Aberavon (Assembly constituency)

Not to be confused with Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency).

Coordinates: 51°36′00″N 3°48′43″W / 51.600°N 3.812°W / 51.600; -3.812

**Aberavon**
Welsh Assembly county constituency

Aberavon shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created:	1999
Electoral region:	South Wales West
AM:	David Rees
Party:	Labour
Council area:	Neath Port Talbot
Preserved county:	West Glamorgan

Aberavon is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member 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

Having only elected Labour AMs with huge majority this can be considered a Labour safe seat. The Conservatives usually do particularly poorly in this seat, their highest percentage being in 2011 with 14.3%.

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Aberavon Westminster constituency, and it is entirely within the preserved county of West Glamorgan. Boundaries were unchanged by the review whose proposals come into effect for the 2007 Welsh Assembly election.

The constituency is composed of the Neath Port Talbot electoral divisions: Aberavon, Baglan, Briton Ferry East, Briton Ferry West, Bryn & Cwmavon, Coedffranc Central, Coedffranc North, Coedffranc West, Cymmer, Glyncorrwg, Gwynfi, Margam, Port Talbot, Sandlands East, Sandlands West, and Tai-bach.

The other six constituencies of the region are Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, Swansea East and Swansea West.

Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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

Elected		Member	Party
	1999	Brian Gibbons	Labour
	2011	David Rees	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Aberavon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Rees	10,578	50.7	-13.4
	Plaid Cymru	Bethan Jenkins	4,176	20.0	+5.2
	UKIP	Glenda Davies	3,119	15.0	+15.0
	Conservative	David Jenkins	1,342	6.4	-7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Ceri Clarke	1,248	6.0	-0.8
	Green	Jonathan Tier	389	1.9	+1.9
Majority			6,402	30.7	-18.6
Turnout			20,852	42.5	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.3

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Aberavon^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Rees	12,104	64.1	+14.8
	Plaid Cymru	Paul Nicholls-Jones	2,793	14.8	−2.5
	Conservative	T. Morgan	2,704	14.3	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Ceri Clarke	1,278	6.8	−0.3
Majority			9,311	49.3	+17.3
Turnout			18,879	37	−2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.7

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Aberavon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brian Gibbons	10,129	49.3	−10.1
	Plaid Cymru	Linett Margaret Purcell	3,558	17.3	−0.4
	Independent	Andrew James Tutton	2,561	12.5	+12.5
	Conservative	Daisy Meyland-Smith	1,990	9.7	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Margaret Waller	1,450	7.1	−2.7
	New Millennium Bean Party	Captain Beany	840	4.1	+4.1
Majority			6,571	32.0	−9.7
Turnout			20,528	39.8	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.3

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Aberavon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brian Gibbons	11,137	59.4	+8.1
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint D. Owen	3,324	17.7	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Margaret Waller	1,840	9.8	−3.8
	Conservative	Myr A. Boult	1,732	9.2	+2.3
	Independent	Robert Williams	608	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Gwenno M. Saunders	114	0.6	N/A
Majority			7,813	41.7	+12.7
Turnout			18,755	37.7	−9.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.4

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Aberavon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brian Gibbons	11,941	51.3	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Davies	5,198	22.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Davies	3,165	13.6	N/A
	Conservative	Mary E. Davies	1,624	7.0	N/A
	Independent	Captain Beany	849	3.6	N/A
	Independent	David Huw Pudner	517	2.2	N/A
Majority			6,743	29.0	N/A
Turnout			23,294	46.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

↑ "Wales Elections 2016 > Aberavon". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
↑ "Wales elections > Aberavon". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
↑ "Welsh assembly election 2007 - Aberavon". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
1 2 "Assembly Election results, 1999 and 2003". Political Science Resources. Richard Kimber. Retrieved 30 June 2008.

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales

Mid and West Wales	Brecon and Radnorshire Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Ceredigion Dwyfor Meirionnydd Llanelli Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire

North Wales	Aberconwy Alyn and Deeside Arfon Clwyd South Clwyd West Delyn Vale of Clwyd Wrexham Ynys Môn

South Wales Central	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Cynon Valley Pontypridd Rhondda Vale of Glamorgan

South Wales East	Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Islwyn Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Monmouth Newport East Newport West Torfaen

South Wales West	Aberavon Bridgend Gower Neath Ogmore Swansea East Swansea West

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