Swansea East (Assembly constituency)

Swansea East

Welsh Assembly borough constituency
Swansea East shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created:	1999
Electoral region:	South Wales West
AM:	Mike Hedges
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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Voting 3 Election results 4 References

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.

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.

Election results

Assembly Election 2011: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Hedges[1]	11,035	58.4	+16.9
	Conservative	Dan Boucher[2]	2,754	14.6	+4.8
	Plaid Cymru	Dic Jones	2,346	12.4	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Samuel	1,673	8.8	-8.7
	BNP	Joanne Shannon	1,102	5.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout

Assembly Election 2007: Swansea East[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Lloyd[4]	8,590	41.5
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Ceri-Clarke	3,629	17.5
	Plaid Cymru	Danny Bowles	3,218	15.5
	Conservative	Bob Dowdle	2,025	9.8
	Independent	Alan Robinson	1,618	7.8	N/A
	Independent	Ray Welsby	1,177	5.7	N/A
	Independent	Gary Evans	460	2.2	N/A
Majority			4,961	24.0
Turnout				35.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2003: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Lloyd	8,221	47.2	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Black	4,224	24.3	+5.3
	Plaid Cymru	David Evans	2,223	12.8	-14.6
	UKIP	Alan Robinson	1,474	8.5	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Morris	1,135	6.5	-1.5
	Socialist Alliance	Alan Thomson	133	0.8	N/A
Majority			3,997	23.0	+5.0
Turnout			17,410	30.4	-5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.80

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 by-election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Lloyd	7,484	58.1	+12.5
	Plaid Cymru	John Ball	2,465	19.2	-8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Speht	1,592	12.4	-6.6
	Conservative	Gerald Rowbottom	675	5.2	-2.8
	UKIP	Tim Jenkins	243	1.9	N/A
	Green	Martyn Shrewsbury	206	1.6	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Alan Thomson	173	1.3	N/A
	New Millennium Bean Party	Captain Beany	37	0.3	N/A
Majority			5,019	38.9	+20.7
Turnout			12,875	22.6	-13.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.0

Assembly Election 1999: Swansea East[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Feld	9,495	45.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	John Ball	5,714	27.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Black	3,963	19.0	N/A
	Conservative	William Hughes	1,663	8.0	N/A
Majority			3,781		N/A
Turnout				36.1	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

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References