Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Swansea West 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 Swansea West National Assembly for Wales constituency presently has the same boundaries.

Boundaries

The more middle-class of the two Swansea seats, with the forthcoming retirement of sitting MP Alan Williams it is now regarded as a marginal seat due to the close result of the Assembly Elections in 2007 where the Labour vote was reduced to a majority of 1,511 over the Liberal Democrats. The fact that Williams has stated his desire to retire from Parliament at the next general election, potentially putting Swansea West into play as a Liberal Democrat target seat: the Labour majority of 4,269 is regarded as largely a personal vote for Williams, rather than a vote for the Labour Party. It is also notable that this seat has never passed to MPs of the same party, each being succeeded by a member of a different party.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1918	Sir Alfred Mond	Liberal
1923	Howel Walter Samuel	Labour
1924	Walter Runciman	Liberal
1929	Howel Walter Samuel	Labour
1931	Sir Lewis Jones	National Liberal
1945	Percy Morris	Labour
1959	Hugh Rees	Conservative
1964	Alan Williams	Labour

Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also