Swansea East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Swansea East Borough constituency |
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| Swansea East shown within Wales | |
| Created: | 1918 |
| MP: | Sian James |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Preserved county: | West Glamorgan |
| EP constituency: | Wales |
Swansea East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency comprises the electoral wards of Bon-y-maen, Cwmbwrla, Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Mynydd-Bach, Penderry, and St.Thomas.It has been a Labour seat since 1922.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Thomas Jeremiah Williams | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1919 by-election | David Matthews | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1922 | David Williams | Labour | |
| 1940 by-election | David Mort | Labour | |
| 1963 by-election | Neil McBride | Labour | |
| 1974, October | Donald Anderson | Labour | |
| 2005 | Sian James | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 1910s
| General Election 1918: Swansea East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Coalition Liberal | Thomas Jeremiah Williams | 11,071 | 63.6 | ||
| Labour | David Williams | 6,341 | 36.4 | ||
| Majority | 4,730 | 27.2 | |||
| Turnout | 17,411 | 64.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Swansea East by-election, 1919 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Coalition Liberal | David Matthews | 9,250 | 53.1 | −10.5 | |
| Labour | David Williams | 8,158 | 46.9 | +10.5 | |
| Majority | 1,092 | 6.2 | −21.0 | ||
| Turnout | 17,408 | 64.0 | −0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −10.5 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1920s
[edit] Elections in the 1930s
| General Election 1931: Swansea East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Williams | 17,126 | 56.5 | +0.0 | |
| Liberal | R. D. Chalke | 13,177 | 43.5 | +10.2 | |
| Majority | 3,949 | 13.0 | −10.2 | ||
| Turnout | 84.4 | +2.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1935: Swansea East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Williams | (unopposed) | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1940s
| Swansea East by-election, 1940 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Mort | (unopposed) | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1945: Swansea East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Mort | 19,127 | 75.8 | ||
| National Liberal | R. Harding | 6,102 | 24.2 | ||
| Majority | 13,025 | 51.6 | |||
| Turnout | 25,229 | 74.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1950s
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[edit] Elections in the 1960s
| Swansea East by-election, 1963 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Neil McBride | 18,909 | 61.1 | −6.4 | |
| Liberal | R. Owens | 4,895 | 15.8 | N/A | |
| People's Party | Rev L Atkin | 2,462 | 8.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Miss A. P. Thomas | 2,272 | 7.3 | −14.7 | |
| Welsh Nationalist | Plaid Cymru | 1,620 | 5.2 | −5.3 | |
| Communist | B. Pearce | 773 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,014 | 45.3 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 30,931 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2001: Swansea East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Donald Anderson | 19,612 | 65.2 | -10.2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | John Ball | 3,464 | 11.5 | +8.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Speht | 3,064 | 10.2 | +1.3 | |
| Conservative | Paul Morris | 3,026 | 10.1 | +0.8 | |
| Green | Tony Young | 463 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Tim Jenkins | 443 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 16,148 | 53.7 | |||
| Turnout | 30,072 | 52.3 | -15.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2005: Swansea East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sian James | 17,457 | 56.6 | -8.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Speht | 6,208 | 20.1 | +9.9 | |
| Conservative | Ellenor Bland | 3,103 | 10.1 | 0.0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Carolyn Shan Couch | 2,129 | 6.9 | -4.6 | |
| British National | Kevin Holloway | 770 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| UK Independence | Tim Jenkins | 674 | 2.2 | +0.7 | |
| Green | Tony Young | 493 | 1.6 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 11,249 | 36.5 | |||
| Turnout | 30,834 | 52.4 | +0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -9.3 | |||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in Wales | |
|---|---|
| Labour |
Aberavon | Alyn and Deeside | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff North | Cardiff South and Penarth | Cardiff West | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Clwyd South | Conwy | Cynon Valley | Delyn | Gower | Islwyn | Llanelli | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Neath | Newport East | Newport West | Ogmore | Pontypridd | Rhondda | Swansea East | Swansea West | Torfaen | Vale of Clwyd | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham | Ynys Môn |
| Liberal Democrat |
Brecon and Radnorshire | Cardiff Central | Ceredigion | Montgomeryshire |
| Conservative | |
| Plaid Cymru |
Caernarfon | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy |
| Independent | |
| Wales European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (1) | Plaid Cymru (1) | |
