Swansea West ( cy, Gorllewin Abertawe) is a
constituency
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of the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It elects one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) by the
first past the post
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system of election, and is currently represented by
Geraint Davies of
Labour Co-op
Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated Labour Co-op; cy, Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party and the Co-operativ ...
, who was first elected in the constituency in 2010.
The
Senedd 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
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(meaning longest-serving MP currently sitting).
Boundaries
The constituency comprises the electoral wards of
Sketty
The suburban district of Sketty ( cy, Sgeti) is about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the Swansea city centre on Gower Road. It falls within the Sketty council ward of Swansea. It is also a community.
Description
The area approximates to the Vivi ...
,
Castle
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,
Killay South
Killay South ( cy, Cilâ - De) was an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The ward was mainly rural and consisted of some or all of the following areas: Dunvant, Ilston, Killay, Swansea, Killay, Sketty and Upper Killay in t ...
,
Killay North
Killay North ( cy, Cilâ - Gogledd) is a former electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales which consisted of some or all of the following areas: Killay, Olchfa and Waunarlwydd, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West ...
,
Dunvant
Dunvant ( cy, Dyfnant) (Dyfn - deep; nant - stream or brook) is a suburban district and community (parish) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, and falls within the Dunvant ward. It is situated in a valley some 4.5 miles west of Swansea cit ...
,
Uplands
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*Highland, an area of higher land divided into low and high points
*Upland and lowland, conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level
*I ...
,
Townhill,
Cockett
Cockett ( cy, Y Cocyd) is a district and community (Wales), community in Swansea, Wales falling within Cockett (electoral ward), Cockett ward. It is located about north-west of Swansea city centre. It includes the eastern half of Gowerton.
Coc ...
and
Mayals
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.
1918–1949: The County Borough of Swansea wards of Alexandra, Bryn Melyn, Castle, Ffynone, St Helen's, and Victoria.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Swansea wards of Brynmelyn, Cockett, Ffynone, Oystermouth and Brynau, St Helen's, Sketty, Victoria, and Waunarlwydd.
1955–1983: The County Borough of Swansea wards of Brynmelin, Fforestfach, Ffynone, Mumbles, St Helen's, Sketty, Townhill, and Victoria.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
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
Percy Morris (6 October 1893 – 7 March 1967) was a British railway clerk, trade unionist and politician who became Mayor of Swansea and represented the town in Parliament. He specialised in railway issues in Parliament, and after being d ...
Election in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 2010s
Of the 116 rejected ballots:
*33 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
[
*83 voted for more than one candidate.][
1 Geraint Davies is a ]Labour and Co-operative
Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated Labour Co-op; cy, Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party.
Candidat ...
member but he was nominated as Welsh Labour
Welsh Labour ( cy, Llafur Cymru) is the branch of the United Kingdom Labour Party in Wales and the largest party in modern Welsh politics. Welsh Labour and its forebears won a plurality of the Welsh vote at every UK general election since 1922 ...
.
Of the 137 rejected ballots:
*117 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[
*20 voted for more than one candidate.][
]
See also
* Swansea West (Senedd constituency)
, constituency_type = Senedd borough constituency
, parl_name=Senedd, image =
, caption = Swansea West shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies
, year = 1999
, parts_label = Electoral regi ...
* List of parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan
The preserved county of West Glamorgan is divided into five parliamentary constituencies – two borough constituencies and three county constituencies.
Constituencies
The current boundaries have been effective since the 2007 National Assembly ...
* List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales
Wales is currently divided into forty constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which elect Members of Parliament to the House of Commons. After the General Election of December 2019, 22 of the Welsh constituencies are repres ...
Notes
References
External links
Politics Resources
(Election results from 1922 onwards)
(Election results from 1955 onwards)
2017 Election
House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
A Vision Of Britain Through Time
(Constituency elector numbers)
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Parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
Politics of Swansea
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918