Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Swansea West Borough constituency
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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Politics 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

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

[edit] Politics

The more middle-class of the two Swansea seats, with the forthcoming retirement of sitting MP Alan Williams it is now regarded as a marginal seat due to the close result of the Assembly Elections in 2007 where the Labour vote was reduced to a majority of 1,511 over the Liberal Democrats. The fact that Williams has stated his desire to retire from Parliament at the next general election, potentially putting Swansea West into play as a Liberal Democrat target seat: the Labour majority of 4,269 is regarded as largely a personal vote for Williams, rather than a vote for the Labour Party.^{[citation needed]} It is also notable that this seat has never passed to MPs of the same party, each being succeeded by a member of a different party.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	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

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Geraint Davies
	UK Independence	Richard Lewis
	Liberal Democrat	Peter May
	Conservative	Rene Kinzett

General Election 2005: Swansea West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	13,833	41.8	-6.9
	Liberal Democrat	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
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
	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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan

v • d • e Constituencies in Wales 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 Clwyd West · Monmouth · Preseli Pembrokeshire Plaid Cymru Caernarfon · Carmarthen East and Dinefwr · Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Independent Blaenau Gwent Wales European constituency: Labour (2) · Conservative (1) · Plaid Cymru (1)

[edit] References

1. ^ [1], UKPollingReport