South Wales West
Gorllewin De Cymru
Senedd electoral region
Created
1999
Current representation
Labour 7 MSs
Plaid Cymru 2 MSs
Conservative 2 MSs
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 (Welsh: Gorllewin De Cymru) 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 National 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

Map
Map of current 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] Member of the Senedd Nearest opposition Preserved counties
Aberavon 49,891 6,402 (30.7%)   David Rees   Victoria Griffiths Entirely within West Glamorgan
Bridgend 62,185 5,623 (20.9%)   Sarah Murphy   Rachel Nugent-Finn Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan
Gower 62,163 1,829 (6.1%)   Rebecca Evans   Myles Langstone Entirely within West Glamorgan
Neath 55,859 2,923 (11.5%)   Jeremy Miles   Sioned Williams Entirely within West Glamorgan
Ogmore 56,661 9,468 (40.5%)   Huw Irranca-Davies   Luke Fletcher Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan
Swansea East 58,521 7,452 (36.2%)   Mike Hedges   Rhiannon Barrar Entirely within West Glamorgan
Swansea West 56,892 5,080 (22.9%)   Julie James   Samantha Chohan Entirely within West Glamorgan

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

Constituency AMs and MSs

Term Election Aberavon Bridgend Gower Neath Ogmore Swansea East Swansea West
1st 1999 Brian Gibbons
(Lab) 		Carwyn Jones
(Lab) 		Edwina Hart
(Lab) 		Gwenda Thomas
(Lab) 		Janice Gregory
(Lab) 		Val Feld
(Lab) 		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

Term Election AM / MS AM / MS AM / MS AM / MS
1st 1999 Peter Black
(LD) 		Alun Cairns
(Con) 		Dai Lloyd
(PC) 		Janet Davies
(PC)
2nd 2003
3rd 2007 Bethan Jenkins
(PC)
4th 2011 Suzy Davies
(Con) 		Byron Davies
(Con)
2015[nb 3] Altaf Hussain
(Con)
5th 2016 Caroline Jones
(UKIP)
(later Ind, BREX, Ind) 		Dai Lloyd
(PC)
2018
2019
2020
6th 2021 Tom Giffard
(Con) 		Altaf Hussain
(Con) 		Sioned Williams
(PC) 		Luke Fletcher
(PC)

2021 Senedd election

Main article: 2021 Senedd election
2021 Senedd election: South Wales West[1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Labour Siân Catherine James, Mahaboob Basha, Neelo Farr, Kevin Pascoe 78,318 42.9 Increase3.4
Conservative Thomas Giffard, Altaf Hussain, Samantha Chohan, Liz Hill O'Shea, Suzy Davies, Rachel Nugent-Finn 38,244 20.9 Increase5.9
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 Increase1.3
Green Megan Poppy Lloyd, Chris Evans, Alex Harris, Tom Muller 7,155 3.9 Increase1.3
Abolish Simon Ross, Robin Hunter-Clarke, Sarah Allen, James Cole 6,975 3.8 Decrease0.4
Liberal Democrats Chloe Hutchinson, Samuel Bennett, Harvey Jones, Helen Clarke 6,010 3.3 Decrease3.2
UKIP Thomas Jenkins, Daniel Morgan, Stan Robinson, Gillian Mason 2,809 1.5 Decrease12.2
Independent Caroline Jones 2,747 1.5 Increase1.5
Reform UK Christine Roach, Glenda Davies, Byron John, Sean Prior, Darren Rees 1,774 1.0 Increase1.0
Propel Tim Thomas, Gail John, James Henton, Lee Felrton 1,506 0.8 Increase0.8
Gwlad Geraint Jones, Wayne Erasmus, David Smith, John Young 1,306 0.7 Increase0.7
Freedom Alliance Michelle Valerio, Jonathan Tilt, Zoe Fry 1,271 0.7 Increase0.7
Communist Laura Picand, Owain Phillips, Jonathan Chilvers, Roger Jones 483 0.3 Steady
TUSC John Evans, Karen Geraghty, Gareth Bromhall, Oisin Mulholland, Charlie Wells 345 0.2 Decrease0.2

2021 Senedd election additional members

Party Constituency
seats 		List votes
(vote %)[1] 		D'Hondt
entitlement 		Additional
members
elected 		Total members
elected 		Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 7 78,318 (43%) 6 0 7 +1
Conservative 0 38,244 (21%) 3 2 2 -1
Plaid Cymru 0 33,753 (19%) 2 2 2 0
Green 0 7,155 (4%) 0 0 0 0
Abolish 0 6,976 (4%) 0 0 0 0
Liberal Democrats 0 6,010 (3%) 0 0 0 0
UKIP 0 2,809 (2%) 0 0 0 0
Independent - Jones 0 2,747 (2%) 0 0 0 0
Reform UK 0 1,774 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Propel 0 1,506 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Gwlad 0 1,306 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Freedom Alliance 0 1,271 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Communist 0 483 (0%) 0 0 0 0
TUSC 0 345 (0%) 0 0 0 0

