Aberavon (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
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| Aberavon shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| Electoral region: | South Wales West |
| AM: | Brian Gibbons |
| Party: | Labour |
| 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.
[edit] 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 will be unchanged by the review whose proposals come into effect for the 2007 Welsh Assembly election.
The other six constituencies of the region are Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, Swansea East and Swansea West.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Electoral history 1997 - 2007
| General Election 1997: Aberavon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 25,650 | 71.32% | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 4,079 | 11.34% | |||
| Conservative | 2,835 | 7.88% | |||
| Plaid Cymru | 2,088 | 5.80% | |||
| Referendum Party | 970 | 2.69% | |||
| Independent | Captain Beany | 341 | 0.94% | ||
| Majority | 21,571 | 59.98% | |||
| Turnout | 35,963 | 71.89% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| National Assembly for Wales Election 1999: Aberavon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian Gibbons | 11,941 | 51.26% | -20.06% | |
| Plaid Cymru | Janet Davies | 5,198 | 22.31% | +16.51% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Davies | 3,165 | 13.58% | +2.24% | |
| Conservative | Mary E. Davies | 1,624 | 6.97% | -0.91% | |
| Independent | Captain Beany | 849 | 3.64% | +2.70% | |
| Independent | David Pudner | 517 | 2.21% | +2.21% | |
| Majority | 6,743 | 28.95% | -31.03% | ||
| Turnout | 23,294 | 46.78% | -25.11% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -18.28% | |||
| National Assembly for Wales Election 2003: Aberavon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian Gibbons | 11,137 | 59.38% | +8.12% | |
| Plaid Cymru | Geraint Owen | 3,324 | 17.72% | -4.59% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Waller | 1,840 | 9.81% | -3.77% | |
| Conservative | Myr Boult | 1,732 | 9.23% | +2.26% | |
| Independent | Robert Williams | 608 | 3.24% | +3.24% | |
| Independent | Gwenno Nererid Saunders | 114 | 0.60% | +0.60% | |
| Majority | 7,813 | 41.66% | +12.71% | ||
| Turnout | 18,755 | 37.355 | -9.43% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.36% | |||
