| 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 Gower peninsula and inland areas including Clydach, Gowerton, Felindre and Garnswllt.
Members of Parliament
- 1885 – 1888: Frank Ash Yeo
- 1888 – 1900: David Randell Liberal
- 1900 – 1906: John Aeron Thomas Liberal
- 1906 – 1922: John Williams Labour
- 1922 – 1959: David Grenfell, Labour
- 1959 – 1982: Ifor Davies, Labour
- 1982 – 1997: Gareth Wardell, Labour
- 1997 – present: Martin Caton, Labour
Election results
| 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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
| Constituencies in Wales | |
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| Labour |
Aberavon | Alyn and Deeside | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff North | Cardiff South and Penarth | Cardiff West | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Clwyd South | Conwy | Cynon Valley | Delyn | Gower | Islwyn | Llanelli | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Neath | Newport East | Newport West | Ogmore | Pontypridd | Rhondda | Swansea East | Swansea West | Torfaen | Vale of Clwyd | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham | Ynys Môn |
| Liberal Democrat |
Brecon and Radnorshire | Cardiff Central | Ceredigion | Montgomeryshire |
| Conservative | |
| Plaid Cymru |
Caernarfon | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy |
| Independent | |
| Wales European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (1) | Plaid Cymru (1) | |
