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. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The National Assembly for Wales constituency of the same name presently has the same boundaries.
Alan Williams represented the seat for the Labour Party from 1964 until his retirement in 2010; from 2005 until his retirement he was the Father of the House, the senior Member of Parliament with the longest unbroken service.
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