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, 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).
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.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
thumb|120px|Sir Alfred Mond 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
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 Co-operative Party member but he was nominated as Welsh Labour .
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)
List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan
List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales
Notes
References
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)
