Swansea East (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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.

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

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.

Election box begin
title=Swansea East Welsh Assembly by-election 2001Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Val Lloyd
votes = 7,484
percentage = 58.1
change = +12.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Dr. John Ball
votes = 2,465
percentage = 19.2
change = -8.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rob Speht
votes = 1,592
percentage = 12.4
change = -6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gerald Rowbottom
votes = 675
percentage = 5.2
change = -2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Tim Jenkins
votes = 243
percentage = 1.9
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Martyn Shrewsbury
votes = 206
percentage = 1.6
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Welsh Socialist Alliance
candidate = Alan Thomson
votes = 173
percentage = 1.3
change = +1.3Election box candidate
party = New Millennium Bean Party
candidate = Captain Beany
votes = 37
percentage = 0.3
change = +0.3Election box majority
votes = 5,019
percentage = 38.9
change = +20.7Election box turnout
votes = 12,875
percentage = 22.6%
change = -13.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -10.0

Welsh Assembly Election May 2003

The Assembly Elections were held on the 1 May 2003.

Election box begin
title=Swansea East Welsh Assembly Election 2003Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Val Lloyd
votes = 8,221
percentage = 47.2
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Black
votes = 4,224
percentage = 24.3
change = +5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = David Evans
votes = 2,223
percentage = 12.8
change = -14.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Alan Robinson
votes = 1,474
percentage = 8.5
change = +6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Morris
votes = 1,135
percentage = 6.5
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Welsh Socialist Alliance
candidate = Alan Thomson
votes = 133
percentage = 0.8
change = +0.8Election box majority
votes = 3,997
percentage = 23.0
change = +5Election box turnout
votes = 17,410
percentage = 30.40%
change = -5.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -1.80