Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Swansea West (Assembly constituency).

Swansea West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Swansea West in Wales.
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Electorate	62,769 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1918 (1918)
Member of Parliament	Geraint Davies (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Swansea
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	South Wales West
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Swansea West (Welsh: Gorllewin Abertawe) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The National Assembly for Wales constituency of the same name presently has the same boundaries.

Alan Williams represented the seat for the Labour Party from 1964 until his retirement in 2010; from 2005 until his retirement he was the Father of the House, the senior Member of Parliament with the longest unbroken service.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the electoral wards of Sketty, Castle, Killay South, Killay North, Dunvant, Uplands, Townhill, Cockett and Mayals.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir Alfred Mond	Liberal
	1923	Howel Samuel	Labour
	1924	Walter Runciman	Liberal
	1929	Howel Samuel	Labour
	1931	Sir Lewis Jones	National Liberal
	1945	Percy Morris	Labour
	1959	Hugh Rees	Conservative
	1964	Alan Williams	Labour
	2010	Geraint Davies	Labour Co-operative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Swansea West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Geraint Davies	12,335	34.7	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter May	11,831	33.2	+4.3
	Conservative	René Kinzett	7,407	20.8	+4.8
	Plaid Cymru	Harri Roberts	1,437	4.0	-2.5
	BNP	Alan Bateman	910	2.6	N/A
	UKIP	Timothy Jenkins	716	2.0	+0.2
	Green	Keith Ross	404	1.1	-1.1
	Independent	Ian McCloy	374	1.1	N/A
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	Rob Williams	179	0.5	N/A
Majority			504	1.4
Turnout			35,593	58.0	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Swansea West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	13,833	41.8	-6.9
	Liberal Democrat	René Kinzett	9,564	28.9	+12.3
	Conservative	Mohammed Abdel-Haq	5,285	16.0	-3.0
	Plaid Cymru	Harri Roberts	2,150	6.5	-4.1
	Green	Martyn Shrewsbury	738	2.2	+0.2
	UKIP	Martyn Ford	609	1.8	-0.2
	Veritas	Yvonne Holley	401	1.2	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	Robert Williams	288	0.9	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	Steve Pank	218	0.7	N/A
Majority			4,269	12.9
Turnout			33,086	57.1	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.6

General Election 2001: Swansea West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	15,644	48.7	-7.5
	Conservative	Margaret Harper	6,094	19.0	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Day	5,313	16.6	+2.0
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Titherington	3,404	10.6	+4.0
	UKIP	Richard Lewis	653	2.0	N/A
	Green	Martyn Shrewsbury	626	2.0	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Alec Thraves	366	1.1	N/A
Majority			9,550	29.7
Turnout			32,100	55.8	-11.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Swansea West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	22,748	56.21	+3.21
	Conservative	Andrew Baker	8,289	20.48
	Liberal Democrat	John Newbury	5,872	14.51	+4.01
	Plaid Cymru	Dai Lloyd	2,675	6.61	+2.8
	Socialist Labour	David Proctor	885	2.19	N/A
Majority			14,459	35.73
Turnout			40,469	67.62

General Election 1992: Swansea West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	23,238	53.0	+4.5
	Conservative	Roy J. Perry	13,760	31.4	−1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Martyn J. Shrewsbury	4,620	10.5	−4.9
	Plaid Cymru	Dr David Rees Lloyd	1,668	3.8	+1.8
	Green	Brig Oubridge	564	1.3	+0.3
Majority			9,478	21.6	+6.1
Turnout			43,850	73.3	−2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

See also

• Swansea West (Assembly constituency)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan

Notes and references

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Linlithgow	Constituency represented by the Father of the House 2005-2010	Succeeded by Louth and Horncastle