UK Explained

Gower

Represented in Parliament by Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Tonia Antoniazzi, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Gower compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 250 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £773£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 130 areas and lower than 518.

UK 3.9%This area 2.3%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Gower£7732.3%
Chippenham£7732.3%
New Forest East£7702.3%
Romsey and Southampton North£7722.2%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Gower

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people96,26059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over25%19%6 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher37%34%4 points higher
Households that own their home76%62%14 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association11%17%6 points lower
Households renting privately12%20%8 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Tonia Antoniazzi

Labour

MAJORITY
11,567

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

Tonia Antoniazzi won with 43% of the votes, and Marc Jenkins (Conservative) came second with 19%.

Votes for each party

Labour43% · 20,480
Conservative19% · 8,913
Reform UK18% · 8,530
Plaid Cymru8% · 3,942
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,593
Green Party5% · 2,488
Everyone else1% · 283
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tonia AntoniazziLabour20,48043.4%
Marc JenkinsConservative8,91318.9%
Catrin ThomasReform UK8,53018.1%
Kieran PritchardPlaid Cymru3,9428.3%
Franck BanzaLiberal Democrat2,5935.5%
Chris EvansGreen Party2,4885.3%
Wayne ErasmusIndependent2830.6%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£773 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026