Editing Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency) (section)

==History==
The constituency was created for the [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918 general election]] by the dividing of the [[Swansea District (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea District]]. With the exception of the first term, it has always been held by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. [[Ramsay MacDonald]], who became Labour's first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] in 1924, held the seat from 1922 to 1929. Its final MP, Stephen Kinnock, is the son of [[Neil Kinnock]], who was Labour leader and [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] from 1983 to 1992.

It was one of the most consistently [[safe seat]]s for Labour; since the end of the Second World War, the Labour candidate had always won Aberavon with a majority at least 33%, and with the exception of [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]], the Labour candidate has also always won an overall majority of the vote in the seat. In 2015, Kinnock only won 48.9% of the vote in Aberavon, against a surge in the vote for the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] candidate; however, in 2017, Kinnock's vote share rose by 19.2 percentage points, the biggest increase in the Labour vote in the seat's history, and his majority increased to 50.4%, the highest for an Aberavon MP since [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]]. The 2017 result also made Aberavon the safest Labour seat in Wales, however the seat saw a significant swing against Labour in 2019.