Swansea East (Senedd constituency)

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Swansea East
Dwyrain Abertawe
Senedd borough constituency
for the Senedd
SwanseaEast2007Constituency.svg
Swansea East shown as one of the 40
Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd borough constituency
Created 1999
Party Labour
MS Mike Hedges
Electoral region South Wales West
Preserved county West Glamorgan

Swansea East (Welsh : Dwyrain Abertawe) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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Boundaries

Swansea East (Senedd constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Swansea East Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of West Glamorgan.

The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore and Swansea West.

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999 Val Feld Labour Val Feld.png
2001 Val Lloyd Val Lloyd.jpg
2011 Mike Hedges Mike Hedges AM (28170821805).jpg

Voting

In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Swansea East
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [1]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Mike Hedges 12,95060.1+8.010,99950.7+8.3
Plaid Cymru Rhiannon Barrar3,25015.1+1.83,40615.7+0.8
Conservative Cameron Brennan2,49713.7+5.33,59116.5+7.4
Liberal Democrats Sam Bennett1,0554.9-2.78774.0-6.9
UKIP Dan Morgan5672.6-13.34572.1-13.6
Abolish Cameron Edwards4842.2New7383.4±0.0
Reform UK Darren Rees2951.4New2241.0New
Green 6703.1+0.8
Freedom Alliance (UK)2010.9New
Independent Caroline Jones 1700.8New
Propel 1370.6New
Gwlad 1180.5New
Communist 690.3±0.0
TUSC 570.3-0.1
Majority9,70045.0+8.8
Turnout 21,09834.6−1.1
Labour hold Swing
Notes

    Regional Ballot void votes: 139. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (38), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (101)

    Swansea East saw the lowest turnout at the 2021 election of any constituency in Wales. [2]

    Elections in the 2010s

    Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Swansea East
    PartyCandidateConstituency [3] Regional [4]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Mike Hedges [lower-alpha 1] 10,72652.1-6.38,72442.4-9.6
    UKIP Clifford Johnson3,27415.9New3,23615.7+11.1
    Plaid Cymru Dic Jones2,74413.3+0.93,05614.9+3.6
    Conservative Sadie Vidal1,7298.4-6.21,8669.1-2.4
    Liberal Democrats Charlene Webster1,5747.6-1.22,24810.9+2.6
    Green Tony Young5292.6New4712.3+0.2
    Abolish 6893.4New
    Monster Raving Loony 1350.7New
    TUSC 760.4-0.2
    Communist 530.3+0.1
    Majority7,45236.2Decrease2.svg7.6
    Turnout 20,57635.7Increase2.svg4.5
    Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg11.1
    Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Swansea East
    PartyCandidateConstituency [5] Regional [6]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Mike Hedges [7] 11,03558.4+16.99,90252.0+14.4
    Conservative Dan Boucher [8] 2,75414.6+4.82,19611.5+2.5
    Plaid Cymru Dic Jones2,34612.4−3.12,15811.3-4.2
    Liberal Democrats Robert Samuel1,6738.8−8.71,5728.3-8.7
    BNP Joanne Shannon1,1025.8New8864.7-3.4
    UKIP 8694.6-0.3
    Socialist Labour 7033.7+2.4
    Green 3982.1-0.7
    Welsh Christian 2011.1New
    TUSC 1140.6New
    Communist 450.2-0.1
    Majority8,28143.8+19.8
    Turnout 18,91031.2−3.8
    Labour hold Swing

    Regional ballots rejected: 154 [9]

    Elections in the 2000s

    Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Swansea East
    PartyCandidateConstituency [10] Regional [11]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Val Lloyd [lower-alpha 1] 8,59041.5−5.77,80637.6-5.6
    Liberal Democrats Helen Ceri Clarke3,62917.5−6.83,52817.0-3.0
    Plaid Cymru Danny Bowles3,21815.5+2.73,21715.5+1.2
    Conservative Bob T. Dowdle2,0259.8+3.31,8589.0+1.4
    Independent Alan Robinson1,6187.8New
    Independent Ray Welsby1,1775.7New
    Independent Gary D. Evans4602.2New
    BNP 1,6818.1New
    UKIP 1,0254.9-2.4
    Green 5762.8-1.2
    Socialist Labour 2711.3New
    Welsh Christian 2061.0New
    Socialist Alternative (UK)1520.7New
    Keith James - Independent1330.6New
    Respect 1060.5New
    Joel Jenkins - Independent710.3New
    Communist 700.3New
    CPA 380.2New
    Majority4,96124.0+1.1
    Turnout 20,71735.0+4.6
    Labour hold Swing +0.6
    Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Swansea East
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [12]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Val Lloyd [lower-alpha 1] 8,22147.2+1.67,48043.2
    Liberal Democrats Peter Malcolm Black 4,22424.3+5.33,46220.0
    Plaid Cymru David R. Evans2,22312.8−14.62,48414.3
    UKIP Alan Robinson1,4748.5N/A1,2637.3
    Conservative Peter A. Morris1,1356.5−1.51,3237.6
    Welsh Socialist AllianceAlan Thomson1330.8New
    Green 6874.0
    Socialist Labour 4632.7
    Cymru Annibynnol1450.8
    ProLife Alliance 250.1
    Majority3,99722.9+4.7
    Turnout 17,41030.4−5.7
    Labour hold Swing −1.8

    2003 Electorate: 57,252
    Regional ballots rejected: 364

    2001 Swansea East by-election
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Val Lloyd 7,484 58.1 +12.5
    Plaid Cymru John G. Ball2,46519.2−8.2
    Liberal Democrats Rob Speht1,59212.4−6.6
    Conservative Gerald Rowbottom6755.2−2.8
    UKIP Tim C. Jenkins2431.9New
    Green Martyn Shrewsbury2061.6New
    Socialist Alliance Alan Thomson1731.3New
    New Millennium Bean Party Captain Beany 370.3New
    Majority5,01938.9+20.7
    Turnout 12,87522.6−13.5
    Labour hold Swing −10.0

    The first by-election to the Welsh National Assembly was held on 27 September 2001 following the death of the sitting Labour Party AM, Val Feld.

    Elections in the 1990s

    Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Swansea East [13]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Val Feld 9,495 45.6 N/A
    Plaid Cymru John G. Ball5,71427.4N/A
    Liberal Democrats Peter Malcolm Black 3,96319.0N/A
    Conservative William Hughes1,6638.0N/A
    Majority3,78118.2N/A
    Turnout 20,83536.1N/A
    Labour win (new seat)

    Notes

    1. 1 2 3 Incumbent member for this constituency

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