Neath by-election, 1991

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The Neath by-election, 1991 was a by-election held on 4 April 1991 for the British House of Commons constituency of Neath in Wales. It was won by the Labour Party candidate Peter Hain.

Vacancy

The seat had become vacant when the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Donald Coleman had died on 14 January 1991.

Peter Hain retained Neath easily for Labour, although there was a 14% swing to Plaid Cymru.

Neath by-election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hain	17,962	51.7
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi Evans	8,132	23.3
	Conservative	Richard Evans	2,995	8.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Lloyd	2,000	5.8
	Social Democrat	John Warman	1,826	5.3
	Local Independent Labour	Rhys Jeffreys	1,253	3.6
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	263	0.8
	Captain Beany of the Bean Party	Barry Kirk	262	0.7
Majority			9,830	28.7
Turnout			34,753	64.0

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