Swansea West

Current MP

Torsten Bell

Labour

Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

Efficiency 9.1/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Swansea West

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,903 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election3,724 local · 3,084,713 total
• Call an immediate general election1,527 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,158 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act1,010 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers793 local · 427,447 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders688 local · 244,450 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders467 local · 188,125 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures444 local · 257,938 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 391 local · 281,794 total
• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only391 local · 195,930 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold387 local · 189,887 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data385 local · 260,974 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!382 local · 229,772 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there376 local · 257,442 total
• Formal support framework for families of murdered British citizens overseas338 local · 22,092 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations321 local · 144,783 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal312 local · 106,570 total
• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison311 local · 191,591 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.306 local · 128,749 total

About Swansea West

Swansea West is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in Wales and has a registered electorate of 74,236 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.