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) |
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[2] | Party | |
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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 [3][4][5] |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2015: Swansea West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Geraint Davies | ||||
UKIP | Martyn Ford | ||||
Liberal Democrat | Chris Holley | ||||
TUSC | Ronnie Job[6] | ||||
Socialist (GB) | Brian Johnson [7] | ||||
Conservative | Emma Lane | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Harri Roberts | ||||
Independent | Maxwell Rosser | ||||
Green | Ashley Wakeling | ||||
General Election 2010: Swansea West[8][9] | |||||
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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[10] | 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
General Election 2005: Swansea West | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 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[11] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alan Williams | 22,748 | 56.2 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew Baker | 8,289 | 20.5 | −10.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||
General Election 1992: Swansea West[12] | |||||
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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 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Swansea West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alan Williams | 22,089 | 48.54 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Evans | 15,027 | 33.02 | ||
Liberal | M Ford | 7,019 | 15.42 | ||
Plaid Cymru | N Williams | 902 | 1.98 | ||
Green | JV Harman | 469 | 1.03 | ||
Majority | 7,062 | 15.52 | |||
Turnout | 76.05 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1983: Swansea West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alan Williams | 18,042 | 42.12 | ||
Conservative | Julian Murray Lewis | 15,692 | 36.64 | ||
Social Democratic | P Berry | 8,036 | 18.76 | ||
Plaid Cymru | M 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
General Election 1979: Swansea West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alan Williams | 24,175 | 46.10 | ||
Conservative | D Mercer | 23,774 | 45.33 | ||
Liberal | MJ Ball | 3,484 | 6.64 | ||
Plaid Cymru | GR ap Gwent | 1,012 | 1.93 | ||
Majority | 401 | 0.76 | |||
Turnout | 79.62 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Swansea West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alan Williams | 22,565 | 46.13 | ||
Conservative | AP Thomas | 17,729 | 36.25 | ||
Liberal | BE Keal | 6,842 | 13.99 | ||
Plaid Cymru | GR ap Gwent | 1,778 | 3.63 | ||
Majority | 4,836 | 9.89 | |||
Turnout | 74.99 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Swansea West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alan 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 | ||||
General Election 1970: Swansea West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alan Williams | 24,622 | 50.21 | ||
Conservative | Hugh Rees | 21,384 | 43.61 | ||
Plaid Cymru | GR ap Gwent | 3,033 | 6.18 | ||
Majority | 3,238 | 6.60 | |||
Turnout | 75.74 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Swansea West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alan Williams | 26,703 | 56.39 | ||
Conservative | Hugh Rees | 20,650 | 43.61 | ||
Majority | 6,053 | 12.78 | |||
Turnout | 80.39 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1964: Swansea West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alan Williams | 23,019 | 47.88 | ||
Conservative | 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
General Election 1959: Swansea West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | 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 | ||||
General Election 1955: Swansea West
Electorate 58,923 | |||||
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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 | ||||
General Election 1951: Swansea West
Electorate 59,051 | |||||
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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 | ||||
General Election 1950: Swansea West
Electorate | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Percy Morris | 26,273 | 53.75 | ||
Liberal National | Lewis Jones | 22,608 | 46.25 | ||
Majority | 3,665 | 7.50 | |||
Turnout | 83.75 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Swansea West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Percy Morris | 18,098 | 58.03 | ||
Liberal National | Lewis Jones | 13,089 | 41.97 | ||
Majority | 5,009 | 16.06 | |||
Turnout | 73.60 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal National | 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
General Election 1935: Swansea West
Electorate | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal National | Lewis Jones | 18,784 | 52.93 | ||
Labour | Percy Morris | 16,703 | 47.07 | ||
Majority | 2,081 | 5.86 | |||
Turnout | 79.97 | ||||
Liberal National hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1931: Swansea West
Electorate | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal National | Lewis Jones | 20,603 | 58.55 | ||
Labour | Howel Samuel | 14,587 | 41.45 | ||
Majority | 6,016 | 17.10 | |||
Turnout | 84.43 | ||||
Liberal National gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1929: Swansea West[13]
Electorate 40,021 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Howel Walter Samuel | 13,268 | 40.6 | +7.2 | |
Liberal | Charles Iain Kerr | 12,625 | 38.6 | +2.2 | |
Unionist | A W E 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 | |||
General Election 1924: Swansea West[14]
Electorate 31,674 | |||||
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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 | |||
General Election 1923: Swansea West[15]
Electorate 31,237 | |||||
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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 | +1.95 | |||
General Election 1922 : Swansea West[16]
Electorate 31,178 | |||||
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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
General Election 1918 Swansea West[17]
Electorate 31,884 | |||||
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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)
- ↑ Geraint Davies - Swansea West Welsh Labour website
- ↑ Biography Geraint Davies's Campaign Site
- ↑ Election joy for 28 Co-op MPs Co-operative News
- ↑ "ronniejob". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/forum/world-socialist-movement/general-election-news-release
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Etholiadau'r ganrif, Beti Jones (1999)
- ↑ Etholiadau'r ganrif, Beti Jones (1999)
- ↑ Etholiadau'r ganrif, Beti Jones (1999)
- ↑ Etholiadau'r ganrif, Beti Jones (1999)
- ↑ Etholiadau'r ganrif, Beti Jones (1999)
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Linlithgow |
Constituency represented by the Father of the House 2005-2010 |
Succeeded by Louth and Horncastle |
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Coordinates: 51°37′06″N 3°59′11″W / 51.61833°N 3.98639°W
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