| Walter Sweeney | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Vale of Glamorgan |
| Term Start: | 9 April 1992 |
| Term End: | 8 April 1997 |
| Predecessor: | John Smith |
| Successor: | John Smith |
| Birth Date: | 23 April 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland[1] |
| Nationality: | British |
| Spouse: | Nuala Kennan; 3 children |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Profession: | Solicitor |
Walter Edward Sweeney (born 23 April 1949)[2] is a British Conservative.
Sweeney contested Stretford in 1983, but Labour's Tony Lloyd beat him by 4,432 votes.
In 1992, he was elected MP for the Vale of Glamorgan by 19 votes, defeating Labour's John Smith who had won the seat in a 1989 by-election. In the 1997 Labour landslide, however, Sweeney lost the seat back to Smith.[3]
In 2008, Sweeney, a member of the executive committee of The Freedom Association,[4] made a surprise political re-appearance,[5] standing as an Independent against the Conservative candidate in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election.
He stood in the 2012 election for Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside as an Independent.[6] He finished sixth with 5,118 votes.
Sweeney lives in Beverley, Yorkshire with his wife. He has three children.