Swansea East (Assembly constituency)

Not to be confused with Swansea East (UK Parliament 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.

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

	Member	Party
1999	Val Feld	Labour Party
2003	Val Lloyd	Labour Party
2011	Mike Hedges	Labour Party

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

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Swansea East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Hedges	10,726	52.1	-6.2
	UKIP	Clifford Johnson	3,274	15.9	+15.9
	Plaid Cymru	Dic Jones	2,744	13.3	+0.9
	Conservative	Sadie Vidal	1,729	8.4	-6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Charlene Webster	1,574	7.6	-1.2
	Green	Tony Young	529	2.6	+2.6
Majority			7,452	36.2	-7.6
Turnout				35.7	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.1

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Swansea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Hedges^[2]	11,035	58.4	+16.9
	Conservative	Dan Boucher^[3]	2,754	14.6	+4.8
	Plaid Cymru	Dic Jones	2,346	12.4	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Morrison Samuel	1,673	8.8	−8.7
	BNP	Joanne Shannon	1,102	5.8	N/A
Majority			8,281	43.8	+19.9
Turnout			18,910	31.2	−3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Swansea East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Lloyd^[5]	8,590	41.5	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs. Helen Ceri-Clarke	3,629	17.5	−6.8
	Plaid Cymru	Danny Bowles	3,218	15.5	+2.7
	Conservative	Bob T. Dowdle	2,025	9.8	+3.3
	Independent	Alan Robinson	1,618	7.8	N/A
	Independent	Ray Welsby	1,177	5.7	N/A
	Independent	Gary D. Evans	460	2.2	N/A
Majority			4,961	23.9	+0.9
Turnout			20,717	35.0	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

Welsh 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	Dr. David R. Evans	2,223	12.8	−14.6
	UKIP	Alan Robinson	1,474	8.5	N/A
	Conservative	Peter A. 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	−1.8

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	Dr. John G. 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 C. 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

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Swansea East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Feld	9,495	45.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Dr. John G. 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	18.5	N/A
Turnout			20,835	36.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales

Mid and West Wales	Brecon and Radnorshire Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Ceredigion Dwyfor Meirionnydd Llanelli Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire

North Wales	Aberconwy Alyn and Deeside Arfon Clwyd South Clwyd West Delyn Vale of Clwyd Wrexham Ynys Môn

South Wales Central	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Cynon Valley Pontypridd Rhondda Vale of Glamorgan

South Wales East	Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Islwyn Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Monmouth Newport East Newport West Torfaen

South Wales West	Aberavon Bridgend Gower Neath Ogmore Swansea East Swansea West

Coordinates: 51°39′01″N 3°55′10″W / 51.65028°N 3.91944°W / 51.65028; -3.91944

References

↑ "Wales elections > Aberavon". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
↑ http://welshlabour.org.uk/mike-hedges
↑ Dan Boucher, Swansea Conservatives, Swansea Conservatives
↑ Election results - 2007, National Assembly for Wales
↑ Val Lloyd
↑ Swansea East, Political Science Resources

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