Swansea East (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Swansea East (Assembly constituency).

Swansea East
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
Welsh Assembly	South Wales West
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Swansea East (Welsh: Dwyrain Abertawe) is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1918	Thomas 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
Oct 1974	Donald Anderson	Labour
2005	Siân James	Labour
2015	Carolyn Harris	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Swansea East ^[3] ^[4]
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 Democrat	Amina Jamal	1,392	4.1	−14.2
Majority			12,028	35.8	+2.6
Turnout			33,618	58.0	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.5

For 2015, the Class War Party originally announced Richard Owen as candidate, but he failed to stand;^[5] and the Green Party announced Tony Young, who also failed to stand.^[6]

General Election 2010: Swansea East^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Siân James	16,819	51.5	−5.1
	Liberal Democrat	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	+2.8
	UKIP	David Rogers	839	2.6	+0.4
	Green	Tony Young	318	1.0	−0.6
Majority			10,838	33.2
Turnout			32,676	54.6	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Siân 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
	BNP	Kevin Holloway	770	2.5	+2.5
	UKIP	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

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
	UKIP	Tim Jenkins	443	1.5	N/A
Majority			16,148	53.7
Turnout			30,072	52.3	−15.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald Anderson	29,151	75.38
	Conservative	Catherine Dibble	3,582	9.26
	Liberal Democrat	Elwyn Jones	3,440	8.90
	Plaid Cymru	Michelle Pooley	1,308	3.38
	Referendum	Catherine Maggs	904	2.34
	Socialist Alternative	Ronnie Job	289	0.75
Majority			25,569	66.11
Turnout				67.41
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Swansea East^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Donald Anderson	31,179	69.7	+6.0
	Conservative	Henry L. Davies	7,697	17.2	−1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Robert E. Barton	4,248	9.5	−5.3
	Plaid Cymru	Miss Eleanor E. Bonner-Evans	1,607	3.6	+0.9
Majority			23,482	52.5	+7.7
Turnout			44,731	75.6	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald Anderson	27,478	63.69
	Conservative	RD Lewis	8,140	18.87
	Liberal	DW Thomas	6,380	14.79
	Plaid Cymru	C Reid	1,145	2.65
Majority			19,338	44.82
Turnout				75.42
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald Anderson	22,297	54.43
	Liberal	Martyn J. Shrewsbury	8,762	21.39
	Conservative	Nicholas O'Shaughnessy	8,080	19.72
	Plaid Cymru	C Reid	1,531	3.74
	Communist	WR Jones	294	0.72
Majority			13,535	33.04
Turnout				71.51
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald Anderson	31,909	69.92
	Conservative	S Edwards	10,689	23.42
	Plaid Cymru	JG Ball	2,732	5.99
	Communist	W Jones	308	0.67
Majority			21,220	46.50
Turnout				75.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald Anderson	26,735	63.81
	Conservative	DJ Mercer	6,014	14.35
	Liberal	Roger Anstey	5,173	12.35
	Plaid Cymru	JG Ball	3,978	9.49
Majority			20,721	49.45
Turnout				71.28
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil McBride	28,537	66.32
	Conservative	DJ Mercer	8,850	20.57
	Plaid Cymru	JG Ball	5,135	11.93
	Communist	WR Jones	507	1.18
Majority			19,687	45.75
Turnout				73.80
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil McBride	28,183	68.53
	Conservative	MJ Murphy	8,191	19.92
	Communist	WR Jones	563	1.37
	Plaid Cymru	DR Evans	4,188	10.18
Majority			19,992	48.61
Turnout				70.12
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil McBride	30,290	75.38
	Conservative	T Knowles	6,241	15.53
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Rees	2,749	6.84
	Communist	WR Jones	902	2.24
Majority			24,049	59.85
Turnout				73.78
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil McBride	30,904	73.02
	Conservative	Oliver C Wright	7,863	18.58
	Plaid Cymru	Edward Christopher Rees	3,556	8.40
Majority			23,041	54.44
Turnout				76.25
	Labour hold		Swing

