Swansea East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Swansea East Borough constituency
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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 1910s 3.2 Elections in the 1920s 3.3 Elections in the 1930s 3.4 Elections in the 1940s 3.5 Elections in the 1950s 3.6 Elections in the 1960s 3.7 Elections in the 2000s 4 See also

[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
	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
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
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
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Williams	(unopposed)
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

Swansea East by-election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Mort	(unopposed)
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Swansea East
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
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	E C Rees	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Anderson	19,612	65.2	-10.2
	Plaid Cymru	John Ball	3,464	11.5	+8.1
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sian James	17,457	56.6	-8.6
	Liberal Democrat	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 Party	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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan

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