Gower

E402009
UK Parliament constituency

Gower is a UK parliamentary constituency in South Wales, named after the Gower Peninsula and represented in the House of Commons.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gower canonical 7
Gower Lordship 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
abbreviation Gower self-linksurface differs ⓘ
borderingConstituency Carmarthen East and Dinefwr ⓘ
surface form: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)

Neath (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Swansea East constituency ⓘ
surface form: Swansea East (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea West constituency ⓘ
surface form: Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)
boundaryChanges 1918 ⓘ
1950 ⓘ
1983 ⓘ
1997 ⓘ
2010 ⓘ
category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 ⓘ
Parliamentary constituencies in Wales ⓘ
contains Gower Peninsula ⓘ
parts of the City and County of Swansea ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
county West Glamorgan ⓘ
created 1885 ⓘ
creationAct Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorateSize approximately 57,000 (2019) ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
firstLabourWin 1906 ⓘ
hasCoastline Bristol Channel ⓘ
hasRepresentation one MP in each Parliament since 1885 ⓘ
hasRuralAreas yes ⓘ
hasUrbanAreas yes ⓘ
languageContext predominantly English-speaking with some Welsh speakers ⓘ
locatedIn South Wales ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
majorSettlement Gorseinon ⓘ
Gowerton ⓘ
Mumbles ⓘ
Penclawdd ⓘ
Pontarddulais ⓘ
mapsTo Westminster parliamentary constituency ⓘ
namedAfter Gower Peninsula ⓘ
notableResult Labour regain in 2017 ⓘ
narrow Conservative gain in 2015 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermLength up to five years ⓘ
partOf British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
partyOfCurrentMP Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
politicalCharacter traditionally Labour-leaning ⓘ
previousConstituency Swansea (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
representedBy Tonia Antoniazzi ⓘ
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

City and County of Swansea → legislativeConstituency → Gower ⓘ
Oxwich Bay → region → Gower ⓘ
Reynoldston → region → Gower ⓘ
Swansea Castle → locatedInHistoricRegion → Gower ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gower Lordship
Dunvant → constituencyWestminster → Gower ⓘ
Gower → abbreviation → Gower self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Gower (UK Parliament constituency)
Gorseinon → constituencyWestminster → Gower ⓘ
Gorseinon → constituencySenedd → Gower ⓘ