Swansea East (UK Parliament constituency)
Swansea East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Swansea East in Wales | |
Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
Electorate | 60,809 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Carolyn Harris (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Swansea |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Swansea East, South Wales West |
Swansea East (Welsh: Dwyrain Abertawe) is a borough constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Carolyn Harris of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Boundaries[]
The constituency comprises the electoral wards of Bonymaen, Cwmbwrla, , Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Mynydd-Bach, Penderry and St. Thomas. It has been a Labour seat since 1922.
1918–1949: The County Borough of Swansea wards of East, Landore, Morriston, and St John's.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Swansea wards of Alexandra, Castle, Clase, Kilvey, Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Penderry, St John's, and St Thomas.
1955–1983: The County Borough of Swansea wards of Castle, Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Penderry, St John's, and St Thomas.[2]
Constituency profile[]
Although the constituency voted strongly to leave the European Union in 2016, an analysis of YouGov polling by Focaldata suggested support for Remain had risen from 37.9% to 50.7% in August 2018.[3] However, in the 2019 European elections the city of Swansea as a whole voted strongly for the Brexit Party.[4]
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[5] | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1918 | Thomas Williams | Coalition Liberal | ||
1919 by-election | David Matthews | Coalition Liberal | ||
1922 | David Williams | Labour | ||
1940 by-election | David Mort | Labour | Died 1 January 1963 | |
1963 by-election | Neil McBride | Labour | Died 9 September 1974, no by-election held | |
Oct 1974 | Donald Anderson | Labour | ||
2005 | Siân James | Labour | ||
2015 | Carolyn Harris | Labour | Deputy Leader of the Welsh Labour Party |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Thomas Jeremiah Williams | 11,071 | 63.6 | N/A |
Labour | David Williams | 6,341 | 36.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,730 | 27.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,411 | 64.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 27,185 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | 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 | ||
Registered electors | 27,185 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -10.5 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Williams | 11,333 | 50.9 | +4.0 | |
National Liberal | Edward Harris | 10,926 | 49.1 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 407 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,259 | 81.7 | +17.7 | ||
Registered electors | 27,246 | ||||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Williams | 12,735 | 57.4 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | Thomas Artemus Jones | 9,463 | 42.6 | -6.5 | |
Majority | 3,272 | 14.8 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,198 | 81.1 | -0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 27,365 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Williams | 12,274 | 54.6 | -2.8 | |
Liberal | W Daniel Rees | 10,186 | 45.4 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 1,088 | 9.2 | -5.6 | ||
Turnout | 22,460 | 80.7 | -0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 27,836 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Williams | 16,665 | 56.5 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Arthur Hopkins | 9,825 | 33.3 | -12.1 | |
Unionist | P P Jones | 3,003 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,840 | 23.2 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 29,493 | 81.9 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 36,001 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.0 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Williams | 17,126 | 56.5 | ±0.0 | |
Liberal | Richard David Chalke | 13,177 | 43.5 | +10.2 | |
Majority | 3,949 | 13.0 | -10.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,303 | 84.4 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 35,918 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 35,940 | ||||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Mort | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Mort | 19,127 | 75.8 | N/A | |
Liberal National | Rowe Harding | 6,102 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,025 | 51.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,229 | 74.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 33,668 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Mort | 32,680 | 75.3 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | J F Lynam | 10,712 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,968 | 50.6 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,392 | 81.8 | +7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 53,014 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Mort | 32,790 | 73.6 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | Jack C. Hope | 11,768 | 26.4 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 21,022 | 47.2 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,558 | 82.8 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 53,790 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Mort | 28,198 | 72.4 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | R Sarah Guest | 10,726 | 27.6 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 17,472 | 44.8 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,924 | 72.1 | -10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 54,010 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Mort | 29,884 | 67.5 | -4.9 | |
Conservative | Humphry J. F. Crum Ewing | 9,754 | 22.0 | -5.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Chris Rees | 4,651 | 10.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 20,130 | 45.5 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,289 | 80.1 | +8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 55,301 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil McBride | 18,909 | 61.1 | -6.4 | |
Liberal | R Owens | 4,895 | 15.8 | N/A | |
People's Party | L Atkin | 2,462 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | A P Thomas | 2,272 | 7.3 | -14.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Chris Rees | 1,620 | 5.2 | -5.3 | |
Communist | Bert Pearce | 773 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,014 | 45.3 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,931 | 55.9 | -24.2 | ||
Registered electors | 55,328 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil McBride | 30,904 | 73.0 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Oliver C. Wright | 7,863 | 18.6 | -3.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Chris Rees | 3,556 | 8.4 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 23,041 | 54.4 | +8.9 | ||
Turnout | 42,323 | 76.2 | -3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 55,505 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil McBride | 30,290 | 75.4 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Timothy Knowles | 6,241 | 15.5 | -3.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Chris Rees | 2,749 | 6.8 | -1.4 | |
Communist | William R. Jones | 902 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 24,049 | 59.9 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,182 | 73.8 | -2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 54,459 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil McBride | 28,183 | 68.5 | -6.9 | |
Conservative | Michael J. Murphy | 8,191 | 19.9 | +4.4 | |
Communist | William R. Jones | 563 | 1.4 | -0.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Roderick Evans | 4,188 | 10.2 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 19,992 | 48.6 | -11.3 | ||
