Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 51°36′00″N 3°48′43″W / 51.600°N 3.812°W
Aberavon | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Aberavon in Wales. | |
Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
Population | 66,133 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 51,233 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Port Talbot |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of parliament | Stephen Kinnock (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Swansea District |
Overlaps | |
Welsh Assembly | Aberavon, 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. It is represented by Stephen Kinnock of the Labour Party.
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. Ramsay MacDonald, who became Labour's first Prime Minister in 1924, held the seat from 1922 to 1929.
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
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1918 | Jack Edwards | Liberal | |
1922 | Rt Hon Ramsay MacDonald | Labour | |
1929 | William Cove | Labour | |
1959 | Sir John Morris | Labour | |
2001 | Hywel Francis | Labour | |
2015 | Stephen Kinnock | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Stephen Kinnock | 15,416 | 48.9 | −3.0 | |
UKIP | Peter Bush[6] | 4,971 | 15.8 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Edward Yi He | 3,742 | 11.9 | −2.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Duncan Higgitt | 3,663 | 11.6 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Ceri Clarke | 1,397 | 4.4 | −11.8 | |
Independent | Captain Beany | 1,137 | 3.6 | +1.8 | |
Green | Jonathan Tier | 711 | 2.3 | n/a | |
Socialist Labour | Andrew Jordan | 352 | 1.1 | n/a | |
TUSC | Owen Herbert | 134 | 0.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 10,445 | 33.1 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 31,523 | 63.3 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Hywel Francis | 16,073 | 51.9 | −8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Hywel Francis | 18,077 | 60.0 | −3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Hywel Francis | 19,063 | 63.1 | −8.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Mrs. Lisa Turnbull | 2,955 | 9.8 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Gareth Davies | 2,933 | 9.7 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Mohammad Ali Miraj | 2,296 | 7.6 | −0.3 | |
Independent | Andrew James 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 | 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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 W.J. 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 | 77.6 | −0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Morris | 27,126 | 66.8 | +8.0 | |
Liberal | Mrs Marilyn Harris | 6,517 | 16.0 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Paul Terence Philip Warwick | 5,861 | 14.4 | −1.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Miss Anne Louisa Howells | 1,124 | 2.8 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 20,609 | 50.7 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,628 | 77.7 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Morris | 23,745 | 58.75 | −2.9 | |
Liberal | Mrs. Sheila M. Cutts | 8,206 | 20.30 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | G.N.A. Bailey | 6,605 | 16.3 | −8.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | A.G. Phillips | 1,859 | 4.6 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 15,539 | 38.45 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,415 | 75.62 | −3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Morris | 31,665 | 61.7 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | F. McCarthy | 12,692 | 24.7 | +7.9 | |
Liberal | Mrs. Sheila M. Cutts | 4,624 | 9.0 | −2.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Thomas | 1,954 | 3.8 | −4.7 | |
Communist | G. Rowden | 406 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,973 | 37.0 | −9.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,179 | 79.2 | +6.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Morris | 29,683 | 62.82 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | N K Hammond | 7,931 | 16.78 | −5.8 | |
Liberal | Mrs. Sheila M. Cutts | 5,178 | 10.96 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Thomas | 4,032 | 8.53 | −3.6 | |
Workers Revolutionary | J. Bevan | 427 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,752 | 46.04 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,251 | 73.07 | −2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Morris | 31,656 | 65.24 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Hubbard-Miles | 10,968 | 22.60 | +0.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | DG Foster | 5,898 | 12.2 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 20,688 | 42.64 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,522 | 75.62 | +0.84 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Morris | 31,314 | 66.99 | −8.45 | |
Conservative | Ian Grist | 10,419 | 22.29 | +1.35 | |
Plaid Cymru | Graham Farmer | 3,912 | 8.37 | N/A | |
Communist | Julian Tudor 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Morris | 33,763 | 75.44 | +3.33 | |
Conservative | Robert Hicks | 9,369 | 20.94 | +0.41 | |
Communist | Julian Tudor Hart | 1,620 | 3.62 | +0.88 | |
Majority | 24,394 | 54.51 | +2.93 | ||
Turnout | 45,146 | 78.27 | −2.58 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Morris | 33,103 | 72.11 | +6.35 | |
Conservative | John Stradling Thomas | 9,424 | 20.53 | −7.07 | |
Plaid Cymru | Glyn John | 2,118 | 4.61 | −2.02 | |
Communist | Julian Tudor 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Morris | 30,397 | 65.76 | −3.78 | |
Conservative | Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe | 12,759 | 27.60 | −2.86 | |
Plaid Cymru | Iixtyd 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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | William George Cove | 29,003 | 69.54 | −2.43 | |
Conservative | Richard Edward 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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | William George Cove | 30,498 | 71.97 | +3.29 | |
Conservative | John Warren Loveridge | 11,878 | 28.03 | +9.05 | |
Majority | 18,620 | 43.94 | −5.76 | ||
Turnout | 42,376 | 84.63 | −1.21 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | William George Cove | 29,278 | 68.68 | −3.83 | |
National Liberal | Auberon M H Y M Herbert | 8,091 | 18.98 | −8.51 | |
Liberal | John Maldwyn 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | William George Cove | 31,286 | 72.51 | ||
Conservative | David Treharne Llewellyn | 11,860 | 27.49 | ||
Majority | 19,426 | 45.02 | |||
Turnout | 43,146 | 79.42 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | William George Cove | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Labour hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | William George Cove | 23,029 | 58.4 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Edward Curran | 16,378 | 41.6 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 6,651 | 16.9 | |||
Turnout | 84.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | William George Cove | 22,194 | 55.9 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | William Henry Williams | 13,155 | 33.2 | -13.7 | |
Unionist | Francis Bertram Reece | 4,330 | 10.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 9,039 | 22.7 | +16.5 | ||
Turnout | 87.0 | -2.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Rt Hon. James Ramsay MacDonald | 17,724 | 53.1 | ||
Liberal | William Henry Williams | 15,624 | 46.9 | ||
Majority | 2,100 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 89.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Ramsay MacDonald | 17,439 | 55.6 | +9.0 | |
Unionist | Sidney Hutchinson Byass | 13,927 | 44.4 | +8.3 | |
Majority | 3,512 | 11.2 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 87.2 | +1.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Ramsay MacDonald | 14,318 | 46.6 | +10.9 | |
Unionist | Sidney Hutchinson Byass | 11,111 | 36.1 | n/a | |
National Liberal | John Edwards | 5,238 | 17.3 | -45.5 | |
Majority | 3,207 | 10.5 | -16.5 | ||
Turnout | 88.6 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +28.2 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | 13,635 | 62.8 | n/a | ||
Labour | Robert Williams | 7,758 | 35.7 | n/a | |
NFDDSS | T.G. Jones | 324 | 1.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 5,877 | 27.1 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 21,697 | 71.4 | n/a | ||
Liberal win | |||||
- Edwards endorsed by Coalition Government. Jones withdrew in favour of Edwards on 13 Dec 1918
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
- ↑ "Aberavon and Neath Results" (PDF). UK Parliamentary Elections May 2015 results. Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ "Aberavon Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015 Results. BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ "Candidates". UKIP Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ "BBC News | Election 2010 | Constituency | Aberavon". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British parliamentary election results, 1918–1949, Fred W. S. Craig
Further reading
- Richard Kimber (2008). "UK General Elections since 1832 UK General Elections since 1832". psr.keele.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Bewdley |
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 22 January 1924 – 4 November 1924 |
Succeeded by Bewdley |