Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea West
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
	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

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Swansea West ^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Geraint Davies ^1	14,967	42.6	+7.9
	Conservative	Emma Lane	7,931	22.6	+1.7
	UKIP	Martyn Ford	4,744	13.5	+11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Holley	3,178	9.0	-24.2
	Plaid Cymru	Harri Roberts	2,266	6.4	+2.4
	Green	Ashley Wakeling	1,784	5.1	+4.0
	TUSC	Ronnie Job[5]	159	0.5	-0.1
	Independent	Maxwell Rosser	78	0.2	n/a
	Socialist (GB)	Brian Johnson [6]	49	0.1	n/a
Majority			7,036	20.0	+18.6
Turnout			35,156	59.8	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

¹ Geraint Davies is a Labour Co-operative Party member^[7] but he was nominated as Welsh Labour .^[8]

General Election 2010: Swansea West^[9][10]

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[11]	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan John 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan John 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^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan John 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^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan John 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	Graham Edwin 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan John Williams	22,089	48.54
	Conservative	Nigel Evans	15,027	33.02
	Liberal	Martyn Ford	7,019	15.42
	Plaid Cymru	Nigel Williams	902	1.98
	Green	Julie Veronica Harman	469	1.03
Majority			7,062	15.52
Turnout				76.05
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Swansea West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan John Williams	18,042	42.12
	Conservative	Julian Murray Lewis	15,692	36.64
	Social Democratic	P Berry	8,036	18.76
	Plaid Cymru	Meirion Pennar	795	1.86
	Ecology	Graham Edwin Oubridge	265	0.62
Majority			2,350	5.49
Turnout				73.54
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Swansea West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan John Williams	24,175	46.10
	Conservative	D Mercer	23,774	45.33
	Liberal	MJ Ball	3,484	6.64
	Plaid Cymru	Gruffydd R ap Gwent	1,012	1.93
Majority			401	0.76
Turnout				79.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Swansea West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan John Williams	22,565	46.13
	Conservative	AP Thomas	17,729	36.25
	Liberal	BE Keal	6,842	13.99
	Plaid Cymru	Gruffydd R ap Gwent	1,778	3.63
Majority			4,836	9.89
Turnout				74.99
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Swansea West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan John 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan John Williams	24,622	50.21
	Conservative	John Edward Hugh Rees	21,384	43.61
	Plaid Cymru	Gruffydd R 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan John Williams	26,703	56.39
	Conservative	John Edward Hugh Rees	20,650	43.61
Majority			6,053	12.78
Turnout				80.39
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Swansea West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan John Williams	23,019	47.88
	Conservative	John Edward 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Edward 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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Percy Morris	26,273	53.75
	National Liberal	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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Lewis Jones	20,603	58.55
	Labour	Howel Walter 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 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Howel Walter Samuel	13,268	40.6	+7.2
	Liberal	Charles Iain Kerr	12,625	38.6	+2.2
	Unionist	Alfred William Ernest 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

Walter Runciman

General Election 1924: Swansea West^[15]

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 ^[16]

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	+1.9

Sir Alfred Mond

General Election 1922 : Swansea West^[17]

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 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz Mond	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

• Swansea West (Assembly constituency)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan

Notes and references

1. "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
3. "Swansea results". Results - UK Parliamentary general election 2015. City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
4. total electorate 58,776 email from City and County of Swansea 8Junl15
5. "ronniejob". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
6. http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/forum/world-socialist-movement/general-election-news-release
7. "Co-op Party MPs". Members of Parliament. The Co-operative Party. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
8. "Swansea Persons Nominated". Notices (UK parliamentary general election 2015). City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
9. Swansea West City and County of Swansea -candidates Swansea West
10. Swansea West BBC Election -Swansea West
11. René Kinzett - Swansea Conservatives René Kinzett - Swansea Conservatives
12. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/535.htm
13. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
14. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
15. Etholiadau'r ganrif, Beti Jones (1999)
16. Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones
17. Etholiadau'r ganrif, Beti Jones (1999)
18. Etholiadau'r ganrif, Beti Jones (1999)

Coordinates: 51°37′06″N 3°59′11″W / 51.61833°N 3.98639°W