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Not to be confused with Aberavon (Assembly constituency).

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

Aberavon
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Aberavon in Wales.
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Electorate	51,233 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Port Talbot
Current constituency
Created	1918 (1918)
Member of Parliament	Hywel Francis (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Swansea District
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	South Wales West
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Aberavon (Welsh: Aberafan) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.

Contents

1 History
2 Boundaries
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 See also
6 Notes and references
7 Sources

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election by a division of the Swansea District. With the exception of the first term, it has been held by the Labour Party, and for seven years was held by Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister in 1924 and from 1929 to 1935.

Boundaries

The constituency is in south Wales, situated on the right bank of the River Afan, near its mouth in Swansea Bay. The constituency today includes the wards of Aberavon, Baglan, Briton Ferry East, Briton Ferry West, Bryn and Cwmavon, Coedffranc Central, Coedffranc North, Coedffranc West, Cymmer, Glyncorrwg, Gwynfi, Margam, Port Talbot, Sandfields East, Sandfields West and Tai-bach.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1918	Jack Edwards	Liberal
1922	Rt Hon Ramsay MacDonald	Labour
1929	William Cove	Labour
1959	Sir John Morris	Labour
2001	Hywel Francis	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Aberavon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hywel Francis	16,073	51.9	−8.1
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Davies	5,034	16.3	+2.5
	Conservative	Caroline Jones	4,411	14.2	+4.1
	Plaid Cymru	Paul Nicholls-Jones	2,198	7.1	−4.7
	BNP	Kevin Edwards	1,276	4.1	N/A
	Independent	Andrew Tutton	919	3.0	N/A
	New Millennium Bean Party	Captain Beany	558	1.8	N/A
	UKIP	Joe Callan	489	1.6	N/A
Majority			11,039	35.7	−10.6
Turnout			30,958	61.0	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hywel Francis	18,077	60.0	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Claire Waller	4,140	13.8	+4.0
	Plaid Cymru	Philip Evans	3,545	11.8	+2.1
	Conservative	Annunziata Rees-Mogg	3,064	10.2	+2.6
	Veritas	Jim Wright	768	2.6	N/A
	Green	Miranda La Vey	510	1.7	N/A
Majority			13,937	46.3	-7.1
Turnout			30,104	58.9	-1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

General Election 2001: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hywel Francis	19,063	63.1	-8.2
	Plaid Cymru	Lisa Turnbull	2,955	9.8	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Davies	2,933	9.7	-1.6
	Conservative	Ali Miraj	2,296	7.6	-0.3
	Independent	Andrew Tutton	1,960	6.5	N/A
	New Millennium Bean	Captain Beany	727	2.4	+1.4
	Socialist Alliance	Martin Chapman	256	0.8	N/A
Majority			16,108	53.3	−9.5
Turnout			30,190	61.0	-10.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Aberavon^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Morris	25,650	71.3	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald McConville	4,079	11.3	−1.1
	Conservative	Peter Harper	2,835	7.9	−5.9
	Plaid Cymru	Philip Cockwell	2,088	5.8	+1.0
	Referendum Party	Peter David	970	2.7	N/A
	Independent	Captain Beany	341	1.0	−0.8
Majority			21,571	62.8	+9.6
Turnout			35,963	71.9	−5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.6

