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Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Swansea West in Wales.
Preserved county West Glamorgan
Electorate 62,769 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created 1918
Member of parliament Geraint Davies (Labour Co-operative)
Number of members One
Created from Swansea
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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, and is currently represented by Geriant Davies of the Labour Co-operative party, who was first elected in the constituency in 2010.

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 (meaning longest-serving MP currently sitting).

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

1Geraint Davies is a Labour Co-operative Party member but he was nominated as Welsh Labour .


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