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Gower is a constituency
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
 represented in the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
. The constituency has elected only Labour MPs since 1906, the longest run (with Normanton
Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)

Normanton is a county constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
 and Makerfield
Makerfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Makerfield is a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
) of any UK constituency. It is one of three parliamentary seats representing the city of Swansea
Swansea

Swansea is a City status in the United Kingdom and subdivisions of Wales in Wales. Swansea is in the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower peninsula and the Lliw uplands....
, the others being Swansea West
Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea West is a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
 and Swansea East
Swansea East (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea East is a borough constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
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Gower is a constituency
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
 represented in the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
. The constituency has elected only Labour MPs since 1906, the longest run (with Normanton
Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)

Normanton is a county constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
 and Makerfield
Makerfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Makerfield is a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
) of any UK constituency. It is one of three parliamentary seats representing the city of Swansea
Swansea

Swansea is a City status in the United Kingdom and subdivisions of Wales in Wales. Swansea is in the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower peninsula and the Lliw uplands....
, the others being Swansea West
Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea West is a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
 and Swansea East
Swansea East (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea East is a borough constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the old Lordship of Gower
Gower (Lordship)

Gower was an ancient Marcher Lords of Deheubarth in South West Wales. The district, prior to the Norman invasion of Wales, was the cwmwd of Gwyr, a part of Cantref Eginawc....
 (less the city of Swansea) and covers the inner Gower peninsula
Gower Peninsula

The Gower Peninsula is a peninsula on the south coast of Wales, on the north side of the Bristol Channel in the southwest of the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan....
 and outer Gower areas including Clydach, Gowerton, Gorseinon, Felindre and Garnswllt.

Gower currently comprises the electoral wards of Gower
Gower (electoral ward)

The Gower Ward covers the remote western part of the Gower peninsula in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. The ward lies in the parliamentary constituency of Gower ....
, Oystermouth
Oystermouth

Oystermouth is an Ward and a village in the Mumbles community and also the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The village of Oystermouth is more commonly known as the Mumbles....
, Newton
Newton, Swansea

Newton is the name of an Ward and a village in the City of and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. The Newton ward is a part of the Mumbles Community ....
, Mawr
Mawr

Mawr is both an Ward and a Community council of the City and County of Swansea, Wales. Mawr has its own elected community council.Mawr falls within in the parliamentary constituency of Gower ....
, Pennard, Fairwood
Fairwood, Swansea

The electoral ward of Fairwood, City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom consists of some or all of the following areas: Dunvant, Upper Killay, Poundffald and Three Crosses in the parliamentary constituency of Gower ....
, Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge (electoral ward)

Kingsbridge , is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. Kingsbridge is part of the Llwchwr Community area.The Kingsbridge ward is bordered by the wards of Gowerton , Cockett and Penderry to the south; Gorseinon and Penllergaer to the north and Upper Loughor to the west....
, Lower Loughor
Lower Loughor

Lower Loughor is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The ward covers the western part of the town of Loughor in the parliamentary constituency of Gower ....
, Upper Loughor
Upper Loughor

Upper Loughor is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The ward covers the eastern part of the town of Loughor in the parliamentary constituency of Gower ....
, Penyrheol, Bishopston
Bishopston (electoral ward)

Bishopston is the name of an Ward and coterminous Community council of the same name in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The community has its own community council....
, Gorseinon
Gorseinon (electoral ward)

Gorseinon is the name of an Ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales.The Gorseinon community comprises the electoral ward of Gorseinon and part of the Penyrheol ward....
, Pontarddulais
Pontarddulais (electoral ward)

Pontarddulais is a name of an Wards of the United Kingdom and community of the Swansea, south Wales. The parish of Pontarddulais has its own elected town council....
, Clydach
Clydach (electoral ward)

Clydach is the name of an Ward , a Community council and a town in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. The town has its own elected community council serving the community....
, Penclawdd
Penclawdd (electoral ward)

Penclawdd is the name of an Ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It is named after the village of Penclawdd, which falls within the ward....
, Gowerton
Gowerton (electoral ward)

Gowerton is the name of an Ward , a Community council in the county of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It is named after Gowerton village which falls within the ward....
, Penllergaer
Penllergaer (electoral ward)

Penllergaer is the name of an Ward , a Community council in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Penllergaer has its own elected community council....
, Llangyfelach
Llangyfelach (electoral ward)

Llangyfelach is the name of an Ward , a Community council in the county of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. The community has its own elected community council....
 and West Cross
West Cross (electoral ward)

West Cross is the name of an Ward in the Mumbles community and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. The ward falls within the Mumbles community ....
.

Members of Parliament

  • 1885 – 1888: Frank Ash Yeo Liberal
    Liberal Party (UK)

    The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
  • 1888 – 1900: David Randell Liberal
    Liberal Party (UK)

    The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
  • 1900 – 1906: John Aeron Thomas Liberal
    Liberal Party (UK)

    The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
  • 1906 – 1922: John Williams
    John Williams (Welsh politician)

    John Williams was a Wales Labour Party politician.At the United Kingdom general election, 1906, Williams was first elected as Member of Parliament for the Welsh constituency of Gower in West Glamorgan....
     Independent Lib-Lab (1906 - 10); Labour
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
     (1910 - 22)
  • 1922 – 1959: David Grenfell
    David Grenfell

    David Rhys Grenfell PC, CBE, LlD was a Wales Labour Party politician, born at Penyrheol, Gorseinon, Swansea, the son of William Grenfell and his wife Alice, the daughter of William Hopkins....
    , Labour
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
  • 1959 – 1982: Ifor Davies
    Ifor Davies

    Ifor Davies was a Welsh Labour Party politician.Davies was educated at Gowerton School, Swansea Technical College and Ruskin College, Oxford....
    , Labour
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
  • 1982 – 1997: Gareth Wardell
    Gareth Wardell

    Gareth Lodwig Wardell is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Gower in a Gower by-election, 1982, and held the seat until he stood down at the United Kingdom general election, 1997....
    , Labour
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
  • 1997 – present: Martin Caton
    Martin Caton

    Martin Philip Caton is a United Kingdom politician. He has been the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Gower since 1997.Martin Caton was born in Bishop's Stortford and educated at the Newport Free Grammar School near Saffron Walden, the Norfolk School of Agriculture, and the Aberystwyth College of Further Education....
    , Labour
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....


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