Regional MSs elected 2021

Party Name
Conservative Tom Giffard
Plaid Cymru Sioned Williams
Conservative Altaf Hussain
Plaid Cymru 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]

Party Constituency
seats 		List votes
(vote %) 		D'Hondt
entitlement 		Additional
members
elected 		Total members
elected 		Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 7 66,903 (39.5%) 5 0 7 +2
Plaid Cymru 0 29,050 (17.2%) 2 2 2 0
Conservative 0 25,414 (15.0%) 2 1 1 -1
UKIP 0 23,096 (13.7%) 2 1 1 -1
Liberal Democrats 0 10,946 (6.5%) 0 0 0 0
Abolish the Welsh Assembly 0 7,137 (4%) 0 0 0 0
Green 0 4,420 (3%) 0 0 0 0
Official Monster Raving Loony Party 0 1,106 (1%) 0 0 0 0
TUSC 0 686 (0%) 0 0 0 0
Welsh Communist Party 0 431 (0%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected 2016

Party Name
Plaid Cymru Bethan Jenkins
Plaid Cymru David Lloyd
Conservative Suzy Davies
UKIP 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
Labour 7 71,766 (46.5%) 6 0 7 +1
Conservative 0 27,457 (17.8%) 2 2 2 0
Plaid Cymru 0 21,258 (13.8%) 2 1 1 −1
Liberal Democrats 0 10,683 (6.9%) 1 1 1 0
UKIP 0 6,619 (4.3%) 0 0 0 0
Socialist Labour 0 5,057 (3.3%) 0 0 0 0
BNP 0 4,714 (3.1%) 0 0 0 0
Green 0 3,952 (2.6%) 0 0 0 0
Welsh Christian 0 1,602 (1.0%) 0 0 0 0
TUSC 0 809 (0.5%) 0 0 0 0
Communist 0 464 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected 2011

Party Name
Conservative Byron Davies †
Conservative Suzy Davies
Liberal Democrats Peter Black
Plaid Cymru 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]

Party Constituency
seats 		List votes
(vote %) 		D'Hondt
entitlement 		Additional
members
elected 		Total members
elected 		Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 7 58,374 (35.8%) 5 0 7 +2
Plaid Cymru 0 28,819 (17.7%) 2 2 2 0
Conservative 0 26,119 (16.1%) 2 1 1 −1
Liberal Democrats 0 20,226 (12.4%) 2 1 1 -1
BNP 0 8,993 (5.5%) 0 0 0 0
Green 0 6,130 (3.8%) 0 0 0 0
UKIP 0 5,914 (3.6%) 0 0 0 0
Socialist Labour 0 2,367 (1.5%) 0 0 0 0
Welsh Christian 0 1,685 (1.0%) 0 0 0 0
Independent 0 1,186 (0.7%) 0 0 0 0
Socialist Alternative 0 1,027 (0.6%) 0 0 0 0
Respect 0 713 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0
Ind. Conservative 0 582 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0
Communist 0 546 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0
CPA 0 393 (0.2%) 0 0 0 0

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
Labour 7 58,066 (41.61%) 6 0 7 +1
Plaid Cymru 0 24,799 (17.77%) 2 2 2 0
Conservative 0 20,981 (15.03%) 2 1 1 -1
Liberal Democrats 0 17,746 (12.72%) 1 1 1 0
Green 0 6,696 (4.80%) 0 0 0 0
UKIP 0 6,113 (4.38%) 0 0 0 0
Socialist Labour 0 3,446 (2.47%) 0 0 0 0
Cymru Annibynnol 0 1,346 (0.96%) 0 0 0 0
ProLife Alliance 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
Labour 7 70,625 (41.79%) 5 0 7 +2
Plaid Cymru 0 50,757 (30.04%) 4 2 2 −2
Conservative 0 20,993 (12.42%) 1 1 1 0
Liberal Democrats 0 18,527 (10.96%) 1 1 1 0
Green 0 4,082 (2.42%) 0 0 0 0
People's Representative 0 2,074 (1.23%) 0 0 0 0
Socialist Alliance 0 1,257 (0.74%) 0 0 0 0
Natural Law 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.
  3. ^ Following his election to the House of Commons, Byron Davies resigned as an AM in May 2015 and was replaced by Altaf Hussain.

References

  1. ^ a b "Senedd Cymru Election Result- South Wales West Region". Swansea Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Election results for South Wales West, 6 May 2016". business.senedd.wales. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Welsh assembly election 2007". BBC News. 21 March 2007. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Welsh National Assembly regional constituency: South Wales West". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017.
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