Aberavon (Senedd constituency)

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Aberavon
Aberafan
Senedd constituency
for the Senedd
Aberavon2007Constituency.svg
Aberavon shown as one of the 40
Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd constituency
Created 1999
Party Labour
MS David Rees
Electoral region South Wales West
Preserved county West Glamorgan

Aberavon (Welsh : Aberafan) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd 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.

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History

Having only elected Labour MSs with huge majority this can be considered a Labour safe seat. Plaid Cymru are Labour's main opposition in the constituency and have been since its creation.

Party averages from 5 elections: Labour – 54.9, Plaid Cymru – 18.4, Conservative – 9.3, Lib Dem – 8.6,

UKIP stood for the first time in this constituency in the 2016 election and finished third with 15.0% of the vote.

Boundaries

Aberavon (Senedd constituency)
Map of current 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 constituency is composed of the Neath Port Talbot electoral divisions: Aberavon, Baglan, Briton Ferry East, Briton Ferry West, Bryn & Cwmavon, Coedffranc Central, Coedffranc North, Coedffranc West, Cymmer, Glyncorrwg, Gwynfi, Margam, Port Talbot, Sandlands East, Sandlands West, and Tai-bach.

The other six constituencies of the region are Bridgend, Gower, 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.

Assembly members and members of the Senedd

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999 Brian Gibbons Labour BrianGibbons2006.JPG
2011 David Rees David Rees (5804396479).jpg

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Aberavon
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [1]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour David Rees 10,50547.4-3.310,08145.4-0.5
Plaid Cymru Victoria Griffiths4,76021.5+1.54,98722.5+1.2
Conservative Liz Hill O'Shea2,94713.3+6.93,14114.1+7.9
Independent Scott Jones1,3576.1New
Liberal Democrats Helen Ceri Clarke9534.3-1.76703.0-2.4
Abolish Sarah Allen6462.9New7893.6±0.0
Independent Caroline Jones 5192.3New
UKIP Timothy Jenkins4071.8-13.23951.8-12.7
Gwlad Ceri Golding3861.7New2791.3New
Reform UK Dennis May2080.9New2080.9New
Green 6593.0+1.2
Propel 1950.9New
Freedom Alliance (UK)1700.8New
Communist 780.4+0.1
TUSC 420.2-0.4
Majority5,74525.9−4.8
Turnout 22,68842.3 [2] −0.2
Labour hold Swing
Notes

    Regional Ballot void votes: 150. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (38), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (1), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (111)

    Elections in the 2010s

    Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Aberavon
    PartyCandidateConstituency [3] Regional [4]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour David Rees 10,57850.7−13.49,55645.9-11.3
    Plaid Cymru Bethan Jenkins 4,17620.0+5.24,44621.3+8.5
    UKIP Glenda Davies3,11915.0New3,01914.5+10.6
    Conservative David Jenkins1,3426.4−7.91,2986.2-4.7
    Liberal Democrats Helen Ceri Clarke1,2486.0−0.81,1285.4+0.8
    Green Jonathan Tier3891.9New3701.8±0.0
    Abolish 7423.6New
    TUSC 1150.6+0.3
    Monster Raving Loony 1110.5New
    Communist 540.3±0.0
    Majority6,40230.7−18.6
    Turnout 20,85242.5+5.5
    Labour hold Swing −9.3
    Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Aberavon
    PartyCandidateConstituency [5] Regional [6]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour David Rees 12,10464.1+14.810,67157.2
    Plaid Cymru Paul Nicholls-Jones2,79314.8−2.52,39112.8
    Conservative T. Morgan2,70414.3+4.62,03010.9
    Liberal Democrats Helen Ceri Clarke1,2786.8−0.38604.6
    BNP 6273.4
    UKIP 7193.9
    Socialist Labour 6693.6
    Green 3401.8
    Welsh Christian 1740.9New
    TUSC 1130.6New
    Communist 610.3
    Majority9,31149.3+17.3
    Turnout 18,87937.0−2.8
    Labour hold Swing +8.7

    Regional ballots rejected at the count: 134 [7]

    Elections in the 2000s

    Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Aberavon [8]
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [9]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Brian Gibbons [a] 10,12949.3−10.19,303
    Plaid Cymru Linett Purcell3,55817.3−0.43,610
    Independent Andrew Tutton2,56112.5New
    Conservative Daisy Meyland-Smith1,9909.7+0.52,058
    Liberal Democrats Claire Waller1,4507.1−2.71,775
    New Millennium Bean Party Captain Beany 8404.1New
    BNP 1,185New
    Green 663
    UKIP 653
    Socialist Labour 4230.New
    Welsh Christian 230New
    Socialist Alternative (UK)196New
    Keith James - Independent146New
    Respect 730.New
    Communist 660.New
    CPA 370.New
    Joel Jenkins - Independent26New
    Majority6,57132.0−9.7
    Turnout 20,52839.8+2.1
    Labour hold Swing −11.3
    Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Aberavon
    PartyCandidateConstituency [10] Regional [11]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Brian Gibbons [a] 11,13759.4+8.19,769
    Plaid Cymru Geraint D. Owen3,32417.7−4.63,242
    Liberal Democrats Claire Waller1,8409.8−3.81,934
    Conservative Myr A. Boult1,7329.2+2.21,599
    Independent Robert Williams6083.2New
    Independent Gwenno M. Saunders1140.6New
    Green 678
    Socialist Labour 572
    UKIP 509
    Cymru Annibynnol217
    ProLife Alliance 580.
    Majority7,81341.7+12.7
    Turnout 18,75537.7−9.2
    Labour hold Swing +6.4

    2003 Electorate: 50,208
    Regional ballots rejected: 348

    Elections in the 1990s

    Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Aberavon [10]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Brian Gibbons 11,941 51.3 N/A
    Plaid Cymru Janet Davies 5,19822.3N/A
    Liberal Democrats Keith Davies3,16513.6N/A
    Conservative Mary E. Davies1,6247.0N/A
    Independent Captain Beany 8493.6N/A
    Independent David Pudner5172.2N/A
    Majority6,74329.0N/A
    Turnout 23,29446.9N/A
    Labour win (new seat)

    See also

    Notes

    1. 1 2 Incumbent member for this constituency

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