| Gower County constituency |
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| Gower shown within Wales | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Martin Caton |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Preserved county: | West Glamorgan |
| EP constituency: | Wales |
Gower is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency has elected only Labour MPs since 1906, the longest run (with Normanton and Makerfield) of any UK constituency. It is one of three parliamentary seats representing the city of Swansea, the others being Swansea West and Swansea East.
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Boundaries
The constituency encompasses the old Lordship of Gower (less the city of Swansea) and covers the inner Gower peninsula and outer Gower areas including Clydach, Gowerton, Gorseinon, Felindre and Garnswllt.
Gower currently comprises the electoral wards of Gower, Oystermouth, Newton, Mawr, Pennard, Fairwood, Kingsbridge, Lower Loughor, Upper Loughor, Penyrheol, Bishopston, Gorseinon, Pontarddulais, Clydach, Penclawdd, Gowerton, Penllergaer, Llangyfelach and West Cross.
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Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Frank Ash Yeo | Liberal | |
| 1888 | David Randell | Liberal | |
| 1900 | John Aeron Thomas | Liberal | |
| 1906 | John Williams | Lib-Lab | |
| 1910 | Labour | ||
| 1922 | David Grenfell | Labour | |
| 1959 | Ifor Davies | Labour | |
| 1982 | Gareth Wardell | Labour | |
| 1997 | Martin Caton | Labour | |
Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Byron Davies | ||||
| General Election 2005: Gower | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Martin Caton | 16,786 | 42.5 | -4.8 | |
| Conservative | Mike Murray | 10,083 | 25.5 | -2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nick Tregoning | 7,291 | 18.4 | +6.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Sian Caiach | 3,089 | 7.8 | -2.5 | |
| UKIP | Richard Lewis | 1,264 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Green | Rhoddri Griffiths | 1,029 | 2.6 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 6,703 | 17.0 | |||
| Turnout | 39,542 | 64.9 | +1.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Gower | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Martin Caton | 17,676 | 47.3 | -6.5 | |
| Conservative | John Bushell | 10,281 | 27.5 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sheila Waye | 4,507 | 12.1 | -0.9 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Sian Caiach | 3,865 | 10.3 | +5.2 | |
| Green | Tina Shrewsbury | 607 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Darran Hickery | 417 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,395 | 19.8 | |||
| Turnout | 37,353 | 63.4 | -11.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by North Antrim |
Constituency represented by the Father of the House 1952 – 1959 |
Succeeded by Woodford |
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