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Encyclopedia > Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency)

Aberavon is a parliamentary constituency of south Wales, on the right bank of the River Afan, near its mouth in Swansea Bay, the original village of Aberavon or Aberafan nowadays being a district of Port Talbot. The valley of the Afan was from about 1840 a place of much metallurgical activity, resulting in tinplate and engineering works (now mostly closed down). A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... For alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation) National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Official languages: English and Welsh Capital: Cardiff First Minister: Rhodri Morgan AM Area  - Total:  - % water: Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² xx% Population  - Total (2001):  - Density: Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² NUTS... Afan is a river of South Wales, whose valley formed the territory of the medieval Lords of Afan. ... This page is about Swansea in Wales. ... Port Talbot is an industrial town in the traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales, UK, with a population of approximately 50,000. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


The town derives its name from the river Avon (corrupted from Afan), which also gave its name to a medieval lordship. On the Norman conquest of Glamorgan, Caradoc, the eldest son of the defeated prince, Iestyn ab Gwrgant, continued to hold this lordship, and for the defence of the passage of the river built a castle whose foundations now lie underneath the streets around St Mary's church. His descendants (who from the 13th century onwards styled themselves De Avan or D'Avene) established, under line protection of the castle, a chartered town, which in 1372 received a further charter from Edward Le Despenser, into whose family the lordship had come on an exchange of lands. In modern times these charters were not acted upon, the town being deemed a borough by prescription, but in 1861 it was incorporated under the Municipal Corporations Act. From 1832 it belonged to the Swansea parliamentary district of boroughs, uniting with Kenfig, Loughor, Neath and Swansea to return one member; later it acquired its own MP, the most famous to hold the constituency having been Ramsay MacDonald. Glamorgan or Morgannwg is a maritime traditional county of Wales, UK, and was previously a medieval kingdom or principality. ... Iestyn ap Gwrgant was the last ruler of the Welsh kingdom of Morgannwg, which encompassed the pre-1974 counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. ... Events Births March 13 - Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, son of king Charles V of France Princess Beatrice of Portugal, heiress to the throne during the 1383-1385 Crisis Deaths Categories: 1372 ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Kenfig (Welsh: Cynffig) is a village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, lying on Swansea Bay north of Porthcawl. ... Loughor (Welsh: Casllwchwr) is a town in the City of Swansea, traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales. ... Neath is a town with a population of approximately 60,000, located on the river of the same name in the traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales. ... James Ramsay MacDonald (October 12, 1866 - November 9, 1937) was Britains first Labour Prime Minister (January-November 1924 and June 1929-August 1931) and subsequently Prime Minister of the National Government of August 1931-June 1935. ...


Aberavon village hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1932 and 1966. The Eisteddfod (literally sitting) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... -1...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

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Election results

General Election 2005: Aberavon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Philip Evans 3,545 11.8 +2.0
Labour Hywel Francis 18,077 60.1 -3.0
Green Party Miranda La Vey 510 1.7 +1.7
Conservative Annunziata Rees-Mogg 3,064 10.2 2.6
Liberal Democrats Claire Waller 4,114 13.7 +4.0
Veritas Jim Wright 768 2.6 +2.6
Majority 13,963 46.4 -6.9
Turnout 30,078 58.9 -2.1
General Election 2001: Aberavon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hywel Francis 19,063 63.1 -8.2
Plaid Cymru Lisa Turnbull 2,955 9.8 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Davies 2,933 9.7 -1.6
Conservative Ali Miraj 2,296 7.6 -0.3
Independent Andrew Tutton 1,960 6.5 N/A
Millennium Bean Captain Beany 727 2.4 N/A
Welsh Socialist Alliance Martin Chapman 256 0.8 N/A
Majority 16,108 53.3
Turnout 30,190 61.0 -10.9
Labour hold Swing {{{swing}}}
General Election 1997: Aberavon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Morris 25,650
Liberal Democrats Ronald McConville 4,079
Conservative peter Harper 2,835
Plaid Cymru Philip Cockwell 2,088
Referendum Party Peter David 970
Independent Captain Beany 341
Majority
Turnout

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Politics and history of the constituency


  Results from FactBites:
 
Dr Brian Gibbons AM: About the Aberavon Constituency (629 words)
The Aberavon constituency stretches from the Bristol Channel in the south to the upper end of the Afan Valley in the north and from Kenfig Dunes in the east to Crymlyn Burrows in the west.
It, and the neighbouring Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies of Neath, constitute the County Borough Council of Neath Port Talbot.
Aberavon is in the Welsh EU Objective One area.
List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1638 words)
Constituency boundaries are subject to regular review by an independent Boundary Commission, usually once every 10 to 15 years, to keep the electorate of each constituency as close to the national average as is reasonably possible.
Constituencies were long based on boroughs (burghs in Scotland) and counties.
Today, constituencies in England are mostly subdivisions of local authorities, with each constituency being comprised of a number of whole wards.
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