Swansea East (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
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| Swansea East shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| Electoral region: | South Wales West |
| AM: | Val Lloyd |
| Party: | Labour |
| Preserved county: | West Glamorgan |
Swansea East is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, 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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[edit] 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.
[edit] Voting
In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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.
[edit] Election results
[edit] Welsh Assembly by-election, 2001
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.
| Swansea East Welsh Assembly by-election 2001 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Val Lloyd | 7,484 | 58.1 | +12.5 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Dr. John Ball | 2,465 | 19.2 | -8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Rob Speht | 1,592 | 12.4 | -6.6 | |
| Conservative | Gerald Rowbottom | 675 | 5.2 | -2.8 | |
| UK Independence | Tim Jenkins | 243 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Green | Martyn Shrewsbury | 206 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Alan Thomson | 173 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| New Millennium Bean Party | Captain Beany | 37 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 5,019 | 38.9 | +20.7 | ||
| Turnout | 12,875 | 22.6% | -13.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -10.0 | |||
[edit] Welsh Assembly Election May 2003
The Assembly Elections were held on the 1 May 2003.
| Swansea East Welsh Assembly Election 2003 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Val Lloyd | 8,221 | 47.2 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Black | 4,224 | 24.3 | +5.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | David Evans | 2,223 | 12.8 | -14.6 | |
| UK Independence | Alan Robinson | 1,474 | 8.5 | +6.9 | |
| Conservative | Peter Morris | 1,135 | 6.5 | -1.5 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Alan Thomson | 133 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 3,997 | 23.0 | +5 | ||
| Turnout | 17,410 | 30.40% | -5.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.80 | |||
