Neath (Assembly constituency)

Not to be confused with Neath (UK Parliament constituency).

Neath

Welsh Assembly county constituency
Neath shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created:	1999
Electoral region:	South Wales West
AM:	Gwenda Thomas
Party:	Labour
Preserved county:	West Glamorgan

Neath is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is 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.

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 is entirely within the preserved county of West Glamorgan.

The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Ogmore, Swansea East and Swansea West.

Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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.

Elections

Assembly Election 2011: Neath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwenda Thomas	12,736	53.4	+10
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Llewellyn	6,346	26.6	-9.1
	Conservative	Alex Powell	2,780	11.7	-0.1
	BNP	Michael Green	1,004	4.2	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mathew McCarthy	983	4.1	-5.1
Majority			6390	26.8
Turnout			23849	41.1

Assembly Election 2007: Neath[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwenda Thomas	10,934	43.4	-7.6
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Llewellyn	8,990	35.7	+6.9
	Conservative	Andrew Sivertsen	2,956	11.7	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Waye	2,320	9.2	0.0
Majority			1,944	7.7
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2003: Neath[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwenda Thomas	11,332	51.1	+5.6
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Llewellyn	6,386	28.8	-7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Jones	2,048	9.2	-0.6
	Conservative	Chris Smart	2,011	9.1	+2.0
	Socialist Alliance	Huw Pudner	410	1.9	0.0
Majority			4,946	22.3
Turnout				38.8	-9.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1999: Neath[2]
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 Chambers	1,895	7.1	N/A
	United Socialist	Nicholas Duncan	519	1.9	N/A
Majority			2,618
Turnout				47.9
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. ^ Election results - 2007, National Assembly for Wales
2. ^ ^{a b} Neath, Political Science Resources

Coordinates: 51°43′14″N 3°46′11″W / 51.72056°N 3.76972°W / 51.72056; -3.76972