Latest headlines
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Labour win 29 seats - but fall short of a majority
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UKIP wins its first seats in the Assembly
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Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood ousts Labour in Rhondda
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Mapping the election - see party vote share by constituency across Wales
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
LAB Welsh Labour |
Candidates Rebecca Evans | Votes 11,982 | 39.7% | Net percentage change in seats −8.4 |
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CON Welsh Conservative |
Candidates Lyndon Jones | Votes 10,153 | 33.6% | Net percentage change in seats +3.7 |
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UKIP UKIP Wales |
Candidates Colin Beckett | Votes 3,300 | 10.9% | Net percentage change in seats +10.9 |
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PC Plaid Cymru |
Candidates Harri Roberts | Votes 2,982 | 9.9% | Net percentage change in seats −2.3 |
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LD Welsh Liberal Democrat |
Candidates Sheila Kingston-Jones | Votes 1,033 | 3.4% | Net percentage change in seats −6.5 |
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GRN Wales Green Party |
Candidates Abi Cherry-Hamer | Votes 737 | 2.4% | Net percentage change in seats +2.4 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Welsh Labour Majority
1,829Turnout
49.8%Constituency Profile
Best known for its stunning coastline, the Gower peninsula was the first area in the UK to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
It is consequently a popular tourist destination, attracting holiday-makers and surfers to its beaches. Average weekly pay in the Gower constituency is £562.50 - the highest in Wales - and 73% of residents are in employment. Traditionally a Labour stronghold, the party held the seat at Westminster for over a century until the Conservatives' slender victory by 27 votes at last year's general election. The sitting Labour AM, Edwina Hart, is standing down at the 2016 election having represented the seat since the dawn of Welsh devolution. If the Tories' are to replicate their electoral success in Gower in May's Welsh Assembly election, they will need to overturn a Labour majority of 4,864. In the 2011 election Labour polled 48.1% of the vote, ahead of the Conservatives on 29.9%, Plaid Cymru on 12.1%, and the Liberal Democrats on 9.9%.