General Election 1992: Aberavon^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Morris	26,877	67.1	+0.3
	Conservative	Hywel Williams	5,567	13.9	−0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Marilyn Harris	4,999	12.5	−3.6
	Plaid Cymru	David Saunders	1,919	4.8	+2.0
	Real Bean	Captain Beany	707	1.8	N/A
Majority			21,310	53.2	+2.5
Turnout			40,069	77.58	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Morris	27,126	66.77	+8.02
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Mrs Marilyn Harris	6,517	16.04	−4.26
	Conservative	P Warwick	5,861	14.43	−1.91
	Plaid Cymru	A Howells	1,124	2.77	−1.83
Majority			20,609	50.73	+12.28
Turnout			40,628	77.71	+2.09
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Morris	23,745	58.75	−2.93
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	S Cutts	8,206	20.30	+11.29
	Conservative	G Bailey	6,605	16.34	−8.38
	Plaid Cymru	G Phillips	1,859	4.6	+0.79
Majority			15,539	38.45	+1.5
Turnout			40,415	75.62	−3.53
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Morris	31,665	61.68	−1.14
	Conservative	F McCarthy	12,692	24.72	+7.94
	Liberal	S M Cutts	4,624	9.01	−1.95
	Plaid Cymru	G Thomas	1,954	3.81	−4.72
	Communist	G Rowden	406	0.79	N/A
Majority			18,973	36.95	−9.09
Turnout			47,179	79.15	+6.08
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1974: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Morris	29,683	62.82	−2.42
	Conservative	N K Hammond	7,931	16.78	−5.82
	Liberal	S Cutts	5,178	10.96	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	G Thomas	4,032	8.53	−3.63
	Workers Revolutionary	J Bevan	427	0.90	N/A
Majority			21,752	46.04	+3.40
Turnout			47,251	73.07	−2.55
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1974: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Morris	31,656	65.24	−1.75
	Conservative	Peter Hubbard-Miles	10,968	22.60	+0.31
	Plaid Cymru	DG Foster	5,898	12.16	+3.79
Majority			20,688	42.64	−2.06
Turnout			48,522	75.62	+0.84
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Morris	31,314	66.99	−8.45
	Conservative	I Grist	10,419	22.29	+1.35
	Plaid Cymru	G Farmer	3,912	8.37	N/A
	Communist	JT Hart	1,102	2.36	−1.26
Majority			20,895	44.70	−9.81
Turnout			46,747	74.78	−3.49
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Morris	33,763	75.44	+3.33
	Conservative	R Hicks	9,369	20.94	+0.41
	Communist	JT Hart	1,620	3.62	+0.88
Majority			24,394	54.51	+2.93
Turnout			45,146	78.27	−2.58
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Morris	33,103	72.11	+6.35
	Conservative	J S Thomas	9,424	20.53	−7.07
	Plaid Cymru	G John	2,118	4.61	−2.02
	Communist	JT Hart	1,260	2.74	N/A
Majority			23,679	51.58	+13.42
Turnout			45,905	80.85	−1.23
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Morris	30,397	65.76	−3.78
	Conservative	Geoffrey Howe	12,759	27.60	−2.86
	Plaid Cymru	I M Lewis	3,066	6.63	N/A
Majority			17,638	38.16	−0.91
Turnout			46,222	82.08	+2.81
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Cove	29,003	69.54	−2.43
	Conservative	Geoffrey Howe	12,706	30.46	+2.43
Majority			16,297	39.07	−4.87
Turnout			41,709	79.27	−5.36
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.43

General Election 1951: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Cove	30,498	71.97	+3.29
	Conservative	J W Loveridge	11,878	28.03	+9.05
Majority			18,620	43.94	−5.76
Turnout			42,376	84.63	−1.21
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Cove	29,278	68.68	−3.83
	Conservative	A Herbert	8,091	18.98	−8.51
	Liberal	J M Thomas	5,263	12.35	N/A
Majority			21,187	49.70	+4.68
Turnout			42,634	85.84	+6.42
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Cove	31,286	72.51
	Conservative	D T Llewellyn	11,860	27.49
Majority			19,426	45.02
Turnout			43,146	79.42
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority

General Election 1931: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William George Cove	22194	55.93
	Liberal	Capt W. H. Williams	13155	33.15
	Conservative	F. B. Reece	4330	10.92
Majority			9039	22.78

General Election 1924: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority

General Election 1923: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority

General Election 1922: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ramsay MacDonald	14,315	46.68	+10.92
	Conservative	S Byass	11,111	36.23	N/A
	Liberal	J Edwards	5,238	17.08	-45.67
Majority			3,204	10.45	-16.54
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+28.3

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Aberavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Maj. Jack Edwards	13,615	62.75
	Labour	Robert Williams	7,758	35.76
	NFDSS	T.G. Jones	324	1.49
Majority			5,877	26.99
Turnout			21,717

Notes and references

^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=14666. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)^{[self-published source?]}^{[better source needed]}
^ BBC - Election 2010 - Aberavon
^ "Politcs Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/555.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.120 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

Sources

"UK General Elections since 1832 UK General Elections since 1832". psr.keele.ac.uk. 2008. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-23.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Bewdley	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 22 January 1924 – 4 November 1924	Succeeded by Bewdley

v t e Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot county borough

Aberavon	Aberavon Baglan Briton Ferry East Briton Ferry West Bryn and Cwmavon Coedffranc Central Coedffranc North Coedffranc West Cymmer Glyncorrwg Gwynfi Margam Port Talbot Sandfields East Sandfields West Tai-Bach

Neath	Aberdulais Allt-Wen Blaengwrach Bryncoch North Bryncoch South Cadoxton Cimla Crynant Cwmllynfell Dyffryn Glynneath Godre'r Graig Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Lower Brynamman Neath East Neath North Neath South Onllwyn Pelenna Pontardawe Resolven Rhos Seven Sisters Tonna Trebanos Ystalyfera

v t e Constituencies in Wales (40)

Labour (26)	Aberavon Alyn and Deeside Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Clwyd South Cynon Valley Delyn Gower Islwyn Llanelli Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Neath Newport East Newport West Ogmore Pontypridd Rhondda Swansea East Swansea West Torfaen Vale of Clwyd Wrexham Ynys Môn

Conservative (8)	Aberconwy Cardiff North Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Clwyd West Monmouth Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire Vale of Glamorgan

Liberal Democrats (3)	Brecon and Radnorshire Cardiff Central Ceredigion

Plaid Cymru (3)	Arfon Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Wales European constituency: Conservative (1) Labour (1) Plaid Cymru (1) UKIP (1)

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