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Wales Results

Welsh Assembly Results
Party Welsh Labour Plaid Cymru Welsh Conservative UKIP Wales Welsh Liberal Democrat
Seats 29 12 11 7 1
Change −1 +1 −3 +7 −4

After 60 of 60 seats About these resultsResults in full

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  1. Labour win 29 seats - but fall short of a majority
  2. UKIP wins its first seats in the Assembly
  3. Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood ousts Labour in Rhondda
  4. Mapping the election - see party vote share by constituency across Wales

Swansea West

Welsh Assembly constituency Region - South Wales West
Result: LAB HOLD

Scoreboard

Party Candidates Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

LAB

Welsh Labour

 Candidates Julie James Votes 9,014 40.6% Net percentage change in seats −4.7
Party

CON

Welsh Conservative

 Candidates Craig Lawton Votes 3,934 17.7% Net percentage change in seats −6.3
Party

PC

Plaid Cymru

 Candidates Dai Lloyd Votes 3,225 14.5% Net percentage change in seats +0.6
Party

UKIP

UKIP Wales

 Candidates Rosie Irwin Votes 3,058 13.8% Net percentage change in seats +13.8
Party

LD

Welsh Liberal Democrat

 Candidates Christopher Holley Votes 2,012 9.1% Net percentage change in seats −7.7
Party

GRN

Wales Green Party

 Candidates Gareth Tucker Votes 883 4.0% Net percentage change in seats +4.0
Party

SPGB

Socialist Party of Great Britain

 Candidates Brian Johnson Votes 76 0.3% Net percentage change in seats +0.3

Change compared with 2011

Turnout and Majority

Welsh Labour Majority

5,080

Turnout

40.7%

Vote share

Party %
Welsh Labour 40.6
Welsh Conservative 17.7
Plaid Cymru 14.5
UKIP Wales 13.8
Welsh Liberal Democrat 9.1
OTHERS 4.3

Vote share change since 2011

−%
+%
UKIP Wales
+13.8
Plaid Cymru
+0.6
Welsh Labour
−4.7
Welsh Conservative
−6.3
Welsh Liberal Democrat
−7.7
Wales Constituencies and Regions A-Z

Constituency Profile

Swansea, Wales' second city, is a mixture of industry and business, but with the beautiful Gower coastline on its doorstep.

The city is known as the gateway to west Wales, and occupies a strategic position in the area's historical, political and economic development. Unemployment in Swansea West is around double the UK rate at 12.5%, and the constituency has a large proportion of students as home to the city's two universities. Swansea West also includes prosperous suburbs such as Derwen Fawr and Sketty, along with the childhood home of 20th Century poet Dylan Thomas in Cwmdonkin Drive. Labour has won the seat at all four assembly elections so far, with a majority of 4,654 and 43.3% of the vote in 2011. The Conservatives followed with 24%, the Lib Dems on 16.8% and Plaid Cymru 13.9%.

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