Election 97

Aberavon


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 John Morris
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 2,835 ( 7.9%)
Labour 97 25,650 (71.3%)
LibDem 97 4,079 (11.3%)
Nationalist 97 2,088 ( 5.8%)
Other 97 1,311 ( 3.6%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 50,025
Turnout 97 35,963 (71.9%)



1992 MP John Morris
Old constituency name Aberavon
Majority 92 21,310 (53.2%)
Conservative 92 5,567 (13.9%)
Labour 92 26,877 (67.1%)
LibDem 92 4,999 (12.5%)
Nationalist 92 1,919 ( 4.8%)
Other 92 707 ( 1.8%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 52,038
Turnout 92 40,069 (77.0%)
Aberavon



Tory change -6.0%
Labour change +4.2%
Lib Dem change -1.1%
Nationalist change +1.0%
Other change +1.9%
Electorate change -3.9%
Turnout Change -5.1%
Robert Waller wrote

Historically best known for its steel industry, which no longer dominates local employment as much as formerly, the Aberavon seat is centred on the industrial town of Port Talbot, and reaches out to the east to touch on the traditional South Wales valleys. One of the most working class of Welsh seats and with relatively few Welsh speakers for the western side of industrial South Wales, Aberavon is extremely safe for Labour.


Super Profiles

4 0.01 9.03 0
1,687 5.99 11.17 54
3,169 11.26 11.25 100
3,810 13.53 14.70 92
0 0.00 10.45 0
45 0.16 2.81 6
1,230 4.37 8.01 55
11,882 42.20 15.25 277
5,501 19.54 7.13 274
826 2.93 10.17 29