Aberavon (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Aberavon 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 Aberavon Westminster constituency, and it is entirely within the preserved county of West Glamorgan. Boundaries were unchanged by the review whose proposals come into effect for the 2007 Welsh Assembly election.

The other six constituencies of the region are Bridgend, Gower, 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: Aberavon [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/welshasssembly_english/html/800.stm|title=Welsh assembly election 2007|date=2007-05-04|work=BBC News|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=2008-06-30] Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Gibbons
votes = 10,129
percentage = 49.3
change = -10.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Linet Purcell
votes = 3,558
percentage = 17.3
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Andrew Tutton
votes = 2,561
percentage = 12.5
change = +12.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Daisy Meyland-Smith
votes = 1,990
percentage = 9.7
change = +0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Claire Waller
votes = 1,450
percentage = 7.1
change = -2.8Election box candidate
party = New Millennium Bean Party
candidate = Captain Beany
votes = 840
percentage = 4.1
change = +4.1Election box majority
votes = 6,571
percentage = 32.0
change = -9.7Election box turnout
votes = 20,528
percentage = 39.8
change = +2.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=Assembly Election 2003: Aberavoncite web|url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ass/constit/w555.htm|title=Assembly Election results, 1999 and 2003|work=Political Science Resources|publisher=Richard Kimber |accessdate=2008-06-30] Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Gibbons
votes = 11,137
percentage = 59.4
change = +8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Geraint Owen
votes = 3,324
percentage = 17.7
change = -4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Claire Waller
votes = 1,840
percentage = 9.8
change = -3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Myr Boult
votes = 1,732
percentage = 9.2
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Robert Williams
votes = 608
percentage = 3.2
change = +3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Gwenno Saunders
votes = 114
percentage = 0.6
change = +0.6Election box majority
votes = 7,813
percentage = 41.7
change = +12.7Election box turnout
votes = 18,755
percentage = 37.7
change = -9.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=Assembly Election 1999: AberavonElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Gibbons
votes = 11,941
percentage = 51.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Janet Davies
votes = 5,198
percentage = 22.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Davies
votes = 3,165
percentage = 13.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Davies
votes = 1,624
percentage = 7.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Captain Beany
votes = 849
percentage = 3.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Pudner
votes = 517
percentage = 2.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 6,743
percentage = 29.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 23,294
percentage = 46.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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