South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)

South Wales West
Gorllewin De Cymru
Senedd electoral region
Created
1999
Current representation
Labour 7 MSs
Plaid Cymru 2 MSs
Conservative 2 MSs
Constituencies
1. Aberavon
2. Bridgend
3. Gower
4. Neath
5. Ogmore
6. Swansea East
7. Swansea West
Preserved counties
Mid Glamorgan (part)
South Glamorgan (part)
West Glamorgan

South West Wales (Welsh: Gorllewin De Cymru) is an electoral region of the Senedd.

Constituencies

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of the Senedd Nearest opposition Preserved counties
Aberavon 49,891 6,402 (30.7%)   David Rees   Victoria Griffiths Entirely within West Glamorgan
Bridgend 62,185 5,623 (20.9%)   Sarah Murphy   Rachel Nugent-Finn Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan
Gower 62,163 1,829 (6.1%)   Rebecca Evans   Myles Langstone Entirely within West Glamorgan
Neath 55,859 2,923 (11.5%)   Jeremy Miles   Sioned Williams Entirely within West Glamorgan
Ogmore 56,661 9,468 (40.5%)   Huw Irranca-Davies   Luke Fletcher Partly Mid Glamorgan, partly South Glamorgan
Swansea East 58,521 7,452 (36.2%)   Mike Hedges   Rhiannon Barrar Entirely within West Glamorgan
Swansea West 56,892 5,080 (22.9%)   Julie James   Samantha Chohan Entirely within West Glamorgan

Election results

Party Constituency
seats 		List votes
(vote %)[1] 		D'Hondt
entitlement 		Additional
members
elected 		Total members
elected 		Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 7 78,318 (43%) 6 0 7 +1
Conservative 0 38,244 (21%) 3 2 2 -1
Plaid Cymru 0 33,753 (19%) 2 2 2 0
Green 0 7,155 (4%) 0 0 0 0
Abolish 0 6,976 (4%) 0 0 0 0
Liberal Democrats 0 6,010 (3%) 0 0 0 0
UKIP 0 2,809 (2%) 0 0 0 0
Independent - Jones 0 2,747 (2%) 0 0 0 0
Reform UK 0 1,774 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Propel 0 1,506 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Gwlad 0 1,306 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Freedom Alliance 0 1,271 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Communist 0 483 (0%) 0 0 0 0
TUSC 0 345 (0%) 0 0 0 0
  1. ↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ↑ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

The following regional MSs were elected 2021:

Party Name
Conservative Tom Giffard
Plaid Cymru Sioned Williams
Conservative Altaf Hussain
Plaid Cymru Luke Fletcher

References

  1. ↑ "Senedd Cymru Election Result- South Wales West Region". Swansea Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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