Gower (UK Parliament constituency)
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constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Gower in Wales.
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| Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
| Electorate | 62,389 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Mumbles, Clydach, Pontarddulais, Penllergaer |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1885 |
| Member of parliament | Byron Davies (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Glamorganshire |
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| Welsh Assembly | South Wales West |
| European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Coordinates: 51°37′12″N 4°08′13″W / 51.620°N 4.137°W
Gower (Welsh: Gŵyr) is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by one member of parliament (MP). Byron Davies, Conservative, is the MP after winning by the narrowest margin nationwide — 27 votes — in the 2015 UK General Election.
The constituency was created in 1885 and has had relatively widely varied boundaries. Before 2015 it had elected Labour MPs since 1906, sharing the longest single-party representation with Normanton and Makerfield. It holds approximately a third of the electorate of the city and county of Swansea, the rest of which is Swansea West and Swansea East.
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Swansea, and the Sessional Divisions of Gower, Pontardawe, and Swansea.
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