Gower (UK Parliament constituency)

Gower
Gower
	Borough constituency
	for the House of Commons
	; Boundary of Gower in Wales.
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Electorate	62,389 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Mumbles, Clydach, Pontarddulais, Penllergaer
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Martin Caton (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Glamorganshire
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	South Wales West
European Parliament constituency	Wales

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Not to be confused with Gower (Assembly constituency).

Coordinates: 51°37′12″N 4°08′13″W / 51.620°N 4.137°W / 51.620; -4.137

Gower (Welsh: Gŵyr) is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency has elected only Labour MPs since 1906, the longest run (with Normanton and Makerfield) of any UK constituency. It is one of three parliamentary seats representing the city and county of Swansea, the others being Swansea West and Swansea East.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency encompasses most of the old Lordship of Gower (less the city of Swansea) and covers the inner Gower Peninsula and outer Gower areas including Clydach, Gowerton, Gorseinon, Felindre and Garnswllt.

Gower currently comprises the electoral wards of Gower, Oystermouth, Newton, Mawr, Pennard, Fairwood, Kingsbridge, Lower Loughor, Upper Loughor, Penyrheol, Bishopston, Gorseinon, Pontarddulais, Clydach, Penclawdd, Gowerton, Penllergaer, Llangyfelach and West Cross.

[edit] Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1885	Frank Yeo	Liberal
1888 by-election	David Randell	Liberal
1900	John Thomas	Liberal
1906	John Williams	Liberal-Labour
1910	John Williams	Labour
1922	David Grenfell	Labour
1959	Ifor Davies	Labour
1982 by-election	Gareth Wardell	Labour
1997	Martin Caton	Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Gower ^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Caton	16,016	38.4	-4.0
	Conservative	Byron Davies	13,333	32.0	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Day	7,947	19.1	+0.6
	Plaid Cymru	Darren Price	2,760	6.6	-1.2
	BNP	Adrian Jones	963	2.3	N/A
	UKIP	Gordon Triggs	652	1.6	-1.6
Majority			2,683	6.4
Turnout			41,671	67.5	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.3

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Gower
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Caton	16,786	42.5	-4.8
	Conservative	Mike Murray	10,083	25.5	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Tregoning	7,291	18.4	+6.3
	Plaid Cymru	Sian Caiach	3,089	7.8	-2.5
	UKIP	Richard Lewis	1,264	3.2	+3.2
	Green	Rhoddri Griffiths	1,029	2.6	+1.0
Majority			6,703	17.0
Turnout			39,542	64.9	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.4

General Election 2001: Gower
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Caton	17,676	47.3	-6.5
	Conservative	John Bushell	10,281	27.5	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Waye	4,507	12.1	-0.9
	Plaid Cymru	Sian Caiach	3,865	10.3	+5.2
	Green	Tina Shrewsbury	607	1.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Darran Hickery	417	1.1	N/A
Majority			7,395	19.8
Turnout			37,353	63.4	-11.7
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Gower
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Caton	23,313	53.8	+3.7
	Conservative	A H Cairns	10,306	23.8	−11.3
	Liberal Democrat	H W Evans	5,624	13.0	+3.0
	Plaid Cymru	D E Williams	2,226	5.1	+1.6
	Referendum Party	R D Lewis	1,745	4.0	N/A
	Independent	A G Popham	122	0.3	N/A
Majority			13,007	30.0	+15.0
Turnout			43,336	75.1	−11.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.5

General Election 1992: Gower^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Wardell	23,485	50.1	+3.5
	Conservative	Anthony L. Donnelly	16,437	35.1	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher G. Davies	4,655	9.9	−6.2
	Plaid Cymru	Adam Price	1,639	3.5	+0.7
	Green	Brian Kingzett	448	1.0	N/A
	Raving Loony Green Giant Party	Gerry P. Egan	114	0.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Michael S. Beresford	74	0.2	N/A
Majority			7,048	15.0	+2.9
Turnout			46,852	81.9	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 11 June 1987: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G L Wardell	22,139	46.6	N/A
	Conservative	G A L Price	16,374	34.5	N/A
	Social Democrat	D H O Elliott	7,645	16.1	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	J G M Edwards	1,341	2.8	N/A
Majority			5,765	12.0	12.1
Turnout			47,498	80.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 9 June 1983: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G L Wardell	16,972	38.1	N/A
	Conservative	A R T Kenyon	15,767	35.3	N/A
	Social Democrat	C G Jones	10,416	23.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	N Williams	1,444	3.2	N/A
Majority			1,205	2.8	N/A
Turnout			44,599	78.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 3 May 1979: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ifor Davies	24,963	53.24	N/A
	Conservative	T Llewellyn	14,322	30.55	N/A
	Liberal	R Blakeborough-Pownal	4,245	9.05	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	E Thomas	3,357	7.16	N/A
Majority			10,641	22.69	N/A
Turnout			46,887	80.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 10 October 1974: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ifor Davies
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 28 February 1974: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ifor Davies
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 18 June 1970: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ifor Davies
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 31 March 1966: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ifor Davies
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 15 October 1964: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ifor Davies
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 8 October 1959: Gower Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ifor Davies
	Liberal National	Michael Heseltine
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 26 May 1955: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Grenfell
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 25 October 1951: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Grenfell
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 23 February 1950: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Grenfell
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 5 to 19 July 1945: constituency of Gower Composed of the wards of Urban District of Oystermouth and Rural Districts of Gower and Swansea Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Grenfell
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935: constituency of Gower Composed of the wards of Urban District of Oystermouth and Rural Districts of Gower and Swansea Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Grenfell
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 27 October 1931: constituency of Gower Composed of the wards of Urban District of Oystermouth and Rural Districts of Gower and Swansea Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Grenfell
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: constituency of Gower Composed of the wards of Urban District of Oystermouth and Rural Districts of Gower and Swansea Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Grenfell
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 29 October 1924: Gower Composed of the wards of Urban District of Oystermouth and Rural Districts of Gower and Swansea Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Grenfell
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1923: constituency of Gower Composed of the wards of Urban District of Oystermouth and Rural Districts of Gower and Swansea Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Grenfell
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 15 November 1922: constituency of Gower Composed of the wards of Urban District of Oystermouth and Rural Districts of Gower and Swansea Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Grenfell
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: constituency of Gower Composed of the wards of Urban District of Oystermouth and Rural Districts of Gower and Swansea Electorate 29,667, Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Williams	10,109
	Liberal	D Williams	8,353
Majority			1,756
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

A map of Glamorganshire in 1885, showing its new divisions.
Gower (Assembly constituency)
List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan

[edit] Notes and references

^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=14666. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
^ Gower, City and County of Swansea - candidates Gower
^ Gower BBC Election - Gower
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by North Antrim	Constituency represented by the Father of the House 1952–1959	Succeeded by Woodford

[0] "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=14666. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)

[2] Gower, City and County of Swansea - candidates Gower

[3] Gower BBC Election - Gower

[4] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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Gower (UK Parliament constituency)

Contents

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

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Gower
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Gower in Wales.
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Electorate	62,389 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Mumbles, Clydach, Pontarddulais, Penllergaer
Current constituency
Created	1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament	Martin Caton (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Glamorganshire
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	South Wales West
European Parliament constituency	Wales