Senedd electoral region | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Created 1999 | |
Current representation | |
Labour | 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 (Welsh : Gorllewin De Cymru) 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.
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.
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.
The seven constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster):
Constituency [nb 1] | Electorate | Majority [nb 2] | Member of the Senedd | Nearest opposition | Preserved counties | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberavon | 49,891 | 6,402 (30.7%) | David Rees | Victoria Griffiths | Entirely within West Glamorgan | ||
Bridgend | 62,185 | 5,623 (20.9%) | Sarah Murphy | Rachel Nugent-Finn | Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan | ||
Gower | 62,163 | 1,829 (6.1%) | Rebecca Evans | Myles Langstone | Entirely within West Glamorgan | ||
Neath | 55,859 | 2,923 (11.5%) | Jeremy Miles | Sioned Williams | Entirely within West Glamorgan | ||
Ogmore | 56,661 | 9,468 (40.5%) | Huw Irranca-Davies | Luke Fletcher | Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan | ||
Swansea East | 58,521 | 7,452 (36.2%) | Mike Hedges | Rhiannon Barrar | Entirely within West Glamorgan | ||
Swansea West | 56,892 | 5,080 (22.9%) | Julie James | Samantha Chohan | Entirely within West Glamorgan |
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) |
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 [nb 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: South Wales West [1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
Labour | Siân Catherine James, Mahaboob Basha, Neelo Farr, Kevin Pascoe | 78,318 | 42.9 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Thomas Giffard , Altaf Hussain , Samantha Chohan, Liz Hill O'Shea, Suzy Davies, Rachel Nugent-Finn | 38,244 | 20.9 | ![]() | |
Plaid Cymru | Sioned Williams , Luke Fletcher , John Davies, Jamie Evans, Rhiannon Barrar, Leanne Lewis, Victoria Griffiths, Richard Sambrook, Daniel Williams, James Radcliffe | 33,753 | 18.5 | ![]() | |
Green | Megan Poppy Lloyd, Chris Evans, Alex Harris, Tom Muller | 7,155 | 3.9 | ![]() | |
Abolish | Simon Ross, Robin Hunter-Clarke, Sarah Allen, James Cole | 6,975 | 3.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Chloe Hutchinson, Samuel Bennett, Harvey Jones, Helen Clarke | 6,010 | 3.3 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Thomas Jenkins, Daniel Morgan, Stan Robinson, Gillian Mason | 2,809 | 1.5 | ![]() | |
Independent | Caroline Jones | 2,747 | 1.5 | ![]() | |
Reform UK | Christine Roach, Glenda Davies, Byron John, Sean Prior, Darren Rees | 1,774 | 1.0 | ![]() | |
Propel | Tim Thomas, Gail John, James Henton, Lee Felrton | 1,506 | 0.8 | ![]() | |
Gwlad | Geraint Jones, Wayne Erasmus, David Smith, John Young | 1,306 | 0.7 | ![]() | |
Freedom Alliance | Michelle Valerio, Jonathan Tilt, Zoe Fry | 1,271 | 0.7 | ![]() | |
Communist | Laura Picand, Owain Phillips, Jonathan Chilvers, Roger Jones | 483 | 0.3 | ![]() | |
TUSC | John Evans, Karen Geraghty, Gareth Bromhall, Oisin Mulholland, Charlie Wells | 345 | 0.2 | ![]() |
Party | Constituency seats | List votes (vote %) [1] | D'Hondt entitlement | Additional members elected | Total members elected | Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 7 | 78,318 (43%) | 6 | 0 | 7 | +1 | |
Conservative | 0 | 38,244 (21%) | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 | |
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 33,753 (19%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Green | 0 | 7,155 (4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Abolish | 0 | 6,976 (4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 6,010 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UKIP | 0 | 2,809 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent - Jones | 0 | 2,747 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Reform UK | 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 | |
Communist | 0 | 483 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
TUSC | 0 | 345 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Party | Name | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Giffard | |
Plaid Cymru | Sioned Williams | |
Conservative | Altaf Hussain | |
Plaid Cymru | Luke Fletcher |
In the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election, the results for additional members were as follows: [2]
Party | Constituency seats | List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement | Additional members elected | Total members elected | Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 7 | 66,903 (39.5%) | 5 | 0 | 7 | +2 | |
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 29,050 (17.2%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Conservative | 0 | 25,414 (15.0%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | |
UKIP | 0 | 23,096 (13.7%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Name | |
---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Bethan Jenkins | |
Plaid Cymru | David Lloyd | |
Conservative | Suzy Davies | |
UKIP | Caroline Jones |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 7 | 71,766 (46.5%) | 6 | 0 | 7 | +1 | |
Conservative | 0 | 27,457 (17.8%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 21,258 (13.8%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | −1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 10,683 (6.9%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
UKIP | 0 | 6,619 (4.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 5,057 (3.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
BNP | 0 | 4,714 (3.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 0 | 3,952 (2.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Welsh Christian | 0 | 1,602 (1.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
TUSC | 0 | 809 (0.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Communist | 0 | 464 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Party | Name | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | Byron Davies † | |
Conservative | Suzy Davies | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Black | |
Plaid Cymru | 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.