Turnout | 41,125 | 70.1 | -3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 58,653 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil McBride | 28,537 | 66.3 | -2.2 | |
Conservative | David Mercer | 8,850 | 20.6 | +0.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | John Ball | 5,135 | 11.9 | +1.7 | |
Communist | W R Jones | 507 | 1.2 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 19,687 | 45.7 | -2.9 | ||
Turnout | 43,029 | 73.8 | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 58,301 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Anderson | 26,735 | 63.8 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | David Mercer | 6,014 | 14.3 | -6.3 | |
Liberal | Roger Anstey | 5,173 | 12.3 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | John Ball | 3,978 | 9.5 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 20,721 | 49.5 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,900 | 71.3 | -2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 58,780 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Anderson | 31,909 | 69.9 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | S Edwards | 10,689 | 23.4 | +9.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | John Ball | 2,732 | 6.0 | -3.5 | |
Communist | W Jones | 308 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,220 | 46.5 | -3.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,638 | 75.6 | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 60,350 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Anderson | 22,297 | 54.4 | -15.5 | |
Liberal | Martyn J. Shrewsbury | 8,762 | 21.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Nicholas O'Shaughnessy | 8,080 | 19.7 | -3.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | C Reid | 1,531 | 3.7 | -2.3 | |
Communist | W R Jones | 294 | 0.7 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 13,535 | 33.0 | -13.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,964 | 71.5 | -4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 57,285 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Anderson | 27,478 | 63.7 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Lewis | 8,140 | 18.9 | -0.8 | |
Liberal | David Thomas | 6,380 | 14.8 | -6.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | C Reid | 1,145 | 2.6 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 19,338 | 44.8 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,143 | 75.4 | +3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 57,200 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Anderson | 31,179 | 69.7 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Henry L. Davies | 7,697 | 17.2 | -1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert E. Barton | 4,248 | 9.5 | -5.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Eleanor E. Bonner-Evans | 1,607 | 3.6 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 23,482 | 52.5 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,731 | 75.6 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 59,196 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Anderson | 29,151 | 75.4 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Catherine Dibble | 3,582 | 9.3 | -7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elwyn Jones | 3,440 | 8.9 | -0.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Michelle Pooley | 1,308 | 3.4 | -0.2 | |
Referendum | Catherine Maggs | 904 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Socialist Alternative | Ronnie Job | 289 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 25,569 | 66.1 | +13.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,674 | 67.4 | -8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 57,371 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
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 | |
UKIP | Tim Jenkins | 443 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,148 | 53.7 | -12.4 | ||
Turnout | 30,072 | 52.3 | -15.1 | ||
Registered electors | 57,520 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Siân 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 Couch | 2,129 | 6.9 | -4.6 | |
BNP | Kevin Holloway | 770 | 2.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | Tim Jenkins | 674 | 2.2 | +0.7 | |
Green | Tony Young | 493 | 1.6 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 11,249 | 36.5 | -17.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,834 | 52.4 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 57,502 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.3 |
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Siân James | 16,819 | 51.5 | -5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Speht | 5,981 | 18.3 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Christian Holliday | 4,823 | 14.8 | +4.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dic Jones | 2,181 | 6.7 | -0.2 | |
BNP | Clive Bennett | 1,715 | 5.2 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | David Rogers | 839 | 2.6 | +0.4 | |
Green | Tony Young | 318 | 1.0 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 10,838 | 33.2 | -3.3 | ||
Turnout | 32,676 | 54.6 | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 59,823 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carolyn Harris | 17,807 | 53.0 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Clifford Johnson | 5,779 | 17.2 | +14.6 | |
Conservative | Altaf Hussain | 5,142 | 15.3 | +0.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dic Jones | 3,498 | 10.4 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Amina Jamal | 1,392 | 4.1 | -14.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 107 | ||||
Majority | 12,028 | 35.8 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,618 | 58.0 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 58,011 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.5 |
Of the 107 rejected ballots:
- 81 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[28]
- 25 voted for more than one candidate.[28]
- 1 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[28]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carolyn Harris | 22,307 | 63.4 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Dan Boucher | 9,139 | 26.0 | +10.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Steffan Phillips | 1,689 | 4.8 | -5.6 | |
UKIP | Clifford Johnson | 1,040 | 3.0 | -14.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charley Hasted | 625 | 1.8 | -2.3 | |
Green | Chris Evans | 359 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,168 | 37.4 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 35,159 | 60.1 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 58,526 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carolyn Harris | 17,405 | 51.8 | -11.6 | |
Conservative | Denise Howard | 9,435 | 28.1 | +2.1 | |
Brexit Party | Tony Willicombe | 2,842 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Havard | 1,905 | 5.7 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chloe Hutchinson | 1,409 | 4.2 | +2.4 | |
Green | Chris Evans | 583 | 1.7 | +0.7 | |
Rejected ballots | 66 | ||||
Majority | 7,970 | 23.7 | -13.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,579 | 57.4 | -2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 58,450 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.9 |
Of the 66 rejected ballots:
- 50 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[34]
- 12 voted for more than one candidate.[34]
- 4 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[34]
See also[]
- Swansea East (Senedd constituency)
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales
Notes[]
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
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External links[]
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- 2017 Election House of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
- Parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
- Politics of Swansea
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918