Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Swansea West (Senedd 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 (Independent)
Seats	One
Created from	Swansea and Gower
Overlaps
Senedd	Swansea West, South Wales West

Swansea West (Welsh : Gorllewin Abertawe) is a constituency ^{[n 1]} 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, and is currently represented by Geraint Davies of Labour Co-op, 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 (meaning longest-serving MP currently sitting).

The constituency is to retain its name but its boundaries altered, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election. ^[2]

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

The constituency comprises the electoral wards of Sketty, Castle, Killay South, Killay North, Dunvant, Uplands, Townhill, Cockett and Mayals.

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. ^[3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [4]	Party
	1918	Sir Alfred Mond	Liberal
	1923	Howel Samuel	Labour
	1924	Walter Runciman	Liberal
	1929	Howel Samuel	Labour
	1931	Sir Lewis Jones	Liberal National
	1945	Percy Morris	Labour
	1959	Hugh Rees	Conservative
	1964	Alan Williams	Labour
	2010	Geraint Davies	Labour Co-operative
	2023		Independent

Elections

Elections in the 20th century

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Swansea West ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Alfred 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			21,487	67.4	N/A
Registered electors			31,884
	Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Sir Alfred Mond

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Swansea West ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Alfred Mond	9,278	35.5	-4.5
	Unionist	William Hewins	8,476	32.4	-2.0
	Labour	Howel Samuel	8,401	32.1	+6.5
Majority			802	3.1	-2.5
Turnout			26,155	83.9	+16.5
Registered electors			31,178
	National Liberal hold		Swing	-1.2

General election 1923: Swansea West ^{[7] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howel Samuel	9,260	34.8	+2.7
	Liberal	Alfred Mond	9,145	34.3	-1.2
	Unionist	William Hewins	8,238	30.9	-1.5
Majority			115	0.5	N/A
Turnout			26,643	85.3	+1.4
Registered electors			31,237
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.9

General election 1924: Swansea West ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Runciman	10,033	36.4	+2.1
	Labour	Howel Samuel	9,188	33.4	-1.4
	Unionist	William Hewins	8,324	30.2	-0.7
Majority			845	3.0	N/A
Turnout			27,545	87.0	+1.7
Registered electors			31,674
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+1.7

General election 1929: Swansea West ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howel Samuel	13,268	40.6	+7.2
	Liberal	Charles Kerr	12,625	38.6	+2.2
	Unionist	Alfred William Ernest Wynne	6,794	20.8	-9.4
Majority			643	2.0	N/A
Turnout			32,687	81.7	-5.3
Registered electors			40,021
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Swansea West ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Lewis Jones	20,603	58.6	+37.8
	Labour	Howel Samuel	14,587	41.4	+0.8
Majority			6,016	17.2	N/A
Turnout			35,190	84.4	+2.7
Registered electors			41,680
	National Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1935: Swansea West ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Lewis Jones	18,784	52.9	-5.7
	Labour	Percy Morris	16,703	47.1	+5.7
Majority			2,081	5.8	-11.4
Turnout			35,487	80.0	-4.4
Registered electors			44,373
	National Liberal hold		Swing

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

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Swansea West ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Percy Morris	18,098	58.0	+10.9
	National Liberal	Lewis Jones	13,089	42.0	-10.9
Majority			5,009	16.0	N/A
Turnout			31,187	73.6	-6.4
Registered electors			42,373
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Swansea West ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Percy Morris	26,273	53.7	-4.3
	National Liberal	Lewis Jones	22,608	46.3	+4.3
Majority			3,665	7.4	-8.6
Turnout			48,879	83.7	+10.1
Registered electors			58,362
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Swansea West ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Percy Morris	26,061	52.2	-1.5
	Conservative	Henry Kerby	23,901	47.8	+1.5
Majority			2,160	4.4	-3.0
Turnout			49,962	84.6	+0.9
Registered electors			59,051
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Swansea West ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Percy Morris	22,647	51.2	-1.0
	Conservative	Bernard McGlynn	21,626	48.8	+1.0
Majority			1,021	2.4	-2.0
Turnout			44,273	75.1	-9.5
Registered electors			58,923
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1959: Swansea West ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Rees	24,043	50.4	+1.6
	Labour	Percy Morris	23,640	49.6	-1.6
Majority			403	0.8	N/A
Turnout			47,683	82.1	+7.0
Registered electors			58,045
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Swansea West ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	23,019	47.9	-1.7
	Conservative	Hugh Rees	20,382	42.4	-8.0
	Liberal	Owain Glyn Williams	4,672	9.7	N/A
Majority			2,637	5.5	N/A
Turnout			48,073	81.3	-0.8
Registered electors			59,091
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1966: Swansea West ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	26,703	56.4	+8.5
	Conservative	Hugh Rees	20,650	43.6	+1.2
Majority			6,053	12.8	+7.3
Turnout			47,353	80.4	-0.9
Registered electors			58,907
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Swansea West ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	24,622	50.2	-6.2
	Conservative	Hugh Rees	21,384	43.6	±0.0
	Plaid Cymru	Gruffydd R ap Gwent	3,033	6.2	N/A
Majority			3,238	6.6	-6.2
Turnout			49,039	75.7	-4.7
Registered electors			64,745
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Swansea West ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	22,124	43.4	-6.8
	Conservative	D R O Lewis	18,786	36.8	-6.8
	Liberal	B E Keal	8,248	16.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	D K Hearne	1,859	3.6	-2.6
Majority			3,338	6.6	±0.0
Turnout			51,017	78.8	+3.1
Registered electors			64,744
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Swansea West ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	22,565	46.1	+2.7
	Conservative	A P Thomas	17,729	36.2	-0.6
	Liberal	B E Keal	6,842	14.0	-2.2
	Plaid Cymru	Gruffydd R ap Gwent	1,778	3.6	±0.0
Majority			4,836	9.9	+3.3
Turnout			48,914	75.0	-3.8
Registered electors			65,225
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1979: Swansea West ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	24,175	46.1	±0.0
	Conservative	David Mercer	23,774	45.3	+9.1
	Liberal	Martin J. Ball	3,484	6.7	-7.3
	Plaid Cymru	Gruffydd R ap Gwent	1,012	1.9	-1.7
Majority			401	0.8	-9.1
Turnout			52,445	79.6	+4.6
Registered electors			65,872
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Swansea West ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	18,042	42.1	-4.0
	Conservative	Julian Lewis	15,692	36.6	-8.7
	SDP	Peter Berry	8,036	18.8	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Meirion Pennar	795	1.9	±0.0
	Ecology	Graham Oubridge	265	0.6	N/A
Majority			2,350	5.5	+4.7
Turnout			42,830	73.5	-6.1
Registered electors			58,237
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1987: Swansea West ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	22,089	48.5	+6.4
	Conservative	Nigel Evans	15,027	33.0	-3.6
	Liberal	Martyn Ford	7,019	15.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Nigel Williams	902	2.0	+0.1
	Green	Julie Harman	469	1.0	+0.4
Majority			7,062	15.5	-10.0
Turnout			45,506	76.0	+2.5
Registered electors			59,836
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Swansea West ^{[15] [16]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	23,238	53.0	+4.5
	Conservative	Roy Perry	13,760	31.4	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Shrewsbury	4,620	10.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	David Lloyd	1,668	3.8	+1.8
	Green	Graham Oubridge	564	1.3	+0.3
Majority			9,478	21.6	+6.1
Turnout			43,850	73.3	-2.7
Registered electors			59,785
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

