Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Swansea West Borough constituency |
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| Swansea West shown within Wales | |
| Created: | 1918 |
| MP: | Alan Williams |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Preserved county: | West Glamorgan |
| EP constituency: | Wales |
Swansea West 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 Swansea West National Assembly for Wales constituency presently has the same boundaries.
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[edit] Boundaries
The more middle-class of the two Swansea seats, Swansea West was held by the Conservatives between 1959 - 1964. It is now regarded as a fairly safe Labour seat, though the Liberal Democrats, rather than the Conservatives, put in a strong challange in 2005.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Sir Alfred Mond | Liberal | |
| 1923 | Howel Walter Samuel | Labour | |
| 1924 | Walter Runciman | Liberal | |
| 1929 | Howel Walter Samuel | Labour | |
| 1931 | Sir Lewis Jones | National Liberal | |
| 1945 | Percy Morris | Labour | |
| 1959 | Hugh Rees | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Alan Williams | Labour (currently Father of the House) | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Swansea West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Williams | 13,833 | 41.8 | -6.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rene 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 | |
| UK Independence | Martyn Ford | 609 | 1.8 | -0.2 | |
| Veritas | Yvonne Holley | 401 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Socialist Alternative | Robert Williams | 288 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Steve Pank | 218 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 4,269 | 12.9 | |||
| Turnout | 33,086 | 57.1 | +1.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -9.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Swansea West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in Wales | |
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| Labour |
Aberavon | Alyn and Deeside | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff North | Cardiff South and Penarth | Cardiff West | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Clwyd South | Conwy | Cynon Valley | Delyn | Gower | Islwyn | Llanelli | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Neath | Newport East | Newport West | Ogmore | Pontypridd | Rhondda | Swansea East | Swansea West | Torfaen | Vale of Clwyd | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham | Ynys Môn |
| Liberal Democrat |
Brecon and Radnorshire | Cardiff Central | Ceredigion | Montgomeryshire |
| Conservative | |
| Plaid Cymru |
Caernarfon | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy |
| Independent | |
| Wales European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (1) | Plaid Cymru (1) | |
