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Encyclopedia > Swansea West

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 United Kingdom has now four bodies with members elected by constituencies: The House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Scottish Parliament The Welsh Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly The House of Commons has over 600 constituencies representing the whole of the United Kingdom. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...


The National Assembly for Wales constituency, Swansea West (Welsh Assembly), has at present the same boundaries. The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

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Election results

General Election 2005: Swansea West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Williams 13,833 41.8 -6.9
Liberal Democrats Rene Kinzett 9,564 28.9 +12.3
Conservative Mohammed Abdel-Haq 5,285 16.0 -3.0
Plaid Cymru Harri Roberts 2,150 6.5 -4.1
Green Martyn Shrewsbury 738 2.2 +0.2
UKIP Martyn Ford 609 1.8 -0.2
Veritas Yvonne Holley 401 1.2 +1.2
Socialist Alternative Robert Williams 288 0.9 +0.9
Legalise Cannabis Alliance Steve Pank 218 0.7 +0.7
Majority 4,269 12.9
Turnout 33,086 57.1 +1.3
Labour hold Swing -9.6
General Election 2001: Swansea West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Williams 15,644 48.7 -7.5
Conservative Margaret Harper 6,094 19.0 -1.5
Liberal Democrats Mike Day 5,313 16.6 +2.0
Plaid Cymru Ian Titherington 3,404 10.6 +4.0
UKIP Richard Lewis 653 2.0 N/A
Green Martyn Shrewsbury 626 2.0 N/A
Socialist Alliance Alec Thraves 366 1.1 N/A
Majority 9,550 29.7
Turnout 32,100 55.8 -11.8
Labour hold Swing

Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Right Honourable Alan Williams (born October 14, 1930) is a Welsh politician for the Labour Party. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... Plaid Cymru (literally meaning, Party of Wales) is a left-of-centre (describing itself as socialist and proud of it) Welsh nationalist party. ... The Green Party of England and Wales was formed in 1973 as the Ecology Party. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... Veritas is a United Kingdom political party, formed in 2005 as a split from the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). ... Legalise Cannabis Alliance Emblem The Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA) is a political party registered in the United Kingdom with the cannabis leaf image as its emblem. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Right Honourable Alan Williams (born October 14, 1930) is a Welsh politician for the Labour Party. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... Plaid Cymru (literally meaning, Party of Wales) is a left-of-centre (describing itself as socialist and proud of it) Welsh nationalist party. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Green Party of England and Wales was formed in 1973 as the Ecology Party. ... The Socialist Alliance is a far left electoral alliance in England. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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Swansea Crown Court is housed in a building situatated on the far south west corner of Sandfields opposite the Guildhall.
Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (162 words)
Swansea West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Swansea West National Assembly for Wales constituency presently has the same boundaries.
The more middle-class of the two Swansea seats,it was held by the Conservatives between 1959 - 1964.It is regarded as a fairly safe Labour seat,though the Lib Dems and not the Tories put in a strong challange in 2005.
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