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Gower

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Apr 2026

A safe Lab seat, won with 43% of the vote in 2024. Covers Swansea, Gorseinon and Gowerton. Population 88,983, notably older (median age 47 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 55% below the national average.

Antoniazzi's most prominent recent action is legislative rather than parliamentary: she is the MP credited with proposing the Lords amendment to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales, which passed the upper chamber in late March 2026. The move generated significant national media coverage and marks a rare instance of a backbench MP driving a major constitutional shift on reproductive rights through the Lords. Separately, in her role chairing the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, she recently pressed the PSNI Chief Constable on the force's capacity to tackle violence against women and girls -- scrutiny that drew coverage across Irish and UK outlets.

In the Commons chamber, Antoniazzi is a 100% party-line voter with no rebel votes on record, though her participation rate of 65% sits below the Commons average. Her speeches cluster around crime, health, social care, and cost-of-living -- bread-and-butter constituency themes. Her stance profile shows she votes notably less often in line with pro-workers'-rights positions than her Labour colleagues (58% vs the party's 83%), and deviates upward on business flexibility (+41 percentage points above the party average), an unusual combination for a Labour MP.

301
Commons votes
This parliament
£27k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
76.1k
Electorate
2024 GE

Recorded crime is 55% below the national average.

Current Member of Parliament

Tonia Antoniazzi

Tonia Antoniazzi

Labour Party

Tonia Antoniazzi is the Labour MP for Gower, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

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Voting at a Glance

A safe Lab seat, won with 43% of the vote in 2024. Covers Swansea, Gorseinon and Gowerton. Population 88,983, notably older (median age 47 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 55% below the national average.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Antoniazzi’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.331 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Antoniazzi has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
57
Economy
45
Crime & Policing
38
Education
33
Welfare and Benefits
24
Pensions
22
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip

No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.

§ 08The local picture.19 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
BishopstonLyndon Jones903Conserva
ClydachBrigitte Jane Rowlands1,003Conserva
ClydachGordon David Walker2,025Independ
ClydachMatthew Bailey1,844Independ
CockettElliott John King1,310Labour P
CockettMike Durke1,414Labour P
CockettOliver Gregory James1,378Labour P
Dunvant KillayJeff Jones1,391Liberal
Dunvant KillayLouise Sian Gibbard1,335Labour P
Dunvant KillayMary Helen Jones1,442Liberal
FairwoodPaxton Hood-Williams434Conserva
Gorseinon PenyrheolAndrew Haydn Stevens2,073Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
88,983
Electorate 76,123 · 2024 register
Median income
£27,200
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
12.2%
England average 20.0%
Schools
43
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