Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)
Swansea West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Swansea West in Wales | |
Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
Electorate | 62,769 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Geraint Davies (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Swansea |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | South Wales West |
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[2] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 | Sir Alfred Mond | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1923 | Howel Samuel | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1924 | Walter Runciman | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1929 | Howel Samuel | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color" | | 1931 | Sir Lewis Jones | National Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | Percy Morris | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1959 | Hugh Rees | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1964 | Alan Williams | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | | 2010 | Geraint Davies | Labour Co-operative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Geraint Davies 1 | 14,967 | 42.6 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Emma Lane | 7,931 | 22.6 | +1.7 | |
UKIP | Martyn Ford | 4,744 | 13.5 | +11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Holley | 3,178 | 9.0 | −24.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Harri Roberts | 2,266 | 6.4 | +2.4 | |
Green | Ashley Wakeling | 1,784 | 5.1 | +4.0 | |
TUSC | Ronnie Job[5] | 159 | 0.5 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Maxwell Rosser | 78 | 0.2 | n/a | |
Socialist (GB) | Brian Johnson [6] | 49 | 0.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 7,036 | 20.0 | +18.6 | ||
Turnout | 35,156 | 59.8 | +1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
1 Geraint Davies is a Labour Co-operative Party member[7] but he was nominated as Welsh Labour .[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Geraint Davies | 12,335 | 34.7 | −7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter May | 11,831 | 33.2 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | René Kinzett[11] | 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 | |
TUSC | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan John Williams | 13,833 | 41.8 | −6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan John Williams | 15,644 | 48.7 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Margaret Harper | 6,094 | 19.0 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan John Williams | 22,748 | 56.2 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew Baker | 8,289 | 20.5 | −10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Newbury | 5,872 | 14.51 | +4.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dai Lloyd | 2,675 | 6.61 | +2.8 | |
Socialist Labour | David Proctor | 885 | 2.19 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,459 | 35.7 | |||
Turnout | 40,469 | 67.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan John Williams | 23,238 | 53.0 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Roy J. Perry | 13,760 | 31.4 | −1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan John Williams | 22,089 | 48.54 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Evans | 15,027 | 33.02 | ||
Liberal | Martyn Ford | 7,019 | 15.42 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Nigel Williams | 902 | 1.98 | ||
Green | Julie Veronica Harman | 469 | 1.03 | ||
Majority | 7,062 | 15.52 | |||
Turnout | 76.05 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan John Williams | 18,042 | 42.12 | ||
Conservative | Julian Murray Lewis | 15,692 | 36.64 | ||
SDP | P Berry | 8,036 | 18.76 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Meirion Pennar | 795 | 1.86 | ||
Ecology | B Oubridge | 265 | 0.62 | ||
Majority | 2,350 | 5.49 | |||
Turnout | 73.54 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan John Williams | 24,175 | 46.10 | ||
Conservative | D Mercer | 23,774 | 45.33 | ||
Liberal | MJ Ball | 3,484 | 6.64 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Gruffydd R ap Gwent | 1,012 | 1.93 | ||
Majority | 401 | 0.76 | |||
Turnout | 79.62 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan John Williams | 22,565 | 46.13 | ||
Conservative | AP Thomas | 17,729 | 36.25 | ||
Liberal | BE Keal | 6,842 | 13.99 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Gruffydd R ap Gwent | 1,778 | 3.63 | ||
Majority | 4,836 | 9.89 | |||
Turnout | 74.99 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan John Williams | 22,124 | 43.37 | ||
Conservative | DRO Lewis | 18,786 | 36.82 | ||
Liberal | BE Keal | 8,248 | 16.17 | ||
Plaid Cymru | DK Hearne | 1,859 | 3.64 | ||
Majority | 3,338 | 6.54 | |||
Turnout | 78.80 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan John Williams | 24,622 | 50.21 | ||
Conservative | John Edward Hugh Rees | 21,384 | 43.61 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Gruffydd R ap Gwent | 3,033 | 6.18 | ||
