Neath (Assembly constituency)

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Neath
Welsh Assembly county constituency
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Neath shown as one of the 40
Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created: 1999
Electoral region: South Wales West
AM: Gwenda Thomas
Party: Labour
Preserved county: West Glamorgan

Neath 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.

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 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.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Neath[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Miles
Plaid Cymru Alun Llewelyn
Green Lisa Rapado
UKIP Llŷr Powell
Majority
Turnout
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Neath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gwenda Thomas 12,736 53.4 +10.0
Plaid Cymru Alun Llewellyn 6,346 26.6 −9.1
Conservative Alex Powell 2,780 11.7 −0.1
BNP Michael Green 1,004 4.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mathew McCarthy 983 4.1 −5.1
Majority 6,390 26.8 +19.1
Turnout 23849 41.1 −2.4
Labour hold Swing +9.6

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Neath[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gwenda Thomas 10,934 43.4 −7.6
Plaid Cymru Alun Llewellyn 8,990 35.7 +6.9
Conservative Andrew Sivertsen 2,956 11.7 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Mrs Sheila Ramsay-Waye 2,320 9.2 +0.0
Majority 1,944 7.7 -14.6
Turnout 25,200 43.5 +4.4
Labour hold Swing −7.3
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Neath[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gwenda Thomas 11,332 51.1 +5.6
Plaid Cymru Alun Llewellyn 6,386 28.8 −7.0
Liberal Democrats Miss Helen C. Jones 2,048 9.2 −0.6
Conservative Chris B. Smart 2,011 9.1 +2.0
Socialist Alliance David Huw Pudner 410 1.9 +0.0
Majority 4,946 22.3 +12.6
Turnout 22,187 39.1 −8.9
Labour hold Swing +6.3

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Neath[3]
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 Miss 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)

References

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  2. Election results - 2007, National Assembly for Wales
  3. 3.0 3.1 Neath, Political Science Resources

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