Neath
Castell-nedd
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Neath shown as one of the 40
Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd county constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSJeremy Miles
Electoral regionSouth Wales West
Preserved countyWest Glamorgan

Neath (Welsh: Castell-nedd) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is 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 for the region as a whole.

History

Since the creation of the assembly the constituency has returned a Labour AM, with varying majorities, from 7.7% to 26.8%. The current incumbent Jeremy Miles is one of the first openly gay elected Members of the Senedd.[1] Plaid Cymru are Labour's main opposition in the seat.

In the election in 2016 the constituency got the highest vote share from an Independent in Steve Hunt with 8.1% of the vote. Hunt was the only independent to save his deposit.

Boundaries

Map
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Neath Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of West Glamorgan.

The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, 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, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Assembly Members and Members of the Senedd

Election Member Party Portrait
1999 Gwenda Thomas Labour
2016 Jeremy Miles

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Neath
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[2]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Miles[a] 11,666 42.2 +4.9 11,221 40.8 +3.0
Plaid Cymru Sioned Williams 6,445 23.3 -2.5 7,265 26.4 -0.2
Conservative Mathew Williams 4,107 14.8 +6.2 4,486 16.3 +8.1
Independent Steve Hunt 2,418 8.8 New
Green Megan Lloyd 1,038 3.8 +1.5 1,098 4.0 +1.3
Abolish Simon Rees 751 2.7 New 1,000 3.6 -0.4
Propel James Henton 443 1.6 New 283 1.0 New
Liberal Democrats Iain Clamp 395 1.4 -1.5 528 1.9 -2.5
Reform UK Sean Prior 315 1.1 New 262 1.0 New
UKIP 466 1.7 -13.4
Independent Caroline Jones 433 1.6 New
Gwlad 183 0.7 New
Freedom Alliance (UK) 181 0.7 New
Communist 71 0.3 0.0
TUSC 59 0.2 -0.3
Majority 5,221 18.93 +7.4
Turnout 27,578
Labour hold Swing
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

Regional Ballot void votes: 174. Want of an Official Mark (23), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (44), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (107)

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Neath
Party Candidate Constituency[3] Regional[4]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Miles 9,468 37.3 −16.1 9,570 37.8 -10.3
Plaid Cymru Alun Llewellyn 6,545 25.8 −0.8 6,736 26.6 +2.6
UKIP Richard Pritchard 3,780 14.9 New 3,810 15.1 +11.5
Conservative Peter Crocker-Jaques 2,179 8.6 -3.1 2,067 8.2 -2.6
Independent Steve Hunt 2,056 8.1 New
Liberal Democrats Frank Little 746 2.9 −1.2 1,040 4.1 +0.1
Green Lisa Rapado 589 2.3 New 682 2.7 +0.8
Abolish 1,012 4.0 New
Monster Raving Loony 194 0.8 New
TUSC 122 0.5 +0.1
Communist 74 0.3 ±0.0
Majority 2,923 11.5 −15.3
Turnout 25,363 45.8 +4.7
Labour hold Swing -7.65
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Neath
Party Candidate Constituency[5] Regional[6]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Gwenda Thomas 12,736 53.4 +10.0 11,514 48.1
Plaid Cymru Alun Llewellyn 6,346 26.6 −9.1 5,733 24.0
Conservative Alex Powell 2,780 11.7 0.0 2,578 10.8
BNP Michael Green 1,004 4.2 New 845 3.5
Liberal Democrats Mathew McCarthy 983 4.1 −5.1 948 4.0
UKIP 869 3.6
Socialist Labour 504 2.1
Green 457 1.9
Welsh Christian 290 1.2 New
TUSC 105 0.4 New
Communist 78 0.3
Majority 6,390 26.8 +19.1
Turnout 23849 41.1 −2.4
Labour hold Swing +9.6

Regional ballots rejected: 126[7]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Neath
Party Candidate Constituency[8] Regional[9]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Gwenda Thomas[a] 10,934 43.4 −7.7 9,388
Plaid Cymru Alun Llewellyn 8,990 35.7 +6.9 7,297
Conservative Andrew Sivertsen 2,956 11.7 +2.6 2,519
Liberal Democrats Sheila Ramsay-Waye 2,320 9.2 0.0 1,799
BNP 1,222 New
Green 860
UKIP 802
Socialist Labour 387 0. New
Welsh Christian 292 New
Respect 94 0. New
Communist 86 0. New
Keith James - Independent 83 0. New
Socialist Alternative (UK) 78 0. New
CPA 63 0. New
Joel Jenkins - Independent 45 0. New
Majority 1,944 7.7 -14.6
Turnout 25,200 43.5 +4.4
Labour hold Swing −7.3
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Neath
Party Candidate Constituency[10] Regional[11]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Gwenda Thomas[a] 11,332 51.1 +5.6 10,286
Plaid Cymru Alun Llewellyn 6,386 28.8 −7.0 5,740
Liberal Democrats Helen C. Jones 2,048 9.2 −0.6 1,891
Conservative Chris B. Smart 2,011 9.1 +2.0 1,903
Welsh Socialist Alliance David Pudner 410 1.9 0.0
Green 1,001
UKIP 510
Socialist Labour 405
Cymru Annibynnol 212
ProLife Alliance 88 0.
Majority 4,946 22.3 +12.6
Turnout 22,187 39.1 −8.9
Labour hold Swing +6.3

2003 Electorate: 56,759
Regional ballots rejected: 381

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Neath[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gwenda Thomas 12,234 45.5 N/A
Plaid Cymru Trefor Jones 9,616 35.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats David R. Davies 2,631 9.8 N/A
Conservative Jill F. Chambers 1,895 7.1 N/A
Socialist Alliance Nicholas Duncan 519 1.9 N/A
Majority 2,618 9.7 N/A
Turnout 26,895 48.0 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Incumbent member for this constituency

References

  1. ^ "Three gay and lesbian AMs 'a milestone'". 7 May 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ "South Wales West Electoral Region Neath Constituency STATEMENT OF LOCAL TOTALS" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Wales elections > Neath". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Wales elections > Neath". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. ^ Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
  9. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  10. ^ a b Neath, Political Science Resources
  11. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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