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South Wales West
Welsh Assembly electoral region
Created
1999
Current representation
Labour 7 AMs
Conservative 2 AMs
Plaid Cymru 1 AM
Liberal Democrats 1 AM
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 National Assembly for Wales, 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 Assembly Member by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up Assembly Members, 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):

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Assembly member Nearest opposition Preserved counties
Aberavon 49,891 6,402 (30.7%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  David Rees bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color|  Bethan Jenkins Entirely within West Glamorgan
Bridgend 62,185 5,623 (20.9%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Carwyn Jones bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  George Jabbour Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan
Gower 62,163 1,829 (6.1%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Rebecca Evans bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Lyndon Jones Entirely within West Glamorgan
Neath 55,859 2,923 (11.5%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Jeremy Miles bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color|  Alun Lluwellyn Entirely within West Glamorgan
Ogmore 56,661 9,468 (40.5%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Huw Irranca-Davies bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color|  Tim Thomas Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan
Swansea East 58,521 7,452 (36.2%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Mike Hedges bgcolor=Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color|  Clifford Johnson Entirely within West Glamorgan
Swansea West 56,892 5,080 (22.9%) bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Julie James bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Craig Lawton Entirely within West Glamorgan

Assembly members

Constituency AMs

Term Election Aberavon Bridgend Gower Neath Ogmore Swansea East Swansea West
1st 1999 bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="6"| Brian Gibbons
(Lab) 		bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="6"| Carwyn Jones
(Lab) 		bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="6"| Edwina Hart
(Lab) 		bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="6"| Gwenda Thomas
(Lab) 		bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="6"| Janice Gregory
(Lab) 		bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="6"| Val Feld
(Lab) 		bgcolor="Template:Welsh Labour/meta/color" rowspan="6"| 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)

Regional list AMs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term Election AM AM AM AM
1st 1999 bgcolor="Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/color" rowspan="6"| Alun Cairns
(Con) 		bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" rowspan="3"| Dai Lloyd
(PC) 		bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" rowspan="6"| Janet Davies
(PC) 		bgcolor="Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/color" rowspan="5"| Peter Black
(LD)
2nd 2003
3rd 2007 Bethan Jenkins
(PC)
4th 2011 Suzy Davies
(Con) 		bgcolor="Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"| Byron Davies
(Con)
2015[1] Altaf Hussain
(Con)
5th 2016 bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color"| Dai Lloyd
(PC) 		bgcolor="Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color"| Caroline Jones
(UKIP)

2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members

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[2]

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 58,374 (35.8%) 6 0 7 +1
style="background-color:Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color"| [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]] 0 28,819 (17.7%) 2 2 2 0
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/color| [[Welsh Conservative Party|Template:Welsh Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] 0 26,119 (16.1%) 2 1 1 −1
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/color| [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Template:Welsh Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] 0 20,226 (12.4%) 1 1 1 0
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:British National Party/meta/color| [[British National Party|Template:British National Party/meta/shortname]] 0 8,993 (5.5%) 0 0 0 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 6,130 (3.8%) 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 5,914 (3.6%) 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 2,367 (1.5%) 0 0 0 0
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Welsh Christian Party/meta/color| [[Welsh Christian Party|Template:Welsh Christian Party/meta/shortname]] 0 1,685 (1.0%) 0 0 0 0
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| [[Independent (politician)|Template:Independent (politician)/meta/shortname]] 0 1,186 (0.7%) 0 0 0 0
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Socialist Party (England and Wales)/meta/color| [[Socialist Party (England and Wales)|Template:Socialist Party (England and Wales)/meta/shortname]] 0 1,027 (0.6%) 0 0 0 0
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Respect - The Unity Coalition/meta/color| [[Respect - The Unity Coalition|Template:Respect - The Unity Coalition/meta/shortname]] 0 713 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Independent Conservative/meta/color| [[Independent Conservative|Template:Independent Conservative/meta/shortname]] 0 582 (0.4%) 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]] 0 546 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Christian Peoples Alliance/meta/color| [[Christian Peoples Alliance|Template:Christian Peoples Alliance/meta/shortname]] 0 393 (0.2%) 0 0 0 0

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members [3]

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%) 7 0 7 0
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%) 1 1 1 0
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 [3]

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

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  1. ^ Following his election to the House of Commons, Byron Davies resigned as an AM in May 2015 and was replaced by Altaf Hussain.
  2. ^ BBC Election results
  3. ^ a b "Welsh National Assembly regional constituency: South Wales West [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net.
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