Neath (Senedd constituency)
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.
Neath Castell-nedd | |
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Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
![]() Neath shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies | |
Current Senedd county constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Labour |
MS | Jeremy Miles |
Electoral region | South Wales West |
Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
History
editSince 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
editThe 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
editIn 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
editElection | Member | Party | Portrait | |
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1999 | Gwenda Thomas | Labour | ||
2016 | Jeremy Miles |
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[2] | |||||
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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 | |||||||
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
editParty | 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 |
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
editParty | Candidate | Constituency[8] | Regional[9] | |||||
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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 |
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
editParty | 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Three gay and lesbian AMs 'a milestone'". 7 May 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "South Wales West Electoral Region Neath Constituency STATEMENT OF LOCAL TOTALS" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Wales elections > Neath". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Wales elections > Neath". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Neath, Political Science Resources
- ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.