Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Swansea West in Wales
Preserved countyWest Glamorgan
Electorate74,612 (March 2020)[1]
Current constituency
Created1918
Member of ParliamentTorsten Bell (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromSwansea and Gower
Overlaps
SeneddSwansea 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 Torsten Bell of Labour, who was first elected in the constituency in 2024.

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).

In the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituencies boundaries were altered.[2] The Senedd constituency of the same name currently has the constituency's borders as they existed before 2024.

  1. ^ Mrs Justice Jefford; Thomas, Huw Vaughan; Hartley, Sam A (June 2023). "Appendix 1: Recommended Constituencies" (PDF). The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales. Cardiff: Boundary Commission for Wales. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-5286-3901-9. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  2. ^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.


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