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South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)

Electoral region of the Senedd

Summary

Electoral region of the Senedd

Field	Value
name	South Wales West
nativename	cy
constituency_type	Multi-member electoral region
parl_name	Senedd
image	[[File:South Wales West Senedd region 2021.svg	200px]]
caption	Map of South Wales West, with constituencies numbered alphabetically and coloured in 2021 party colours. Inset within Wales shown to the top with the four regional seats.
{{collapsed infobox section begin	div	yes	Interactive map	titlestyle=background-color:#eee}}
image2
caption2	Interactive map of the constituency.
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year	1999
member_label	MSs
members	{{plainlist
district_label	Principal areas
parts_label	Constituencies
region_label	Preserved counties

Labour (7)
Conservative (2)
Plaid Cymru (2) |Aberavon|Bridgend|Gower|Neath| Ogmore|Swansea East|Swansea West}}
Mid Glamorgan (part)
South Glamorgan (part)
West Glamorgan
11
- 7 constituency
- 4 regional

South Wales West () 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

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):

	ConstituencyBC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.		Electorate	MajorityThe majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.	Member of the Senedd
Aberavon	49,891	6,402 (30.7%)	Welsh Labour}}"	David Rees	Plaid Cymru}}
Bridgend	62,185	5,623 (20.9%)	Welsh Labour}}"	Sarah Murphy	Welsh Conservatives}}"
Gower	62,163	1,829 (6.1%)	Welsh Labour}}"	Rebecca Evans	Welsh Conservatives}}"
Neath	55,859	2,923 (11.5%)	Welsh Labour}}"	Jeremy Miles	Plaid Cymru}}
Ogmore	56,661	9,468 (40.5%)	Welsh Labour}}"	Huw Irranca-Davies	Plaid Cymru}}
Swansea East	58,521	7,452 (36.2%)	Welsh Labour}}"	Mike Hedges	Plaid Cymru}}
Swansea West	56,892	5,080 (22.9%)	Welsh Labour}}"	Julie James	Welsh Conservatives}}"

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

Constituency AMs and MSs

Term	Election	Aberavon	Bridgend	Gower
1st	1999	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="7"		Brian Gibbons
(Lab)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="7"		Carwyn Jones
(Lab)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="7"		Edwina Hart
(Lab)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="7"
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
1st	1999	Welsh Liberal Democrats}}" rowspan="5"		Peter Black
(LD)	Welsh Conservatives}}"		Alun Cairns
(Con)
2nd	2003
3rd	2007	Bethan Jenkins
(PC)
4th	2011	Suzy Davies
(Con)	Welsh Conservatives}}" rowspan="2"		Byron Davies
(Con)
2015Following his election to the House of Commons, Byron Davies resigned as an AM in May 2015 and was replaced by Altaf Hussain.	Altaf Hussain
(Con)
5th	2016	UK Independence Party}}"		Caroline Jones
(UKIP)
(later Ind, BREX, Ind)	Plaid Cymru}}"		Dai Lloyd
(PC)
2018	Independent politician}}"
2019	Brexit Party}}"
2020	Independent politician}}"
6th	2021	Welsh Conservatives}}"		Tom Giffard
(Con)	Altaf Hussain
(Con)	Sioned Williams
(PC)

2021 Senedd election

Main article: 2021 Senedd election

[[2021 Senedd election|2021 Senedd election additional members]]

Party	Constituency
seats	title=Senedd Cymru Election Result- South Wales West Region	url=https://www.swansea.gov.uk/seneddregional	publisher=Swansea Council	access-date=11 May 2021	archive-date=11 May 2021	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511192157/https://www.swansea.gov.uk/seneddregional	url-status=live }}	D'Hondt
entitlement	Additional
members
elected	Total members
elected	Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Welsh Labour}}"		[](welsh-labour)	7	78,318 (43.07%)	6	0	7
Welsh Conservatives}}"		[](welsh-conservatives)	0	38,244 (21.03%)	3	2	2
Plaid Cymru}}"		[](plaid-cymru)	0	33,753 (18.56%)	2	2	2
Green Party of England and Wales}}"		[](wales-green-party)	0	7,155 (3.93%)	0	0	0
Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party}}"		[](abolish-the-welsh-assembly-party)	0	6,976 (3.84%)	0	0	0
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}"		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)	0	6,010 (3.31%)	0	0	0
UK Independence Party}}"		[](united-kingdom-independence-party)	0	2,809 (1.54%)	0	0	0
Independent politician}}"		Independent - Jones	0	2,747 (1.51%)	0	0	0
Reform UK}}"		[](reform-uk)	0	1,774 (0.98%)	0	0	0
Propel (political party)}}"		Propel	0	1,506 (0.82%)	0	0	0
Gwlad}}"		Gwlad	0	1,306 (0.72%)	0	0	0
Freedom Alliance (UK)}}"		Freedom Alliance	0	1,271 (0.70%)	0	0	0
Communist Party of Britain}}"		[](communist-party-of-britain)	0	483 (0.27%)	0	0	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition}}"		[](trade-unionist-and-socialist-coalition)	0	345 (0.19%)	0	0	0

Regional MSs elected 2021

Party	Name
Welsh Conservatives}}"		[](welsh-conservative-party)
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)
Welsh Conservatives}}"		[](welsh-conservatives)
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)

