1991 Neath by-election
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The Neath by-election, 1991 was a by-election held on 4 April 1991 for the British House of Commons constituency of Neath in Wales. It was won by the Labour Party candidate Peter Hain.
Vacancy[]
The seat had become vacant when the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Donald Coleman, died on 14 January 1991. Coleman had already announced his intention to stand down at the next election, so Peter Hain had already been selected to contest the seat.
Result[]
Peter Hain retained Neath easily for Labour, although there was a 14% swing to Plaid Cymru.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Hain | 17,962 | 51.7 | −11.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dewi Evans | 8,132 | 23.3 | +16.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Evans | 2,995 | 8.6 | −7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Lloyd | 2,000 | 5.8 | N/A | |
SDP | John Warman | 1,826 | 5.3 | −8.8 | |
Local Independent Labour | Rhys Jeffreys | 1,253 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 263 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Captain Beany of the Bean Party | Barry Kirk | 262 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,830 | 28.4 | −18.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,753 | 64.0 | −14.8 | ||
Registered electors | 54,482 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 |
See also[]
- Neath (UK Parliament constituency)
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
Sources[]
- ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
Categories:
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies
- 1991 in Wales
- 1990s elections in Wales
- 1991 elections in the United Kingdom
- West Glamorgan