Swansea East by-election, 1963 Electorate
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
	Plaid Cymru	Edward Christopher 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
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Llewellyn Mort	29,884	67.47
	Conservative	HJFC Ewing	9,754	22.02
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Rees	4,651	10.50
Majority			20,130	45.45
Turnout				80.09
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Llewellyn Mort	28,198	72.44
	Conservative	RS Guest	10,726	27.56
Majority			17,472	44.89
Turnout				72.07
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Llewellyn Mort	32,790	73.59
	Conservative	JC Hope	11,768	26.41
Majority			21,022	47.18
Turnout				82.84
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Llewellyn Mort	32,680	75.31
	Conservative	JF Lynam	10,712	24.69
Majority			21,968	50.63
Turnout				81.85
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Swansea East^[10] Electorate 33,762
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Llewellyn Mort	19,127	75.8	n/a
	Liberal National	W. Rowe Harding	6,102	24.2	n/a
Majority			13,025	51.6	n/a
Turnout			25,229	74.7	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

Swansea East by-election, 1940 Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Llewellyn Mort	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Swansea East^[11] Electorate 35,940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Williams	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1931: Swansea East^[12] Electorate 35,918
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				84.4	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.1

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Swansea East ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Williams	16,665	56.5	+1.9
	Liberal	Arthur Hopkins	9,825	33.3	-12.1
	Unionist	Maj. P.P. Jones	3,003	10.2	n/a
Majority			6,840	23.2	+14.0
Turnout				81.9	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.0

General Election 1924: Swansea East^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Williams	12,274	54.6	-2.8
	Liberal	W D Rees	10,186	45.4	+2.8
Majority			1,088	9.2	-5.6
Turnout				80.7	-0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.8

General Election 1923: Swansea East ^[15]
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				81.1	-0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.5

General Election 1922 : Swansea East^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Williams	11,333	50.9	+4.0
	National Liberal	E Harries	10,926	49.1	-4.0
Majority			407	1.8	8.0
Turnout				81.7	+17.7
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing	+4.0

Elections in the 1910s

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
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing	−10.5

General Election 1918: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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
	Liberal win

endorsed by the Coalition Government

Notes and references

↑ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
↑ "Swansea results". Results - UK Parliamentary general election 2015. City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ total electorate 58,011 email from City and County of Swansea 8Junl15
↑ https://yournextmp.com/person/4746/richard-owen
↑ https://yournextmp.com/person/3765/tony-young
↑ Swansea East City and County of Swansea - candidates Swansea East
↑ Swansea East BBC Election - Swansea East
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Political Science Resources
↑ Political Science Resources
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

Constituencies in Wales (40)

Labour (25)	Aberavon Alyn and Deeside Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Central Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Clwyd South Cynon Valley Delyn Islwyn Llanelli Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Neath Newport East Newport West Ogmore Pontypridd Rhondda Swansea East Swansea West Torfaen Wrexham Ynys Môn

Conservative (11)	Aberconwy Brecon and Radnorshire Cardiff North Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Clwyd West Gower Monmouth Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire Vale of Clwyd Vale of Glamorgan

Plaid Cymru (3)	Arfon Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Liberal Democrats (1)	Ceredigion

Wales European constituency: Conservative (1) Labour (1) Plaid Cymru (1) UKIP (1)

Electoral wards of the City and County of Swansea council

Swansea East Constituency	Bonymaen Cwmbwrla Landore Llansamlet Morriston Mynyddbach Penderry St. Thomas

Swansea West Constituency	Castle Cockett Dunvant Killay North Killay South Mayals Sketty Townhill Uplands

Gower Constituency	Bishopston Clydach Fairwood Gorseinon Gower Gowerton Kingsbridge Llangyfelach Lower Loughor Mawr Newton Oystermouth Penclawdd Penllergaer Pennard Penyrheol Pontarddulais Upper Loughor West Cross

Coordinates: 51°39′01″N 3°55′10″W / 51.65028°N 3.91944°W / 51.65028; -3.91944

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