Swansea (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1918 (1918)
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Swansea East and Swansea West
Created from	Swansea District

Swansea (known officially as Swansea Town, to distinguish it from the Swansea District seat) was a borough constituency. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1885 out of the previous Swansea District constituency which was created in 1832.

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn	Liberal
	1892	Robert John Dickson Burnie	Liberal
	1895	John Talbot Dillwyn Llewellyn	Conservative
	1900	George Newnes	Liberal
	1910	Alfred Mond	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished: see Swansea East and Swansea West