General election 1997: Swansea West ^{[17] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	22,748	56.2	+3.2
	Conservative	Andrew Baker	8,289	20.5	-10.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Newbury	5,872	14.5	+4.0
	Plaid Cymru	Dai Lloyd	2,675	6.6	+2.8
	Socialist Labour	David Proctor	885	2.2	N/A
Majority			14,459	35.7	+14.1
Turnout			40,469	67.6	-5.7
Registered electors			59,849
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.1

Elections in the 21st century

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Swansea West ^{[19] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	15,644	48.7	-7.5
	Conservative	Margaret Harper	6,094	19.0	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Day	5,313	16.6	+2.1
	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	-6.0
Turnout			32,100	55.8	-11.8
Registered electors			57,493
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.0

General election 2005: Swansea West ^{[21] [22] [23]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	13,833	41.8	-6.9
	Liberal Democrats	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	-16.8
Turnout			33,086	57.1	+1.3
Registered electors			58,363
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.6

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Swansea West ^{[24] [25] [26]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Geraint Davies	12,335	34.7	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter May	11,831	33.2	+4.3
	Conservative	René Kinzett [27]	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	1.5	-11.4
Turnout			35,593	58.0	+0.9
Registered electors			61,334
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-5.7

General election 2015: Swansea West ^{[28] [29] [30]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Geraint Davies 1	14,967	42.6	+7.9
	Conservative	Emma Lane	7,931	22.6	+1.8
	UKIP	Martyn Ford	4,744	13.5	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	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	159	0.5	±0.0
	Independent	Maxwell Rosser	78	0.2	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Brian Johnson	49	0.1	N/A
Rejected ballots			116
Majority			7,036	20.0	+18.5
Turnout			35,156	59.8	+1.8
Registered electors			58,776
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+3.1

Of the 116 rejected ballots:

• 33 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. ^[29]
• 83 voted for more than one candidate. ^[29]

¹ Geraint Davies is a Labour and Co-operative member ^[31] but he was nominated as Welsh Labour. ^[32]

General election 2017: Swansea West ^{[33] [34]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Geraint Davies	22,278	59.8	+17.2
	Conservative	Craig Lawton	11,680	31.3	+8.7
	Plaid Cymru	Rhydian Fitter	1,529	4.1	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael O'Carroll	1,269	3.4	-5.6
	Green	Mike Whittall	434	1.2	-3.9
	Socialist (GB)	Brian Johnson	92	0.2	+0.1
Majority			10,598	28.5	+8.5
Turnout			37,345	65.5	+5.7
Registered electors			56,889
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+4.2

General election 2019: Swansea West ^{[35] [36] [37]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Geraint Davies	18,493	51.6	-8.2
	Conservative	James Price	10,377	29.0	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael O'Carroll	2,993	8.4	+5.0
	Plaid Cymru	Gwyn Williams	1,984	5.5	+1.4
	Brexit Party	Peter Hopkins	1,983	5.5	N/A
Rejected ballots			137
Majority			8,116	22.6	-5.9
Turnout			35,830	62.8	-2.7
Registered electors			57,078
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-2.9

Of the 137 rejected ballots:

• 117 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. ^[37]
• 20 voted for more than one candidate. ^[37]

See also

• Swansea West (Senedd constituency)
• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

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External links

• Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• Electoral Calculus (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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