Gower (Assembly constituency)

Not to be confused with Gower (UK Parliament 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. 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.

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

Period		Member	Party
	1999	Edwina Hart	Labour Party

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Gower

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Evans
	Green	Abigail Cherry
	Conservative	Lyndon Jones
Majority
Turnout

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Gower

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwina Hart	12,866	48.1	+13.9
	Conservative	Caroline Jones	8,002	29.9	+0.1
	Plaid Cymru	Darren Price	3,249	12.1	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter May	2,656	9.9	−0.7
Majority			4,864	18.2
Turnout			26,773	43.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Gower

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwina Hart	9,406	34.2	−9.4
	Conservative	Byron Davies	8,214	29.8	+10.2
	Plaid Cymru	Darren Price	5,106	18.5	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas J. Tregoning	2,924	10.6	−1.1
	UKIP	Alex R. Lewis	1,895	6.9	−3.4
Majority			1,192	4.3
Turnout			27,545	44.8	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Gower

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwina Hart	10,334	43.6	+8.2
	Conservative	Stephen R. James	4,646	19.6	+5.5
	Plaid Cymru	Mrs. Sian M. Caiach	3,502	14.8	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas J. Tregoning	2,775	11.7	−0.1
	UKIP	Richard D. Lewis	2,444	10.3	N/A
Majority			5,688	24.0	+12.6
Turnout			24,143	39.9	−7.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Gower

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwina Hart	9,813	35.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfan Rhys Jones	6,653	24.0	N/A
	Conservative	Rev. Aled D. Jones	3,912	14.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Howard W. Evans	3,260	11.8	N/A
	Independent	Richard D. Lewis	2,307	8.3	N/A
	Independent	Ioan M. Richard	1,755	6.3	N/A
Majority			3,160	11.4	N/A
Turnout			27,700	47.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)