Swansea East
Dwyrain Abertawe
Senedd borough constituency
for the Senedd
Swansea East shown as one of the 40
Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd borough constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSMike Hedges
Electoral regionSouth Wales West
Preserved countyWest 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.

Boundaries

Map
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

Election Member Party Portrait
1999 Val Feld Labour
2001 Val Lloyd
2011 Mike Hedges

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
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[1]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Hedges 12,950 60.1 +8.0 10,999 50.7 +8.3
Plaid Cymru Rhiannon Barrar 3,250 15.1 +1.8 3,406 15.7 +0.8
Conservative Cameron Brennan 2,497 13.7 +5.3 3,591 16.5 +7.4
Liberal Democrats Sam Bennett 1,055 4.9 -2.7 877 4.0 -6.9
UKIP Dan Morgan 567 2.6 -13.3 457 2.1 -13.6
Abolish Cameron Edwards 484 2.2 New 738 3.4 ±0.0
Reform UK Darren Rees 295 1.4 New 224 1.0 New
Green 670 3.1 +0.8
Freedom Alliance (UK) 201 0.9 New
Independent Caroline Jones 170 0.8 New
Propel 137 0.6 New
Gwlad 118 0.5 New
Communist 69 0.3 ±0.0
TUSC 57 0.3 -0.1
Majority 9,700 45.0 +8.8
Turnout 21,098 34.6 -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
Party Candidate Constituency[3] Regional[4]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Hedges[a] 10,726 52.1 -6.3 8,724 42.4 -9.6
UKIP Clifford Johnson 3,274 15.9 New 3,236 15.7 +11.1
Plaid Cymru Dic Jones 2,744 13.3 +0.9 3,056 14.9 +3.6
Conservative Sadie Vidal 1,729 8.4 -6.2 1,866 9.1 -2.4
Liberal Democrats Charlene Webster 1,574 7.6 -1.2 2,248 10.9 +2.6
Green Tony Young 529 2.6 New 471 2.3 +0.2
Abolish 689 3.4 New
Monster Raving Loony 135 0.7 New
TUSC 76 0.4 -0.2
Communist 53 0.3 +0.1
Majority 7,452 36.2 Decrease7.6
Turnout 20,576 35.7 Increase4.5
Labour hold Swing Decrease11.1
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Swansea East
Party Candidate Constituency[5] Regional[6]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Hedges[7] 11,035 58.4 +16.9 9,902 52.0 +14.4
Conservative Dan Boucher[8] 2,754 14.6 +4.8 2,196 11.5 +2.5
Plaid Cymru Dic Jones 2,346 12.4 −3.1 2,158 11.3 -4.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Samuel 1,673 8.8 −8.7 1,572 8.3 -8.7
BNP Joanne Shannon 1,102 5.8 New 886 4.7 -3.4
UKIP 869 4.6 -0.3
Socialist Labour 703 3.7 +2.4
Green 398 2.1 -0.7
Welsh Christian 201 1.1 New
TUSC 114 0.6 New
Communist 45 0.2 -0.1
Majority 8,281 43.8 +19.8
Turnout 18,910 31.2 −3.8
Labour hold Swing

Regional ballots rejected: 154[9]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Swansea East
Party Candidate Constituency[10] Regional[11]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Val Lloyd[a] 8,590 41.5 −5.7 7,806 37.6 -5.6
Liberal Democrats Helen Ceri Clarke 3,629 17.5 −6.8 3,528 17.0 -3.0
Plaid Cymru Danny Bowles 3,218 15.5 +2.7 3,217 15.5 +1.2
Conservative Bob T. Dowdle 2,025 9.8 +3.3 1,858 9.0 +1.4
Independent Alan Robinson 1,618 7.8 New
Independent Ray Welsby 1,177 5.7 New
Independent Gary D. Evans 460 2.2 New
BNP 1,681 8.1 New
UKIP 1,025 4.9 -2.4
Green 576 2.8 -1.2
Socialist Labour 271 1.3 New
Welsh Christian 206 1.0 New
Socialist Alternative (UK) 152 0.7 New
Keith James - Independent 133 0.6 New
Respect 106 0.5 New
Joel Jenkins - Independent 71 0.3 New
Communist 70 0.3 New
CPA 38 0.2 New
Majority 4,961 24.0 +1.1
Turnout 20,717 35.0 +4.6
Labour hold Swing +0.6
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Swansea East
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[12]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Val Lloyd[a] 8,221 47.2 +1.6 7,480 43.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Malcolm Black 4,224 24.3 +5.3 3,462 20.0
Plaid Cymru David R. Evans 2,223 12.8 −14.6 2,484 14.3
UKIP Alan Robinson 1,474 8.5 N/A 1,263 7.3
Conservative Peter A. Morris 1,135 6.5 −1.5 1,323 7.6
Welsh Socialist Alliance Alan Thomson 133 0.8 New
Green 687 4.0
Socialist Labour 463 2.7
Cymru Annibynnol 145 0.8
ProLife Alliance 25 0.1
Majority 3,997 22.9 +4.7
Turnout 17,410 30.4 −5.7
Labour hold Swing −1.8

2003 Electorate: 57,252
Regional ballots rejected: 364

2001 Swansea East by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Val Lloyd 7,484 58.1 +12.5
Plaid Cymru John G. Ball 2,465 19.2 −8.2
Liberal Democrats Rob Speht 1,592 12.4 −6.6
Conservative Gerald Rowbottom 675 5.2 −2.8
UKIP Tim C. Jenkins 243 1.9 New
Green Martyn Shrewsbury 206 1.6 New
Socialist Alliance Alan Thomson 173 1.3 New
New Millennium Bean Party Captain Beany 37 0.3 New
Majority 5,019 38.9 +20.7
Turnout 12,875 22.6 −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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Val Feld 9,495 45.6 N/A
Plaid Cymru John G. Ball 5,714 27.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Malcolm Black 3,963 19.0 N/A
Conservative William Hughes 1,663 8.0 N/A
Majority 3,781 18.2 N/A
Turnout 20,835 36.1 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Incumbent member for this constituency

References

  1. ^ "South Wales West, Senedd 2021". Swansea Council. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. ^ Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Wales elections > Swansea East". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Wales elections > Swansea East". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. ^ http://welshlabour.org.uk/mike-hedges[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Dan Boucher, Swansea Conservatives, Swansea Conservatives
  9. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  10. ^ Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
  11. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(PPage 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  12. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  13. ^ Swansea East, Political Science Resources

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