Swansea West (Senedd constituency)

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Swansea West
Gorllewin Abertawe
Senedd borough constituency
for the Senedd
SwanseaWest2007Constituency.svg
Swansea West shown as one of the 40
Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd borough constituency
Created 1999
Party Labour
MS Julie James
Electoral region South Wales West
Preserved county West Glamorgan

Swansea West (Welsh : Gorllewin Abertawe) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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Boundaries

Swansea West (Senedd constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Swansea West Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of West Glamorgan.

The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore and Swansea East.

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999 Andrew Davies Labour Party Andrew Davies (cropped).jpg
2011 Julie James Labour Party Julie James - National Assembly for Wales.jpg

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

2021 Senedd election: Swansea West
PartyCandidateConstituency [1] Regional [2]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Julie James [lower-alpha 1] 11,12646.4+5.810,00541.7+6.3
Conservative Samantha Chohan4,60519.2+1.54,54918.9+3.1
Plaid Cymru Dai Lloyd 3,91016.3+1.84,08217.0+2.1
Liberal Democrats Chloe Hutchinson1,6456.9-2.21,6676.9-4.0
Green Chris Evans1,1094.6+0.61,3375.6+1.4
Abolish James Cole8663.6New9704.0-0.6
Reform UK Darren Rees2951.2New2030.8New
Freedom Alliance (UK)Michelle Valerio2501.0New2311.0New
Propel Katon Bouzalakos1890.8New1510.6New
UKIP 3631.5-11.4
Independent Caroline Jones 2090.9New
Gwlad 1140.5New
Communist 700.3+0.1
TUSC 570.2-0.3
Majority6,52127.2+4.3
Turnout 24,162
Labour hold Swing
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency

Regional Ballot void votes: 141. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (39), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (14), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (97)

Elections in the 2010s

2016 National Assembly for Wales election: Swansea West
PartyCandidateConstituency [3] Regional [4] [5]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Julie James 9,01440.6−4.77,84835.4-3.0
Conservative Craig Lawton3,93417.7−6.33,51115.8-4.9
Plaid Cymru Dai Lloyd 3,22514.5+0.63,29614.9+3.1
UKIP Rosie Irwin3,05813.8New2,85312.9+8.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Holley2,0129.1−7.72,42510.9-2.6
Green Gareth Tucker8834.0New9314.2-0.1
Socialist (GB) Brian Johnson760.3New
Abolish 1,0124.6New
Monster Raving Loony 1530.7New
TUSC 1110.5-0.2
Communist 480.2-0.2
Majority5,08022.9+1.6
Turnout 22,34540.7+5.6
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Swansea West
PartyCandidateConstituency [6] Regional [7]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Julie James 9,88545.3+13.08,41838.4+12.6
Conservative Steve Jenkins5,23124.0+4.94,53520.7+2.3
Liberal Democrats Rob Speht3,65416.8-8.92,96613.5-8.0
Plaid Cymru Carl Harris3,03513.9−1.82,59311.8-4.0
UKIP 9714.4+0.5
Green 9434.3-0.5
Socialist Labour 5372.4+1.3
BNP 5272.4New
Welsh Christian 2141.0New
TUSC 1480.7New
Communist 850.4±0.0
Majority4,65421.3+14.7
Turnout 21,80535.1−20.6
Labour hold Swing +4.1

Regional ballots rejected: 214 [8]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Swansea West
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [9]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Andrew Davies 7,39332.3-3.95,90325.8-4.9
Liberal Democrats Peter May5,88225.7+7.64,91721.5+5.0
Conservative Harri Davies4,37919.1+3.14,20518.4-1.5
Plaid Cymru Ian Titherington3,58315.7-7.33,62515.8-3.4
BNP 1,1865.2New
Green 1,1004.8-3.4
UKIP 9013.9-1.5
Socialist Labour 2481.1New
Welsh Christian 2251.0New
Respect 2150.9New
Socialist Alternative (UK)1400.6New
Keith James - Independent920.4New
Communist 880.4New
CPA 510.2New
Joel Jenkins - Independent180.1New
Majority3,9556.6−6.6
Turnout 30,10855.7+5.7
Labour hold Swing
Notes
    Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Swansea West
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [10]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Andrew Davies [lower-alpha 1] 7,02336.2+1.65,91030.7
    Plaid Cymru Dai Lloyd 4,46123.0-3.53,70219.2
    Liberal Democrats Mike Day3,51018.1+3.23,17016.5
    Conservative Gerald Rowbottom3,10616.0+0.63,25616.9
    Green 1,5718.2
    UKIP 1,0405.4
    Socialist Labour 4292.2
    Cymru Annibynnol1270.7
    ProLife Alliance 330.2
    Majority2,56213.2+5.1
    Turnout 19,41233.0−7.0
    Labour hold Swing 0.5

    2003 Electorate: 58,749
    Regional ballots rejected: 460

    Elections in the 1990s

    Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Swansea West [11]
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Andrew Davies 8,21734.6N/A7,94433.5N/A
    Plaid Cymru Dai Lloyd 6,29126.5N/A6,70028.3N/A
    Conservative Paul Harold Valerio3,64315.4N/A4,03317.0N/A
    Liberal Democrats John Newbury3,54314.9N/A3,41314.4N/A
    Independent David C. Evans9964.2N/A
    People's RepresentativeJohn R. Harris7743.3N/A
    Socialist Alliance Alec Thraves2631.1N/A2160.9N/A
    Green 8463.6
    Natural Law 1040.4N/A
    Other List Parties4561.9
    Majority1,9268.1N/A
    Turnout 23,72740.0N/A
    Labour win (new seat)

    1999 Electorate: 59,369

    Notes

    1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency

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    References

    1. ↑ "Election results for Swansea West". Swansea Council. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
    2. ↑ "South Wales West Electoral Region Result 2021" (PDF). Swansea Council. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
    3. ↑ Huw Evans (6 May 2016). "Swansea West Constituency Declaration of Poll Result" (PDF). City and County of Swansea . Retrieved 11 May 2016.
    4. ↑ National Assembly – 5 May 2016 - South Wales Central
    5. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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    11. ↑ Swansea West, BBC News

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