Gower (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Gower 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 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 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.

Assembly Members

Elections

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title=Assembly Election 2007: GowerElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edwina Hart
votes = 9,406
percentage = 34.2
change = -9.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Byron Davies
votes = 8,214
percentage = 29.8
change = +10.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Darren Price
votes = 5,106
percentage = 18.5
change = +3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nick Tregoning
votes = 2,924
percentage = 10.6
change = -1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Alex Lewis
votes = 1,895
percentage = 6.9
change = +2.8Election box majority
votes = 1,192
percentage = 4.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 27,545
percentage = 44.8
change = +5.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=Assembly Election 2003: GowerElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edwina Hart
votes = 10,334
percentage = 43.6
change = +8.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen James
votes = 4,646
percentage = 19.6
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Sian Caiach
votes = 3,502
percentage = 14.8
change = -9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Tregoning
votes = 2,775
percentage = 11.7
change = -0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Richard Lewis
votes = 2,444
percentage = 10.3
change = +10.3Election box majority
votes = 5,688
percentage = 24.0
change = +12.6Election box turnout
votes = 24,143
percentage = 39.9
change = -7.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 1999: GowerElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edwina Hart
votes = 9,813
percentage = 35.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Dyfan Rhys Jones
votes = 6,653
percentage = 24.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Aled Jones
votes = 3,912
percentage = 14.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Howard Evans
votes = 3,260
percentage = 11.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Richard Lewis
votes = 2,307
percentage = 8.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ioan Richard
votes = 1,755
percentage = 6.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 3,160
percentage = 11.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 27,700
percentage = 47.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =