Neath (UK Parliament constituency)















































Neath

County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Neath in Wales.

Preserved county West Glamorgan
Electorate 57,823 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements
Neath, Pontardawe
Current constituency
Created 1918
Member of parliament
Christina Rees (Labour Co-operative)
Number of members One
Created from
Mid Glamorganshire and Gower
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly South Wales West
European Parliament constituency Wales

Neath (Welsh: Castell-nedd) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election and one Assembly Member by the first past the post system of election.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Members of Parliament


  • 3 Elections


    • 3.1 Elections in the 2010s


    • 3.2 Elections in the 2000s


    • 3.3 Elections in the 1990s


    • 3.4 Elections in the 1980s


    • 3.5 Elections in the 1970s


    • 3.6 Elections in the 1960s


    • 3.7 Elections in the 1950s


    • 3.8 Elections in the 1940s


    • 3.9 Elections in the 1930s


    • 3.10 Elections in the 1920s


    • 3.11 Elections in the 1910s




  • 4 See also


  • 5 Notes and references


  • 6 External links





History


The constituency is located in the preserved county of West Glamorgan, Wales. It consists of the electoral wards of: Aberdulais, Allt-wen, Blaengwrach, Bryn-côch North, Bryn-côch 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.


The Neath constituency is a mixture of both industrial and rural communities, running in a north-south strip along the dips, ridges and folded landscape of South Wales. It includes most of the Neath and Dulais valleys, and some of the Upper Swansea Valley as well. The town of Neath is at its southern end and is a medium-sized town which started life as a Roman Nidum.


The constituency boasts historical places of both industrial and natural forms. Neath and the surrounding areas were industrialised very early in Britain's history. Copper smelting was already happening here in the late sixteenth century.[citation needed]


When Neath Abbey (now a magnificent ruin) was founded in 1129, it was the richest of all Welsh monasteries, and in writings of the sixteenth century was described as the 'fairest Abbey of all Wales'. At its height it owned extensive lands and property, from Glamorgan to Somerset; had almost 5,000 sheep, as well as horses and cattle; it owned a ship and a landing-place, and worked mills, fisheries and coal-mines. But it suffered greatly during the many skirmishes between the Welsh and English (or Normans), and by the 1530s had only eight monks left. The ruins date mostly from the late thirteenth century. It has been in turn, a prosperous Abbey, a Jacobean Mansion (painted by Turner), an iron foundry (which explains the Abbey's position in the middle of an industrial area) and now an historical monument.


The constituency was heavily mined and the small communities that grew up around these mines were devastated by the collapse of the mining industry in the 1980s. On the edges of many of these communities there are now "Industrial Villages" springing up, helping to replace the jobs lost by the demise of the mining industry, and so helping to keep young people in these communities.[2][unreliable source?]


A legacy to Neath's political history is the memorial stone in Victoria Gardens to the 5 Neath citizens killed during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–38.[citation needed]


The constituency remains a Welsh-speaking area, with approximately 26% of the population reported as Welsh speakers.[citation needed]



Members of Parliament


Its current Member of Parliament is Christina Rees.












































Election Member[3]
Party


1918

John Hugh Edwards

Coalition Liberal


1922

Sir William Jenkins

Labour


1945 by-election

D. J. Williams

Labour


1964

Donald Coleman

Labour


1991 by-election

Peter Hain

Labour


2015

Christina Rees

Labour


Elections



Elections in the 2010s















































































General Election 2017: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Christina Rees

21,713

56.7

+12.9


Conservative
Orla Lowe
9,082
23.7
+8.4


Plaid Cymru
Daniel Williams
5,339
13.9
−4.2


UKIP
Richard Pritchard
1,419
3.7
−12.7


Liberal Democrat
Frank Little
732
1.9
−1.2
Majority
12,631
33.0
+7.3

Turnout
38,285
68.5
+1.3

Registered electors
55,862




Labour hold

Swing
+2.2























































































General Election 2015: Neath[4][5][4]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Christina Rees

16,270

43.8

−2.4


Plaid Cymru
Daniel Thomas
6,722
18.1
−1.8


UKIP
Richard Pritchard
6,094
16.4
+14.2


Conservative
Ed Hastie
5,691
15.3
+2.3


Green
Catrin Brock
1,185
3.2

N/A


Liberal Democrat
Clare Bentley
1,173
3.2
−11.8
Majority
9,548
25.7
−0.6

Turnout
37,135
66.2
+1.3

Registered electors
56,097




Labour hold

Swing
−0.3























































































General Election 2010: Neath[6][7][8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Peter Hain

17,172

46.3

−6.3


Plaid Cymru
Alun Llywelyn
7,397
19.9
+2.8


Liberal Democrat
Frank Little
5,535
14.9
+0.6


Conservative
Emmeline Owens
4,847
13.1
+1.5


BNP
Michael Green
1,342
3.6

N/A


UKIP
James Bevan
829
2.2

N/A
Majority
9,775
26.3
-9.2

Turnout
37,122
64.9
+2.4

Registered electors
57,295




Labour hold

Swing
−4.6



Elections in the 2000s







































































































General Election 2005: Neath[9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Peter Hain

18,835

52.6

−8.1


Plaid Cymru

Geraint Owen
6,125
17.1
−1.3


Liberal Democrat
Sheila Waye
5,112
14.3
+4.8


Conservative
Harri Davies
4,136
11.5
+2.0


Green
Susan Jay
658
1.8

N/A


Independent
Gerry Brienza
360
1.0

N/A


Legalise Cannabis
Pat Tabram
334
0.9

N/A


Respect
Heather Falconer
257
0.7

N/A
Majority
12,710
35.5
-6.8

Turnout
35,817
62.2
−0.3

Registered electors
57,278




Labour hold

Swing
−3.4























































































General Election 2001: Neath[10]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Peter Hain

21,253

60.7

−12.8


Plaid Cymru
Alun Llewelyn
6,437
18.4
+10.3


Liberal Democrat
Dai Davies
3,335
9.5
+3.2


Conservative
David Devine
3,310
9.5
+0.8


Socialist Alliance
Huw Pudner
483
1.4

N/A


ProLife Alliance
Gerry Brienza
202
0.6

N/A
Majority
14,816
42.3
-22.5

Turnout
35,020
62.5
−11.7

Registered electors
56,001




Labour hold

Swing
-11.5



Elections in the 1990s























































































General Election 1997: Neath[11][12][13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Peter Hain

30,324

73.5

+5.5


Conservative
David R. Adams
3,583
8.7
−6.6


Plaid Cymru
Trefor Jones
3,344
8.1
−3.2


Liberal Democrat
Frank H. Little
2,597
6.3
+0.9


Referendum
Peter A. Morris
975
2.4

N/A

Legalise Cannabis Party

Howard Marks
420
1.0

N/A
Majority
26,741
64.8
+12.0

Turnout
41,243
74.3
-6.3

Registered electors
55,541




Labour hold

Swing
+6.1







































































General Election 1992: Neath[14][15]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Peter Hain

30,903

68.0

+4.6


Conservative
David R. Adams
6,928
15.2
−0.9


Plaid Cymru
Dewi R.Evans
5,145
11.3
+4.9


Liberal Democrat
Michael Phillips
2,467
5.4

N/A
Majority
23,975
52.8
+5.5

Turnout
45,443
80.6
+1.8

Registered electors
56,392




Labour hold

Swing
+2.8







































































































Neath by-election, 1991
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Peter Hain

17,962

51.7

−11.7


Plaid Cymru
Dewi Evans
8,132
23.3
+16.9


Conservative
Richard Evans
2,995
8.6
−7.5


Liberal Democrat
David Lloyd
2,000
5.8

N/A


SDP
John Warman
1,826
5.3
−8.8

Local Independent Labour
Rhys Jeffreys
1,253
3.6

N/A


Monster Raving Loony

David Sutch
263
0.8

N/A

Captain Beany of the Bean Party

Barry Kirk
262
0.7

N/A
Majority
9,830
28.7
−18.5

Turnout
34,753
64.0
−14.8

Registered electors
54,482




Labour hold

Swing
+2.04



Elections in the 1980s







































































General Election 1987: Neath[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Donald Coleman

27,612

63.37

+9.75


Conservative
Martin Howe
7,034
16.14
-1.24


Social Democratic
John Warman
6,132
14.07
-7.37


Plaid Cymru
Huw John
2,792
6.41
-0.79
Majority
20,578
47.23
+15.06

Turnout
43,570
78.84
+2.34

Registered electors
55,261




Labour hold

Swing
















































































General Election 1983: Neath[17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Donald Coleman

22,670

53.62

-10.92


Social Democratic
K Davies
9,066
21.44

N/A


Conservative
R Buckley
7,350
17.38
-2.77


Plaid Cymru
Ieuan Owen
3,046
7.20
-8.13

Computer Democrat
J Donavon
150
0.35

N/A
Majority
13,604
32.17
-12.20

Turnout
42,282
76.50
-4.72

Registered electors
55,272




Labour hold

Swing




Elections in the 1970s































































General Election 1979: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Donald Coleman

27,071

64.52

+3.08


Conservative
C Sandy
8,455
20.15
+8.76


Plaid Cymru
Aled Gwyn
6,430
15.33
-2.60
Majority
18,616
44.37
+0.86

Turnout
41,956
81.22
+3.27

Registered electors
51,659




Labour hold

Swing








































































General Election October 1974: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Donald Coleman

25,028

61.44

-0.81


Plaid Cymru
HG Evans
7,305
17.93
-3.58


Conservative
M Harris
4,641
11.39
-4.86


Liberal
D Owen
3,759
9.23

N/A
Majority
17,723
43.51
+2.77

Turnout
40,733
77.95
-0.54

Registered electors
52,257




Labour hold

Swing
































































General Election February 1974: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Donald Coleman

25,351

62.25

-9.17


Plaid Cymru
HG Evans
8,758
21.51
+11.41


Conservative
LJ Walters
6,616
16.25
-0.78
Majority
16,593
40.74
-13.65

Turnout
40,725
78.49
+3.16

Registered electors
51,887




Labour hold

Swing








































































General Election 1970: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Donald Coleman

28,378

71.42

-8.48


Conservative
David Henry J Martin-Jones
6,765
17.03
+0.90


Plaid Cymru
Glyn John
4,012
10.10

N/A


Communist

Bert Pearce
579
1.46
+2.71
Majority
21,613
54.39
-9.17

Turnout
38,734
75.33
+3.41

Registered electors
52,744




Labour hold

Swing




Elections in the 1960s































































General Election 1966: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Donald Coleman

31,183

79.90

+6.52


Conservative
Paul H Valerio
6,312
16.13
-4.48


Communist
James J David
1,632
4.17
-1.84
Majority
24,871
63.56
+10.80

Turnout
39,127
78.74
-1.68

Registered electors
49,694




Labour hold

Swing
































































General Election 1964: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Donald Coleman

29,692

73.38

+2.01


Conservative
Mervyn Nelson Scorgie
8,342
20.61
-3.43


Communist
James J David
2,432
6.01
+1.41
Majority
21,350
52.76
+5.43

Turnout
41,466
80.42
-2.14

Registered electors
50,318




Labour hold

Swing




Elections in the 1950s































































General Election 1959: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

D. J. Williams

30,469

71.37

-4.99


Conservative
Daniel Norton Idris Pearce
10,263
24.04
+0.40


Communist
James J David
1,962
4.60

N/A
Majority
20,206
47.33
-5.39

Turnout
42,694
82.56
+4.68

Registered electors
51,711




Labour hold

Swing
























































General Election 1955: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

D. J. Williams

30,581

76.36

-0.53


Conservative
Jack C Hope
9,467
23.64
+0.53
Majority
21,114
52.72
-1.06

Turnout
40,048
77.88
-8.06

Registered electors
51,422




Labour hold

Swing
























































General Election 1951: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

D. J. Williams

34,496

76.89

-0.53


Conservative
Geoffrey Jennings
10,367
23.11
+0.53
Majority
24,129
53.78
-5.44

Turnout
44,863
85.94
-1.59

Registered electors
52,203




Labour hold

Swing








































































General Election 1950: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

D. J. Williams

33,034

72.97

-2.83


Conservative
Jack C Hope
6,225
13.75

N/A


Liberal
O Vaughan Jones
4,425
9.78

N/A


Communist
A Thomas
1,584
3.50

N/A
Majority
26,809
59.22
-0.32

Turnout
45,268
87.53
+11.83

Registered electors
51,720




Labour hold

Swing




Elections in the 1940s































































General Election 1945: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

D. J. Williams

37,957

75.8

N/A


Liberal National
David Bowen
8,466
16.9

N/A


Plaid Cymru

Wynne Samuel
3,659
7.3

N/A
Majority
29,491
58.9

N/A

Turnout
50,082
75.7

N/A

Registered electors
67,083




Labour hold

Swing
































































Neath by-election, 1945
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

D. J. Williams

30,847

79.3

N/A


Plaid Cymru

Wynne Samuel
6,290
16.2

N/A


Revolutionary Communist

Jock Haston
1,781
4.6

N/A
Majority
24,557
63.1

N/A

Turnout
38,918
58.0

N/A

Registered electors
67,083




Labour hold

Swing

N/A



Elections in the 1930s






























General Election 1935: Neath
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

William Jenkins

Unopposed

Registered electors
64,975




Labour hold






















































General Election 1931: Neath[18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

William Jenkins

30,873

64.0

+3.8


Liberal
DG Davies
17,389
36.0
+6.2
Majority
13,484
27.9
-2.5

Turnout
48,262
78.4
-3.7

Registered electors
61,550




Labour hold

Swing
-1.2



Elections in the 1920s































































General Election 1929: Neath[18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

William Jenkins

29,455

60.2

N/A


Liberal

Jack Jones
14,554
29.8

N/A


Unionist
David J Evans
4,892
10.0

N/A
Majority
14,901
30.4

N/A

Turnout
48,901
82.1

N/A

Registered electors
48,901




Labour hold

Swing

N/A






























General Election 1924: Neath[18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

William Jenkins

Unopposed

Registered electors
46,996




Labour hold






















































General Election 1923: Neath [18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

William Jenkins

20,764

62.3

+2.8


Liberal
Thomas Elias
12,562
37.7
-2.8
Majority
8,202
24.6
+5.6

Turnout
33,326
73.9
-1.5

Registered electors
33,326




Labour hold

Swing
+2.8























































General Election 1922 : Neath [18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

William Jenkins

19,566

59.5

+24.3


National Liberal

Hugh Edwards
13,331
40.5
-24.3
Majority
6,235
19.0

N/A

Turnout
32,897
75.4
+4.8

Registered electors
32,897




Labour gain from National Liberal

Swing
+24.3



Elections in the 1910s





















































General Election 1918 Neath[18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

C

Liberal

Hugh Edwards

17,818

64.8

N/A


Labour
Herbert Morgan
9,670
35.2

N/A
Majority
8,148
29.6

N/A

Turnout
27,488
70.6

N/A

Registered electors
38,929




Liberal win (new seat)

C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.


See also



  • Neath (Assembly constituency)

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales



Notes and references





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  2. ^ Neath Port Talbot council


  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)


  4. ^ ab "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


  5. ^ "Aberavon and Neath Results" (PDF). UK Parliamentary Elections May 2015 results. Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.


  6. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


  7. ^ Neath, Neath Port Talbot CBC – candidates Neath


  8. ^ Neath BBC Election – Neath


  9. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  10. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  11. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  12. ^ "Welsh Counties". Election 1997. David Boothroyd. Retrieved 2011-08-27.


  13. ^ "'Neath', May 1997 -". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Project. Retrieved 18 May 2016.


  14. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  15. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.


  16. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  17. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  18. ^ abcdef Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.
    ISBN 0-900178-06-X.





External links




  • Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)


  • Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)


  • 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report


  • A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)




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