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Swansea West

Shows the general election results for Swansea West, which is a constituency in Swansea. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 56,892 and a turnout of 65.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Geraint Davies
Majority
10,598
Electorate
56,892
Turnout
65.5%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 59.8%
Con 31.3%
PC 4.1%
LD 3.4%
Green 1.2%
The Socialist Party of Great Britain 0.2%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Geraint Davies  Lab 22,278 59.8 17.2
Craig Lawton  Con 11,680 31.3 8.8
Rhydian Fitter * PC 1,529 4.1 -2.3
Michael O'Carroll * LD 1,269 3.4 -5.6
Mike Whittall * Green 434 1.2 -3.9
Brian Johnson * The Socialist Party of Great Britain 92 0.2 0.1
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con PC LD Green The Socialist Party of Great Britain UKIP TUSC Ind BNP Oth
2005 41.8% 16.0% 6.5% 28.9% 2.2% 0.0% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.7%
2010 34.7% 20.8% 4.0% 33.2% 1.1% 0.0% 2.0% 0.5% 1.1% 2.6% 0.0%
2015 42.6% 22.6% 6.4% 9.0% 5.1% 0.1% 13.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 59.8% 31.3% 4.1% 3.4% 1.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
261 Swansea West 28.4%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
214 Swansea West 59.8%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
479 Swansea West 65.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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