Swansea West (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency).

Swansea West Gorllewin Abertawe
Senedd borough constituency for the Senedd
Swansea West shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd borough constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MS	Julie James
Electoral region	South Wales West
Preserved county	West Glamorgan

Swansea West (Welsh: Gorllewin Abertawe) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Swansea West Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of West Glamorgan.

The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore and Swansea East.

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

Election		Member	Party	Portrait
	1999	Andrew Davies	Labour Party
	2011	Julie James	Labour Party

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

2021 Senedd election: Swansea West

Party		Candidate	Constituency[1]			Regional[2]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie James[a]	11,126	46.4	+5.8	10,005	41.7	+6.3
	Conservative	Samantha Chohan	4,605	19.2	+1.5	4,549	18.9	+3.1
	Plaid Cymru	Dai Lloyd	3,910	16.3	+1.8	4,082	17.0	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chloe Hutchinson	1,645	6.9	-2.2	1,667	6.9	-4.0
	Green	Chris Evans	1,109	4.6	+0.6	1,337	5.6	+1.4
	Abolish	James Cole	866	3.6	New	970	4.0	-0.6
	Reform UK	Darren Rees	295	1.2	New	203	0.8	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)	Michelle Valerio	250	1.0	New	231	1.0	New
	Propel	Katon Bouzalakos	189	0.8	New	151	0.6	New
	UKIP					363	1.5	-11.4
	Independent	Caroline Jones				209	0.9	New
	Gwlad					114	0.5	New
	Communist					70	0.3	+0.1
	TUSC					57	0.2	-0.3
Majority			6,521	27.2	+4.3
Turnout			24,162
	Labour hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

Regional Ballot void votes: 141. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (39), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (14), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (97)

Elections in the 2010s

2016 National Assembly for Wales election: Swansea West

Party		Candidate	Constituency[3]			Regional[4][5]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie James	9,014	40.6	−4.7	7,848	35.4	-3.0
	Conservative	Craig Lawton	3,934	17.7	−6.3	3,511	15.8	-4.9
	Plaid Cymru	Dai Lloyd	3,225	14.5	+0.6	3,296	14.9	+3.1
	UKIP	Rosie Irwin	3,058	13.8	New	2,853	12.9	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Holley	2,012	9.1	−7.7	2,425	10.9	-2.6
	Green	Gareth Tucker	883	4.0	New	931	4.2	-0.1
	Socialist (GB)	Brian Johnson	76	0.3	New
	Abolish					1,012	4.6	New
	Monster Raving Loony					153	0.7	New
	TUSC					111	0.5	-0.2
	Communist					48	0.2	-0.2
Majority			5,080	22.9	+1.6
Turnout			22,345	40.7	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Swansea West

Party		Candidate	Constituency[6]			Regional[7]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie James	9,885	45.3	+13.0	8,418	38.4	+12.6
	Conservative	Steve Jenkins	5,231	24.0	+4.9	4,535	20.7	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Speht	3,654	16.8	-8.9	2,966	13.5	-8.0
	Plaid Cymru	Carl Harris	3,035	13.9	−1.8	2,593	11.8	-4.0
	UKIP					971	4.4	+0.5
	Green					943	4.3	-0.5
	Socialist Labour					537	2.4	+1.3
	BNP					527	2.4	New
	Welsh Christian					214	1.0	New
	TUSC					148	0.7	New
	Communist					85	0.4	±0.0
Majority			4,654	21.3	+14.7
Turnout			21,805	35.1	−20.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.1

Regional ballots rejected: 214^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Swansea West

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[9]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Davies	7,393	32.3	-3.9	5,903	25.8	-4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter May	5,882	25.7	+7.6	4,917	21.5	+5.0
	Conservative	Harri Davies	4,379	19.1	+3.1	4,205	18.4	-1.5
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Titherington	3,583	15.7	-7.3	3,625	15.8	-3.4
	BNP					1,186	5.2	New
	Green					1,100	4.8	-3.4
	UKIP					901	3.9	-1.5
	Socialist Labour					248	1.1	New
	Welsh Christian					225	1.0	New
	Respect					215	0.9	New
	Socialist Alternative (UK)					140	0.6	New
	Keith James - Independent					92	0.4	New
	Communist					88	0.4	New
	CPA					51	0.2	New
	Joel Jenkins - Independent					18	0.1	New
Majority			3,955	6.6	−6.6
Turnout			30,108	55.7	+5.7
	Labour hold		Swing
Notes

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Swansea West

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[10]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Davies[a]	7,023	36.2	+1.6	5,910	30.7
	Plaid Cymru	Dai Lloyd	4,461	23.0	-3.5	3,702	19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Day	3,510	18.1	+3.2	3,170	16.5
	Conservative	Gerald Rowbottom	3,106	16.0	+0.6	3,256	16.9
	Green					1,571	8.2
	UKIP					1,040	5.4
	Socialist Labour					429	2.2
	Cymru Annibynnol					127	0.7
	ProLife Alliance					33	0.2
Majority			2,562	13.2	+5.1
Turnout			19,412	33.0	−7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	0.5

2003 Electorate: 58,749
Regional ballots rejected: 460

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Swansea West^[11]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Davies	8,217	34.6	N/A	7,944	33.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Dai Lloyd	6,291	26.5	N/A	6,700	28.3	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Harold Valerio	3,643	15.4	N/A	4,033	17.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Newbury	3,543	14.9	N/A	3,413	14.4	N/A
	Independent	David C. Evans	996	4.2	N/A
	People's Representative	John R. Harris	774	3.3	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Alec Thraves	263	1.1	N/A	216	0.9	N/A
	Green					846	3.6
	Natural Law					104	0.4	N/A
	Other List Parties					456	1.9
Majority			1,926	8.1	N/A
Turnout			23,727	40.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

1999 Electorate: 59,369

Notes

1. Incumbent member for this constituency

References

1. "Election results for Swansea West". Swansea Council. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
2. "South Wales West Electoral Region Result 2021" (PDF). Swansea Council. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
3. Huw Evans (6 May 2016). "Swansea West Constituency Declaration of Poll Result" (PDF). City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
4. [1] National Assembly – 5 May 2016 - South Wales Central
5. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
6. "Wales elections > Swansea Westwork=BBC News". 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
7. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
8. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
9. "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
10. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
11. Swansea West, BBC News

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