		7	58,374 (35.8%)	5	0	7	+2
		0	28,819 (17.7%)	2	2	2	0
		0	26,119 (16.1%)	2	1	1	−1
		0	20,226 (12.4%)	2	1	1	-1
		0	8,993 (5.5%)	0	0	0	0
		0	6,130 (3.8%)	0	0	0	0
		0	5,914 (3.6%)	0	0	0	0
		0	2,367 (1.5%)	0	0	0	0
		0	1,685 (1.0%)	0	0	0	0
		0	1,186 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
		0	1,027 (0.6%)	0	0	0	0
		0	713 (0.4%)	0	0	0	0
		0	582 (0.4%)	0	0	0	0
		0	546 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0
		0	393 (0.2%)	0	0	0	0

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members

In the election for additional members in the 2003 National Assembly for Wales election, the results were as follows:^[7]

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
		7	58,066 (41.61%)	6	0	7	+1
		0	24,799 (17.77%)	2	2	2	0
		0	20,981 (15.03%)	2	1	1	-1
		0	17,746 (12.72%)	1	1	1	0
		0	6,696 (4.80%)	0	0	0	0
		0	6,113 (4.38%)	0	0	0	0
		0	3,446 (2.47%)	0	0	0	0
	Cymru Annibynnol	0	1,346 (0.96%)	0	0	0	0
		0	355 (0.25%)	0	0	0	0

1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members

In the election for additional members in the 1999 National Assembly for Wales election, the results were as follows:^[7]

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
		7	70,625 (41.79%)	5	0	7	+2
		0	50,757 (30.04%)	4	2	2	−2
		0	20,993 (12.42%)	1	1	1	0
		0	18,527 (10.96%)	1	1	1	0
		0	4,082 (2.42%)	0	0	0	0
	People's Representative	0	2,074 (1.23%)	0	0	0	0
		0	1,257 (0.74%)	0	0	0	0
		0	676 (0.40%)	0	0	0	0

Notes and References

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
3. Following his election to the House of Commons, Byron Davies resigned as an AM in May 2015 and was replaced by Altaf Hussain.
4. Web site: Senedd Cymru Election Result- South Wales West Region . Swansea Council . 11 May 2021 . 11 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210511192157/https://www.swansea.gov.uk/seneddregional . live .
5. Web site: 6 May 2016. Election results for South Wales West, 6 May 2016. live. 2021-07-02. business.senedd.wales. en-gb. 1 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201001125607/https://business.senedd.wales/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=299.
6. Web site: Welsh assembly election 2007 . BBC News . 2007-03-21 . 2020-05-31 . 2012-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121111165105/http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/vote2007/maps/wales_regions/html/wales_regions_map.stm . live .
7. Web site: Welsh National Assembly regional constituency: South Wales West . https://web.archive.org/web/20170807073121/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ass/constit/wr5.htm . 2017-08-07 . www.politicsresources.net.