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Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

Index Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea West (Welsh: Gorllewin Abertawe) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [1]

74 relations: Alan Williams (Swansea West MP), Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, Castle, Swansea, Charles Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot, Cockett (electoral ward), Conservative Party (UK), David Lloyd (Welsh politician), Dunvant (electoral ward), Electoral Calculus, Father of the House, First-past-the-post voting, Geraint Davies (Labour politician), Gower (UK Parliament constituency), Henry Kerby, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Howel Samuel, Hugh Rees, Julian Lewis, Killay North, Killay South, Labour and Co-operative, Labour Party (UK), Lewis Jones (politician), Liberal Party (UK), Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency), List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales, List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan, Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency), Mayals (electoral ward), Meirion Pennar, Member of parliament, National Liberal Party (UK, 1931), Nigel Evans, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Percy Morris, Sketty (electoral ward), Swansea (UK Parliament constituency), Swansea West (Assembly constituency), Townhill (electoral ward), United Kingdom constituencies, United Kingdom general election, 1918, United Kingdom general election, 1922, United Kingdom general election, 1923, United Kingdom general election, 1924, United Kingdom general election, 1929, United Kingdom general election, 1931, United Kingdom general election, 1935, United Kingdom general election, 1945, United Kingdom general election, 1950, United Kingdom general election, 1951, ..., United Kingdom general election, 1955, United Kingdom general election, 1959, United Kingdom general election, 1964, United Kingdom general election, 1966, United Kingdom general election, 1970, United Kingdom general election, 1979, United Kingdom general election, 1983, United Kingdom general election, 1987, United Kingdom general election, 1992, United Kingdom general election, 1997, United Kingdom general election, 2001, United Kingdom general election, 2005, United Kingdom general election, 2010, United Kingdom general election, 2015, United Kingdom general election, 2017, United Kingdom general election, February 1974, United Kingdom general election, October 1974, Uplands (electoral ward), Wales, Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, Welsh Labour, Welsh language, West Glamorgan, William Hewins. Expand index (24 more) »

Alan Williams (Swansea West MP)

Alan John Williams (14 October 1930 – 21 December 2014) was a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West from 1964 to 2010.

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Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett

Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, PC, FRS, DL (23 October 1868 – 27 December 1930), known as Sir Alfred Mond, Bt, between 1910 and 1928, was a British industrialist, financier and politician.

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Castle, Swansea

Castle (Castell) is an electoral ward and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.

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Charles Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot

Charles Iain Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot, DSO, MC (3 May 1874 – 7 January 1968) was a British politician.

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Cockett (electoral ward)

Cockett (Coced) is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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David Lloyd (Welsh politician)

David Rees "Dai" Lloyd (born 2 December 1956 in Tywyn, Gwynedd) is a Welsh politician.

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Dunvant (electoral ward)

Dunvant (Dyfnant) is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.

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Electoral Calculus

Electoral Calculus is a political forecasting web site which attempts to predict future United Kingdom general election results.

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Father of the House

Father of the House is a term that has been by tradition bestowed unofficially on certain members of some legislatures, most notably the House of Commons in the United Kingdom.

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First-past-the-post voting

A first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting method is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins.

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Geraint Davies (Labour politician)

Geraint Richard Davies (born 3 May 1960) is a British politician who is the Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West.

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Gower (UK Parliament constituency)

Gower (Gŵyr) is a constituency created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by one member of parliament (MP).

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Henry Kerby

Henry Briton Kerby (11 December 1914 – 4 January 1971) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament for Arundel and Shoreham.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Howel Samuel

Howel Walter Samuel (1881 – 5 April 1953) was a British Labour Party politician.

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Hugh Rees

John Edward Hugh Rees, FRICS (8 January 1928 – 1 December 2003) was a British chartered auctioneer and surveyor, and politician.

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Julian Lewis

Julian Murray Lewis (born 26 September 1951) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for New Forest East in Hampshire since the 1997 general election.

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Killay North

Killay North (Cilâ - Gogledd) is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales which consists of some or all of the following areas: Killay, Olchfa and Waunarlwydd, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West.

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Killay South

Killay South (Cilâ - De) is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales.

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Labour and Co-operative

Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated Labour Co-op; Llafur a’r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Lewis Jones (politician)

Sir Lewis Jones (13 February 1884 – 10 December 1968) was a British Liberal National Party politician.

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Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom – with the opposing Conservative Party – in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency)

Linlithgow was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 2005.

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List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales

Wales is divided into forty Parliamentary constituencies.

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List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan

The Preserved county of West Glamorgan is divided into 5 Parliamentary constituencies - 2 Borough constituencies and 3 County constituencies.

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Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)

Louth and Horncastle is a constituency in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Victoria Atkins, a Conservative.

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Mayals (electoral ward)

Mayals is the name of an electoral ward of the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.

