Swansea West (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

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%

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%

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

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%

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

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

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.