2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members

In the 2016 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
Welsh Labour}}		[](welsh-labour)	7	66,903 (39.5%)	5	0	7
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)	0	29,050 (17.2%)	2	2	2
Welsh Conservatives}}"		[](welsh-conservatives)	0	25,414 (15.0%)	2	1	1
UK Independence Party}}"		[](uk-independence-party)	0	23,096 (13.7%)	2	1	1
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}"		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)	0	10,946 (6.5%)	0	0	0
Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party}}		Abolish the Welsh Assembly	0	7,137 (4%)	0	0	0
Green Party of England and Wales}}		Green	0	4,420 (3%)	0	0	0
Official Monster Raving Loony Party}}		Official Monster Raving Loony Party	0	1,106 (1%)	0	0	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition}}		TUSC	0	686 (0%)	0	0	0
Welsh Communist Party}}		Welsh Communist Party	0	431 (0%)	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 2016

Party	Name
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)
Welsh Conservatives}}"		[](welsh-conservatives)
UK Independence Party}}"		[](uk-independence-party)

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
Welsh Labour}}		[](welsh-labour)	7	71,766 (46.5%)	6	0	7
Welsh Conservative Party}}"		[](welsh-conservative-party)	0	27,457 (17.8%)	2	2	2
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)	0	21,258 (13.8%)	2	1	1
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}"		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)	0	10,683 (6.9%)	1	1	1
United Kingdom Independence Party}}"		[](uk-independence-party)	0	6,619 (4.3%)	0	0	0
Socialist Labour Party (UK)}}"		[](socialist-labour-party-uk)	0	5,057 (3.3%)	0	0	0
British National Party}}		[](british-national-party)	0	4,714 (3.1%)	0	0	0
Green Party of England and Wales}}"		[](wales-green-party)	0	3,952 (2.6%)	0	0	0
Welsh Christian Party}}		[](welsh-christian-party)	0	1,602 (1.0%)	0	0	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition}}"		[](trade-unionist-and-socialist-coalition)	0	809 (0.5%)	0	0	0
Communist Party of Britain}}		[](communist-party-of-britain)	0	464 (0.3%)	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 2011

Party	Name
Welsh Conservative Party}}"		[](welsh-conservative-party)
Welsh Conservative Party}}"		[](welsh-conservative-party)
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}"		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)

† 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:

Party	Constituency
seats	List votes
(vote %)	D'Hondt
entitlement	Additional
members
elected	Total members
elected	Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Welsh Labour}}		[](welsh-labour)	7	58,374 (35.8%)	5	0	7
Plaid Cymru}}"		[](plaid-cymru)	0	28,819 (17.7%)	2	2	2
Welsh Conservative Party}}"		[](welsh-conservative-party)	0	26,119 (16.1%)	2	1	1
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}"		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)	0	20,226 (12.4%)	2	1	1
British National Party}}		[](british-national-party)	0	8,993 (5.5%)	0	0	0
Green Party of England and Wales}}"		[](green-party-of-england-and-wales)	0	6,130 (3.8%)	0	0	0
United Kingdom Independence Party}}"		[](uk-independence-party)	0	5,914 (3.6%)	0	0	0
Socialist Labour Party (UK)}}"		[](socialist-labour-party-uk)	0	2,367 (1.5%)	0	0	0
Welsh Christian Party}}		[](welsh-christian-party)	0	1,685 (1.0%)	0	0	0
Independent (politician)}}"		[](independent-politician)	0	1,186 (0.7%)	0	0	0
Socialist Party (England and Wales)}}"		[](socialist-party-england-and-wales)	0	1,027 (0.6%)	0	0	0
Respect - The Unity Coalition}}		[](respect-the-unity-coalition)	0	713 (0.4%)	0	0	0
Independent Conservative}}"		[](independent-conservative)	0	582 (0.4%)	0	0	0
Communist Party of Britain}}		[](communist-party-of-britain)	0	546 (0.3%)	0	0	0
Christian Peoples Alliance}}		[](christian-peoples-alliance)	0	393 (0.2%)	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:

Party	Constituency
seats	List votes
(vote %)	D'Hondt
entitlement	Additional
members
elected	Total members
elected	Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Welsh Labour}}		[](welsh-labour)	7	58,066 (41.61%)	6	0	7
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)	0	24,799 (17.77%)	2	2	2
Welsh Conservative Party}}"		[](welsh-conservative-party)	0	20,981 (15.03%)	2	1	1
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}"		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)	0	17,746 (12.72%)	1	1	1
Green Party of England and Wales}}"		[](green-party-of-england-and-wales)	0	6,696 (4.80%)	0	0	0
United Kingdom Independence Party}}"		[](uk-independence-party)	0	6,113 (4.38%)	0	0	0
Socialist Labour Party (UK)}}"		[](socialist-labour-party-uk)	0	3,446 (2.47%)	0	0	0
	Cymru Annibynnol	0	1,346 (0.96%)	0	0	0
ProLife Alliance}}		[](prolife-alliance)	0	355 (0.25%)	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:

Party	Constituency
seats	List votes
(vote %)	D'Hondt
entitlement	Additional
members
elected	Total members
elected	Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Welsh Labour}}		[](welsh-labour)	7	70,625 (41.79%)	5	0	7
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)	0	50,757 (30.04%)	4	2	2
Welsh Conservative Party}}"		[](welsh-conservative-party)	0	20,993 (12.42%)	1	1	1
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}"		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)	0	18,527 (10.96%)	1	1	1
Green Party of England and Wales}}"		[](green-party-of-england-and-wales)	0	4,082 (2.42%)	0	0	0
	People's Representative	0	2,074 (1.23%)	0	0	0
Welsh Socialist Alliance}}		[](welsh-socialist-alliance)	0	1,257 (0.74%)	0	0	0
Natural Law Party}}		[](natural-law-party)	0	676 (0.40%)	0	0	0

Notes

References

"Senedd Cymru Election Result- South Wales West Region". Swansea Council.
(6 May 2016). "Election results for South Wales West, 6 May 2016".
(2007-03-21). "Welsh assembly election 2007". BBC News.
"Welsh National Assembly regional constituency: South Wales West".

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