, constituency_type =
Senedd county constituency
In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons.
Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called " constitue ...
, parl_name=Senedd, image =
, caption = Gower shown as one of the 40
Senedd constituencies
, year =
1999
, parts_label =
Electoral region
, parts =
South Wales West
, member_label =
MS
, member =
Rebecca Evans
, party_label =
Party
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, party =
Labour
, blank1_name =
Preserved county
, blank1_info =
West Glamorgan
, HQ= County Hall, Swansea
, Government= West Glamorgan County Council (abolished 1996)
, Status=
, Start= 1974
, End= 1996
, Arms= ''Coat of arms of Wes ...
Gower ( cy, Gŵyr) is a
constituency of the
Senedd. It elects one
Member of the Senedd by the
first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
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
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
for the region as a whole.
History
The constituency has elected a
Labour member since the
assembly was created in 1999. However in 2007 and 2016 the party won narrow majorities. The AM from 1999 to 2016
was
Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science from 2011 to 2016.
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
, HQ= County Hall, Swansea
, Government= West Glamorgan County Council (abolished 1996)
, Status=
, Start= 1974
, End= 1996
, Arms= ''Coat of arms of Wes ...
.
The other six constituencies of the region are
Aberavon,
Bridgend,
Neath,
Ogmore,
Swansea East and
Swansea West.
Voting
In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd 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
The D'Hondt method, also called the Jefferson method or the greatest divisors method, is a method for allocating seats in parliaments among federal states, or in party-list proportional representation systems. It belongs to the class of highest ...
, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
Members of the Senedd
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Regional Ballot void votes: 182. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (48), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (1), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (133)
Elections in the 2010s
Regional ballots rejected: 188
Elections in the 2000s
2003 Electorate: 60,523
Regional ballots rejected: 335
Elections in the 1990s
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gower (National Assembly For Wales Constituency)
Senedd constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region
Politics of Swansea
1999 establishments in Wales
Constituencies established in 1999