The results in full for Gower in the 2024 general election

Labour's Tonia Antoniazzi has been re-elected as MP for Gower with 20,480 votes. She was first elected to the constituency in 2017 and retains her seat.

Ms Antoniazzi said in her speech: "With a UK Labour government working alongside a Welsh Labour Goverment we are going to make people’s lives better, and that is what matters."

She added a short time later: "I still feel very emotional. It has been a very difficult seven weeks. I love what I do. It’s hard work. It’s dedication. You make a few sacrifices being a member of Parliament.

"I absolutely will deliver for the next five years for the new constituency of Gower. People in the new wards know who I am, and I’m committed to making their lives better. I promise that we will deliver. I absolutely believe it. If I didn't, I wouldn't be here. Good things happen, and people need to know what things are happening. Please be positive about the future."

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Asked what inspiration she could take from Welsh Labour, which has run Wales since devolution, Ms Antoniazzi, a former secondary school teacher, said: “There are really, really good things Welsh Labour has done and some that haven’t been delivered in the correct manner - that’s not to say they are bad policies. Working in collaboration with them (Welsh Labour) will benefit everybody. It’s about reform, the future, about people’s lives.”

The Gower constituency has changed in the recent shakeup of the political map of Wales. The new-look constituency includes almost all the previous areas, as well as some of both Swansea West and Swansea East. Gower has previously been interesting electorally with the Conservatives taking the seat in 2015 by just 27 votes.

In second place was Marc Jenkins, for the Conservatives, who was closely followed in third by Reform UK's Catrin Thomas. Earlier in the evening, Mr Jenkins said: "When I’ve spoken to people, 36 more politicians (in the Senedd) has come up time and time again. I don’t think that’s going to solve education, the NHS, and the things people are concerned about.”

But he added: “After 14 years, some people are unhappy with the Conservatives.” Mr Jenkins is a newcomer to politics and was attending his first General Election count. “Hopefully this is my apprenticeship,” he said.

Reform's Ms Thomas said she was surprised by the “really enthusiastic” response on doorsteps. She said: “The thing that I heard constantly was not that I’m going to vote for you, more often than not they were saying I’m going to vote for you and so is everyone I know.” She added that voters were positive about Reform, rather than “banging on about how awful the Tories are or how awful Labour is". On the exit polls predicting 13 seats she said: “I hope we do even better than that. But originally we were forecast to have zero - so dare to dream.”

Result:

Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour) - 20,480

Franck Ngoie Banza (Lib Dem) - 2,593

Wayne Erasmus (Independent) - 283

Chris Evans (Green Party) - 2,488

Marc Rhys Jenkins (Conservative) - 8,913

Kieran Thomas Pritchard (Plaid Cymru) - 3,942

Catrin Thomas (Reform UK) - 8,530

Where does the constituency cover?

It includes the wards of Penclawdd, West Cross, Pennard, Mawr and Pontardulais.

What happened in the general election in 2019

The candidates

• Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour)

• Franck Ngoie Banza (Lib Dem)

• Wayne Erasmus (Independent)

• Chris Evans (Green Party)

• Marc Rhys Jenkins (Conservatives)

• Kieran Thomas Pritchard (Plaid Cymru)

• Catrin Thomas (Reform UK)