Riding profile

Gower

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Gower: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Gower, a mixed constituency in Wales, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 24-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 26% vote share, against 24% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Tonia Antoniazzi

Sits with Labour

Since
2017-06-08
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Labour

Toss-up

Probability
71%
Mean margin (pts)
0.9
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 25.9%
  • Reform UK 23.7%
  • Conservative 14.4%
  • Green 13.3%
  • Plaid Cymru 11.0%
  • Lib Dems 6.8%
  • Other 4.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Reform UK Conservative Green
HereGower 25.9%23.7%14.4%13.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +4.3 25.3% −1.7 18.9% −4.5 11.8% +1.5

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
24.5 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-23.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Tonia Antoniazzi Elected Labour 20,480 43.4
Marc Jenkins Conservative 8,913 18.9
Catrin Thomas Reform UK 8,530 18.1
Kieran Pritchard Plaid Cymru 3,942 8.3
Franck Banza Lib Dems 2,593 5.5
Chris Evans Green 2,488 5.3
Wayne Erasmus Other 283 0.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
96,686
Median age
47
Employment rate
74.2%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029