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Meirion Pennar

Dr Meirion Pennar (24 December 1944 – 9 December 2010) was a Welsh poet and academic, who translated two works of Welsh language literature.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)

The National Liberal Party, known until 1948 as the Liberal National Party, was a liberal political party in the United Kingdom from 1931 to 1968.

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Nigel Evans

Nigel Martin Evans (born 10 November 1957) is a British politician, who currently serves with Bob Blackman as joint executive secretary of the 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Percy Morris

Percy Morris CBE JP (6 October 1893 – 7 March 1967) was a British railway clerk, trade unionist and politician who became Mayor of Swansea and represented the town in Parliament.

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Sketty (electoral ward)

Sketty (Sgeti) is the name of an electoral ward (coterminous with the Sketty community and suburb) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.

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Swansea (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea (known officially as Swansea Town, to distinguish it from the Swansea District seat) was a borough constituency.

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Swansea West (Assembly constituency)

Swansea West is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales.

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Townhill (electoral ward)

Townhill is an electoral ward of Swansea, Wales, UK.

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United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elect one member to a parliament or assembly, with the exception of European Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly constituencies which are multi member constituencies.

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United Kingdom general election, 1918

The 1918 United Kingdom general election was called immediately after the Armistice with Germany which ended the First World War, and was held on Saturday 14 December 1918.

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United Kingdom general election, 1922

The 1922 United Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 15 November 1922.

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United Kingdom general election, 1923

The 1923 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 December 1923.

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United Kingdom general election, 1924

The 1924 United Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 29 October 1924, as a result of the defeat of the Labour minority government, led by Ramsay MacDonald, in the House of Commons on a motion of no confidence.

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United Kingdom general election, 1929

The 1929 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 30 May 1929, and resulted in a hung parliament.

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United Kingdom general election, 1931

The 1931 United Kingdom general election was held on Tuesday 27 October 1931 and saw a landslide election victory for the National Government which had been formed two months previously after the collapse of the second Labour government.

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United Kingdom general election, 1935

The 1935 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 14 November 1935 and resulted in a large, albeit reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party.

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United Kingdom general election, 1945

The 1945 United Kingdom general election was held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, because of local wakes weeks.

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United Kingdom general election, 1950

The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first ever general election to be held after a full term of Labour government.

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United Kingdom general election, 1951

The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held twenty months after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party had won with a slim majority of just five seats.

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United Kingdom general election, 1955

The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election.

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United Kingdom general election, 1959

The 1959 United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959.

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United Kingdom general election, 1964

The 1964 United Kingdom general election was held on 15 October 1964, five years after the previous election, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party, first led by Winston Churchill, had entered power.

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United Kingdom general election, 1966

The 1966 United Kingdom general election on 31 March 1966 was won by incumbent Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson and was regarded as an easy victory.

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United Kingdom general election, 1970

The 1970 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 18 June 1970.

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United Kingdom general election, 1979

The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held on 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons.

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United Kingdom general election, 1983

The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 9 June 1983.

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United Kingdom general election, 1987

The 1987 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 11 June 1987, to elect 650 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom general election, 1992

The 1992 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 9 April 1992, to elect 651 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom general election, 1997

The 1997 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 1 May 1997, five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons.

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United Kingdom general election, 2001

The 2001 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 7 June 2001, four years after the previous election on 1 May 1997, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons.

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United Kingdom general election, 2005

The 2005 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the House of Commons.

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United Kingdom general election, 2010

The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 6 May 2010, with 45,597,461 registered voters entitled to vote to elect members to the House of Commons.

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United Kingdom general election, 2015

The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect 650 members to the House of Commons.

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United Kingdom general election, 2017

The 2017 United Kingdom general election took place on Thursday 8 June, having been announced just under two months earlier by Prime Minister Theresa May on 18 April 2017 after it was discussed at cabinet.

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United Kingdom general election, February 1974

The February 1974 United Kingdom general election was held on the 28th day of that month.

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United Kingdom general election, October 1974

The October 1974 United Kingdom general election took place on Thursday 10 October 1974 to elect 635 members of the British House of Commons.

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Uplands (electoral ward)

Uplands is name of an electoral ward (and a suburb) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford

Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, (19 November 1870 – 14 November 1949) was a prominent Liberal and later National Liberal politician in the United Kingdom between the 1900s and 1930s.

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Welsh Labour

Welsh Labour (Llafur Cymru) is the part of the United Kingdom Labour Party that operates in Wales.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages.

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West Glamorgan

West Glamorgan (Gorllewin Morgannwg) is a preserved county and former administrative county of Wales, one of the divisions of the ancient county of Glamorgan.

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William Hewins

William Albert Samuel Hewins (11 May 1865 – 17 November 1931) was a British economist and Conservative politician.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

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