Majority | 3,238 | 6.60 | |||
Turnout | 75.74 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan John Williams | 26,703 | 56.39 | ||
Conservative | John Edward Hugh Rees | 20,650 | 43.61 | ||
Majority | 6,053 | 12.78 | |||
Turnout | 80.39 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan John Williams | 23,019 | 47.88 | ||
Conservative | John Edward Hugh Rees | 20,382 | 42.40 | ||
Liberal | Owain Glyn Williams | 4,672 | 9.72 | ||
Majority | 2,637 | 5.49 | |||
Turnout | 81.35 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Edward Hugh Rees | 24,043 | 50.42 | ||
Labour | Percy Morris | 23,640 | 49.58 | ||
Majority | 403 | 0.85 | |||
Turnout | 82.15 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Percy Morris | 22,647 | 51.15 | ||
Conservative | Bernard McGlynn | 21,626 | 48.85 | ||
Majority | 1,021 | 2.31 | |||
Turnout | 75.14 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Percy Morris | 26,061 | 52.16 | ||
Conservative | Henry Briton Kerby | 23,901 | 47.84 | ||
Majority | 2,160 | 4.32 | |||
Turnout | 84.61 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Percy Morris | 26,273 | 53.75 | ||
National Liberal | Lewis Jones | 22,608 | 46.25 | ||
Majority | 3,665 | 7.50 | |||
Turnout | 83.75 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Percy Morris | 18,098 | 58.03 | ||
National Liberal | Lewis Jones | 13,089 | 41.97 | ||
Majority | 5,009 | 16.06 | |||
Turnout | 73.60 | ||||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939/40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal National: Lewis Jones
- Labour: Percy Morris
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Lewis Jones | 18,784 | 52.93 | ||
Labour | Percy Morris | 16,703 | 47.07 | ||
Majority | 2,081 | 5.86 | |||
Turnout | 79.97 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Lewis Jones | 20,603 | 58.55 | ||
Labour | Howel Walter Samuel | 14,587 | 41.45 | ||
Majority | 6,016 | 17.10 | |||
Turnout | 84.43 | ||||
National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Howel Walter Samuel | 13,268 | 40.6 | +7.2 | |
Liberal | Charles Iain Kerr | 12,625 | 38.6 | +2.2 | |
Unionist | Alfred William Ernest Wynne | 6,794 | 20.8 | −9.4 | |
Majority | 643 | 2.0 | 5.0 | ||
Turnout | 81.7 | −5.3 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.5 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rt Hon. Walter Runciman | 10,033 | 36.4 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Howel Walter Samuel | 9,188 | 33.4 | −1.4 | |
Unionist | William Albert Samuel Hewins | 8,324 | 30.2 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 845 | 3.0 | 3.5 | ||
Turnout | 87.0 | +1.7 | |||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +1.75 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Howel Walter Samuel | 9,260 | 34.8 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz Mond | 9,145 | 34.3 | −1.2 | |
Unionist | William Albert Samuel Hewins | 8,238 | 30.9 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 115 | 0.5 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 85.3 | +1.4 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.9 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Alfred_Mond.jpg/120px-Alfred_Mond.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Rt Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz Mond | 9,278 | 35.5 | −4.5 | |
Unionist | William Albert Samuel Hewins | 8,476 | 32.4 | −2.0 | |
Labour | Howel Walter Samuel | 8,401 | 32.1 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 802 | 3.1 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 83.9 | +16.5 | |||
National Liberal hold | Swing | -1.25 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 8,579 | 40.0 | n/a | ||
Unionist | David Davies | 7,398 | 34.4 | n/a | |
Labour | John James Powesland | 5,510 | 25.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,181 | 5.6 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 67.4 | n/a | |||
Liberal win |
- denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
- ^ "Swansea results". Results - UK Parliamentary general election 2015. City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ total electorate 58,776 email from City and County of Swansea 8Junl15
- ^ "ronniejob". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/forum/world-socialist-movement/general-election-news-release
- ^ "Co-op Party MPs". Members of Parliament. The Co-operative Party. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Swansea Persons Nominated". Notices (UK parliamentary general election 2015). City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ Swansea West City and County of Swansea -candidates Swansea West
- ^ Swansea West BBC Election -Swansea West
- ^ René Kinzett - Swansea Conservatives René Kinzett - Swansea Conservatives
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/535.htm
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Etholiadau'r ganrif, Beti Jones (1999)
- ^ Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones
- ^ Etholiadau'r ganrif, Beti Jones (1999)
- ^ Etholiadau'r ganrif, Beti Jones (1999)