South_Wales_West_(Senedd_Cymru_electoral_region)
South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)
Electoral region of the Senedd
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.
| 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 | |
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 | ||
Constituency AMs and MSs
| 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) | |||||||||||||
Regional list AMs and MSs
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
| 2021 Senedd election: South Wales West[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Labour | Siân Catherine James, Mahaboob Basha, Neelo Farr, Kevin Pascoe | 78,318 | 42.9 |  3.4 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Giffard, Altaf Hussain, Samantha Chohan, Liz Hill O'Shea, Suzy Davies, Rachel Nugent-Finn | 38,244 | 20.9 | 5.9 | |
| 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 | 1.3 | |
| Green | Megan Poppy Lloyd, Chris Evans, Alex Harris, Tom Muller | 7,155 | 3.9 | 1.3 | |
| Abolish | Simon Ross, Robin Hunter-Clarke, Sarah Allen, James Cole | 6,975 | 3.8 |  0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chloe Hutchinson, Samuel Bennett, Harvey Jones, Helen Clarke | 6,010 | 3.3 | 3.2 | |
| UKIP | Thomas Jenkins, Daniel Morgan, Stan Robinson, Gillian Mason | 2,809 | 1.5 | 12.2 | |
| Independent | Caroline Jones | 2,747 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| Reform UK | Christine Roach, Glenda Davies, Byron John, Sean Prior, Darren Rees | 1,774 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Propel | Tim Thomas, Gail John, James Henton, Lee Felrton | 1,506 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
| Gwlad | Geraint Jones, Wayne Erasmus, David Smith, John Young | 1,306 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| Freedom Alliance | Michelle Valerio, Jonathan Tilt, Zoe Fry | 1,271 | 0.7 | 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 | 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 | |
Regional MSs elected 2021
| 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 | |
Regional AMs elected 2016
| 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 | |
Regional AMs elected 2011
| 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 | |
- BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
- Following his election to the House of Commons, Byron Davies resigned as an AM in May 2015 and was replaced by Altaf Hussain.
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