Gower (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gower (Welsh: Gŵyr) is a constituency[n 1] created in 1885 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by one Member of Parliament (MP).[n 2] Tonia Antoniazzi of the Labour Party became its MP after winning it from Conservative Byron Davies in the 2017 UK general election. Her party had previously represented the seat from 1909 until 2015.
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Not to be confused with Gower (Senedd constituency).
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Gower | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
Electorate | 62,389 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Mumbles, Clydach, Gorseinon, Pontarddulais, Penllergaer |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Glamorganshire |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Gower, South Wales West |
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The constituency is to retain its name but its boundaries altered, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election.[2]