In the election for additional members in the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election, the results were as follows: [3]
Party | Constituency seats | List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement | Additional members elected | Total members elected | Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 7 | 58,374 (35.8%) | 5 | 0 | 7 | +2 | |
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 28,819 (17.7%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Conservative | 0 | 26,119 (16.1%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | −1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 20,226 (12.4%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | |
BNP | 0 | 8,993 (5.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 0 | 6,130 (3.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UKIP | 0 | 5,914 (3.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 2,367 (1.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Welsh Christian | 0 | 1,685 (1.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 0 | 1,186 (0.7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 1,027 (0.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Respect | 0 | 713 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ind. Conservative | 0 | 582 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Communist | 0 | 546 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
CPA | 0 | 393 (0.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In the election for additional members in the 2003 National Assembly for Wales election, the results were as follows: [4]
Party | Constituency seats | List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement | Additional members elected | Total members elected | Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 7 | 58,066 (41.61%) | 6 | 0 | 7 | +1 | |
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 24,799 (17.77%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Conservative | 0 | 20,981 (15.03%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 17,746 (12.72%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Green | 0 | 6,696 (4.80%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UKIP | 0 | 6,113 (4.38%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 3,446 (2.47%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cymru Annibynnol | 0 | 1,346 (0.96%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ProLife Alliance | 0 | 355 (0.25%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In the election for additional members in the 1999 National Assembly for Wales election, the results were as follows: [4]
Party | Constituency seats | List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement | Additional members elected | Total members elected | Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 7 | 70,625 (41.79%) | 5 | 0 | 7 | +2 | |
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 50,757 (30.04%) | 4 | 2 | 2 | −2 | |
Conservative | 0 | 20,993 (12.42%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 18,527 (10.96%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Green | 0 | 4,082 (2.42%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
People's Representative | 0 | 2,074 (1.23%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 1,257 (0.74%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Natural Law | 0 | 676 (0.40%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Senedd constituencies and electoral regions are the electoral districts used to elect members of the Senedd to the Senedd, and have been used in some form since the first election of the then National Assembly for Wales in 1999. New boundaries were introduced for the 2007 elections and currently consist of forty constituencies and five regions. The five electoral regions are: Mid and West Wales, North Wales, South Wales Central, South Wales East, and South Wales West, with the forty constituencies listed below. Voting last took place in all districts in the 2021 Senedd election, and is not used for local government.
North Wales is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of nine constituencies. The region elects thirteen members, nine directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
Mid and West Wales is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects twelve members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
South Wales Central is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in 1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
South Wales East is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in 1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
Ynys Môn is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Ynys Môn is also one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Vale of Glamorgan 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 eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Cynon Valley is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Cardiff West 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 eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole. The constituency has twice provided the First Minister of Wales, Rhodri Morgan from 2000-2009 and Mark Drakeford from 2018–2024.
Cardiff South and Penarth is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system. It is typically a safe Labour seat.
Cardiff Central 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 eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Swansea West is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also 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.
Swansea East is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. 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.
Ogmore is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which also elects four additional members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Neath 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.
Gower is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also 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.
Bridgend 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.
Aberavon 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.
Altaf Hussain is a Welsh Conservative politician, serving from 2015 to 2016 and again since re-elected in 2021 as the Member of the Senedd for South Wales West. He is also a retired consultant orthopaedic surgeon.