South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)
| Senedd electoral region | |
|---|---|
| |
| Created 1999 | |
| Current representation | |
| Labour | 7 MSs |
| Plaid Cymru | 2 MSs |
| Conservative | 1 MS |
| Independent Alliance for Reform | 1 MS |
| 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 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 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.
County boundaries
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.
Electoral region profile
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.
Constituencies
The seven constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster):
Assembly members and Members of the Senedd
Constituency AMs and MSs
| Term | Election | Aberavon | Bridgend | Gower | Neath | Ogmore | Swansea East | Swansea West | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1999 | bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="7"| | Brian Gibbons (Lab) |
bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="7"| | Carwyn Jones (Lab) |
bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="7"| | Edwina Hart (Lab) |
bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="7"| | Gwenda Thomas (Lab) |
bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="7"| | Janice Gregory (Lab) |
bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="7"| | Val Feld (Lab) |
bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="7"| | 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
2021 Senedd Cymru election
| 2021 Senedd Cymru election: South Wales West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| 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 - The Welsh Independence Party | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Labour|Template:Welsh Labour/meta/shortname]] | 7 | 78,318 (43%) | 6 | 0 | 7 | +1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Conservatives/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Conservatives|Template:Welsh Conservatives/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 38,244 (21%) | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" | | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 33,753 (19%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color" | | [[Wales Green Party|Template:Wales Green Party/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 7,155 (4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party/meta/color" | | [[Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party|Template:Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 6,976 (4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 6,010 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color" | | [[United Kingdom Independence Party|Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 2,809 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"| | Independent - Jones | 0 | 2,747 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Reform UK/meta/color" | | [[Reform UK|Template:Reform UK/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 1,774 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Propel (political party)/meta/color" | | Propel | 0 | 1,506 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Gwlad - The Welsh Independence Party/meta/color" | | Gwlad | 0 | 1,306 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Freedom Alliance (UK)/meta/color" | | Freedom Alliance | 0 | 1,271 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of Britain/meta/color" | | [[Communist Party of Britain|Template:Communist Party of Britain/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 483 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition/meta/color" | | [[Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|Template:Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 345 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Regional MSs elected 2021
| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Conservative Party|Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] | Thomas Giffard |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]] | Sioned Williams |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Conservative Party|Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] | Altaf Hussain |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]] | Luke Fletcher |
2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members
In the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election, the results for additional members were as follows:[2]
Regional AMs elected 2016
| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]] | Bethan Jenkins |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]] | David Lloyd |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Conservative Party|Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] | Suzy Davies |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | | [[UK Independence Party|Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/shortname]] | Caroline Jones |
2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color| | [[Welsh Labour|Template:Welsh Labour/meta/shortname]] | 7 | 71,766 (46.5%) | 6 | 0 | 7 | +1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Conservative Party|Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 27,457 (17.8%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 21,258 (13.8%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | −1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 10,683 (6.9%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | | [[UK Independence Party|Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 6,619 (4.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Socialist Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | [[Socialist Labour Party (UK)|Template:Socialist Labour Party (UK)/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 5,057 (3.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:British National Party/meta/color| | [[British National Party|Template:British National Party/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 4,714 (3.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color" | | [[Wales Green Party|Template:Wales Green Party/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 3,952 (2.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Welsh Christian Party/meta/color| | [[Welsh Christian Party|Template:Welsh Christian Party/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 1,602 (1.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition/meta/color" | | [[Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|Template:Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 809 (0.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Communist Party of Britain/meta/color| | [[Communist Party of Britain|Template:Communist Party of Britain/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 464 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Regional AMs elected 2011
| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Conservative Party|Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] | Byron Davies † |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Conservative Party|Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] | Suzy Davies |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] | Peter Black |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]] | 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.
2007 Welsh Assembly election additional members
In the election for additional members in the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election, the results were as follows:[3]
2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color| | [[Welsh Labour|Template:Welsh Labour/meta/shortname]] | 7 | 58,066 (41.61%) | 6 | 0 | 7 | +1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 24,799 (17.77%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Conservative Party|Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 20,981 (15.03%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 17,746 (12.72%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color" | | [[Green Party of England and Wales|Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 6,696 (4.80%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | | [[UK Independence Party|Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 6,113 (4.38%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Socialist Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | [[Socialist Labour Party (UK)|Template:Socialist Labour Party (UK)/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 3,446 (2.47%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cymru Annibynnol | 0 | 1,346 (0.96%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:ProLife Alliance/meta/color| | [[ProLife Alliance|Template:ProLife Alliance/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 355 (0.25%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color| | [[Welsh Labour|Template:Welsh Labour/meta/shortname]] | 7 | 70,625 (41.79%) | 5 | 0 | 7 | +2 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 50,757 (30.04%) | 4 | 2 | 2 | −2 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Conservative Party|Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 20,993 (12.42%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 18,527 (10.96%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor="Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color" | | [[Green Party of England and Wales|Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 4,082 (2.42%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| People's Representative | 0 | 2,074 (1.23%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Welsh Socialist Alliance/meta/color| | [[Welsh Socialist Alliance|Template:Welsh Socialist Alliance/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 1,257 (0.74%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Natural Law Party/meta/color| | [[Natural Law Party|Template:Natural Law Party/meta/shortname]] | 0 | 676 (0.40%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes
References
- ^ "Senedd Cymru Election Result- South Wales West Region". Swansea Council. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ https://business.senedd.wales/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=299
- ^ "Welsh assembly election 2007". BBC News. 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ a b "Welsh National Assembly regional constituency: South Wales West". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 2017-08-07.