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Aberavon (Assembly constituency)
Coordinates: 51°36′00″N 3°48′43″W / 51.600°N 3.812°W
Not to be confused with Aberavon (UK Parliament 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: | 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.
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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 | |
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| 1999 | Brian Gibbons | Labour Party | |
| 2011 | David Rees | Labour Party | |
Elections
| Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Aberavon[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Felix Rees | 12,104 | 64.1 | +14.8 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Paul Nicholls-Jones | 2,793 | 14.8 | -2.5 | |
| Conservative | TJ Morgan | 2,704 | 14.3 | +4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Ceri Clarke | 1,278 | 6.8 | -0.3 | |
| Majority | 9,311 | 49.3 | |||
| Turnout | 18,879 | 37 | -16.49 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
| Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Aberavon[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian Gibbons | 10,129 | 49.3 | -10.1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Linett Purcell | 3,558 | 17.3 | -0.4 | |
| Independent | Andrew Tutton | 2,561 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
| Conservative | Daisy Meyland-Smith | 1,990 | 9.7 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire 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[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian Gibbons | 11,137 | 59.4 | +8.1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Geraint Owen | 3,324 | 17.7 | -4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Waller | 1,840 | 9.8 | -3.8 | |
| Conservative | Myr Boult | 1,732 | 9.2 | +2.3 | |
| Independent | Robert Williams | 608 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Independent | Gwenno Saunders | 114 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 7,813 | 41.7 | +12.7 | ||
| Turnout | 18,755 | 37.7 | -9.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.4 | |||
| Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Aberavon[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian Gibbons | 11,941 | 51.3 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Janet Davies | 5,198 | 22.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Keith Davies | 3,165 | 13.6 | ||
| Conservative | Mary Davies | 1,624 | 7.0 | ||
| Independent | Captain Beany | 849 | 3.6 | ||
| Independent | David Pudner | 517 | 2.2 | ||
| Majority | 6,743 | 29.0 | |||
| Turnout | 23,294 | 46.9 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ "Wales elections > Aberavon". BBC News. 6 May 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/26664.stm. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Welsh assembly election 2007". BBC News (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2007-05-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/welshasssembly_english/html/800.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- ^ a b "Assembly Election results, 1999 and 2003". Political Science Resources. Richard Kimber. http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ass/constit/w555.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
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