Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency)

Aberavon
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Aberavon in Wales
Preserved countyWest Glamorgan
Population66,133 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate50,747 (December 2019)
Major settlementsPort Talbot
19182024
SeatsOne
Created fromSwansea District and Mid Glamorganshire
Replaced byAberafan Maesteg (UK Parliament constituency)
SeneddAberavon, South Wales West

Aberavon (Welsh: Aberafan) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 by Stephen Kinnock of the Welsh Labour Party. It includes the town of Aberavon, although the largest town in the constituency is Port Talbot.

The constituency is set to be abolished, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Its wards is to be split between Aberafan Maesteg and Neath and Swansea East.[2]

  1. ^ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. ^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.

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