Swansea East (Senedd constituency)
Senedd constituency (1999–2026)
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Swansea East (Welsh: Dwyrain Abertawe) was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It was one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elected four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
| Swansea East Dwyrain Abertawe | |
|---|---|
| Former Senedd borough constituency for the Senedd | |
Swansea East shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies | |
| Former Senedd borough constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2026 |
| Party | Labour |
| MS | Mike Hedges |
| Electoral region | South Wales West |
| Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
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 was entirely within the preserved county of West Glamorgan.
The other six constituencies of the region were Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore and Swansea West.
Assembly members and Members of the Senedd
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Voting
In general elections for the Senedd, each voter had two votes. The first vote was used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote was used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats were allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Mike Hedges | 12,950 | 60.1 | +8.0 | 10,999 | 50.7 | +8.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Rhiannon Barrar | 3,250 | 15.1 | +1.8 | 3,406 | 15.7 | +0.8 | |
| Conservative | Cameron Brennan | 2,497 | 13.7 | +5.3 | 3,591 | 16.5 | +7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Bennett | 1,055 | 4.9 | -2.7 | 877 | 4.0 | -6.9 | |
| UKIP | Dan Morgan | 567 | 2.6 | -13.3 | 457 | 2.1 | -13.6 | |
| Abolish | Cameron Edwards | 484 | 2.2 | New | 738 | 3.4 | ±0.0 | |
| Reform | Darren Rees | 295 | 1.4 | New | 224 | 1.0 | New | |
| Green | 670 | 3.1 | +0.8 | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | 201 | 0.9 | New | |||||
| Independent | Caroline Jones | 170 | 0.8 | New | ||||
| Propel | 137 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Gwlad | 118 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Communist | 69 | 0.3 | ±0.0 | |||||
| TUSC | 57 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |||||
| Majority | 9,700 | 45.0 | +8.8 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,098 | 34.6 | −1.1 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes | ||||||||
Regional Ballot void votes: 139. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (38), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (101)
Swansea East saw the lowest turnout at the 2021 election of any constituency in Wales.[2]
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[3] | Regional[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Mike Hedges[a] | 10,726 | 52.1 | -6.3 | 8,724 | 42.4 | -9.6 | |
| UKIP | Clifford Johnson | 3,274 | 15.9 | New | 3,236 | 15.7 | +11.1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Dic Jones | 2,744 | 13.3 | +0.9 | 3,056 | 14.9 | +3.6 | |
| Conservative | Sadie Vidal | 1,729 | 8.4 | -6.2 | 1,866 | 9.1 | -2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charlene Webster | 1,574 | 7.6 | -1.2 | 2,248 | 10.9 | +2.6 | |
| Green | Tony Young | 529 | 2.6 | New | 471 | 2.3 | +0.2 | |
| Abolish | 689 | 3.4 | New | |||||
| Monster Raving Loony | 135 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 76 | 0.4 | -0.2 | |||||
| Communist | 53 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |||||
| Majority | 7,452 | 36.2 |  7.6 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,576 | 35.7 |  4.5 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 11.1 |
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| Party | Candidate | Constituency[5] | Regional[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Mike Hedges[7] | 11,035 | 58.4 | +16.9 | 9,902 | 52.0 | +14.4 | |
| Conservative | Dan Boucher[8] | 2,754 | 14.6 | +4.8 | 2,196 | 11.5 | +2.5 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Dic Jones | 2,346 | 12.4 | −3.1 | 2,158 | 11.3 | -4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Samuel | 1,673 | 8.8 | −8.7 | 1,572 | 8.3 | -8.7 | |
| BNP | Joanne Shannon | 1,102 | 5.8 | New | 886 | 4.7 | -3.4 | |
| UKIP | 869 | 4.6 | -0.3 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 703 | 3.7 | +2.4 | |||||
| Green | 398 | 2.1 | -0.7 | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 201 | 1.1 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 114 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Communist | 45 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |||||
| Majority | 8,281 | 43.8 | +19.8 | |||||
| Turnout | 18,910 | 31.2 | −3.8 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
Regional ballots rejected: 154[9]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[10] | Regional[11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Val Lloyd[a] | 8,590 | 41.5 | −5.7 | 7,806 | 37.6 | -5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Ceri Clarke | 3,629 | 17.5 | −6.8 | 3,528 | 17.0 | -3.0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Danny Bowles | 3,218 | 15.5 | +2.7 | 3,217 | 15.5 | +1.2 | |
| Conservative | Bob T. Dowdle | 2,025 | 9.8 | +3.3 | 1,858 | 9.0 | +1.4 | |
| Independent | Alan Robinson | 1,618 | 7.8 | New | ||||
| Independent | Ray Welsby | 1,177 | 5.7 | New | ||||
| Independent | Gary D. Evans | 460 | 2.2 | New | ||||
| BNP | 1,681 | 8.1 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 1,025 | 4.9 | -2.4 | |||||
| Green | 576 | 2.8 | -1.2 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 271 | 1.3 | New | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 206 | 1.0 | New | |||||
| Socialist Alternative (UK) | 152 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Keith James - Independent | 133 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Respect | 106 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Joel Jenkins - Independent | 71 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Communist | 70 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| CPA | 38 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Majority | 4,961 | 24.0 | +1.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,717 | 35.0 | +4.6 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Val Lloyd[a] | 8,221 | 47.2 | +1.6 | 7,480 | 43.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Malcolm Black | 4,224 | 24.3 | +5.3 | 3,462 | 20.0 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | David R. Evans | 2,223 | 12.8 | −14.6 | 2,484 | 14.3 | ||
| UKIP | Alan Robinson | 1,474 | 8.5 | N/A | 1,263 | 7.3 | ||
| Conservative | Peter A. Morris | 1,135 | 6.5 | −1.5 | 1,323 | 7.6 | ||
| Welsh Socialist Alliance | Alan Thomson | 133 | 0.8 | New | ||||
| Green | 687 | 4.0 | ||||||
| Socialist Labour | 463 | 2.7 | ||||||
| Cymru Annibynnol | 145 | 0.8 | ||||||
| ProLife Alliance | 25 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Majority | 3,997 | 22.9 | +4.7 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,410 | 30.4 | −5.7 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | −1.8 | ||||||
2003 Electorate: 57,252
Regional ballots rejected: 364
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Val Lloyd | 7,484 | 58.1 | +12.5 | |
| Plaid Cymru | John G. Ball | 2,465 | 19.2 | −8.2 | |
| 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 | New | |
| Green | Martyn Shrewsbury | 206 | 1.6 | New | |
| Socialist Alliance | Alan Thomson | 173 | 1.3 | New | |
| New Millennium Bean Party | Captain Beany | 37 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 5,019 | 38.9 | +20.7 | ||
| Turnout | 12,875 | 22.6 | −13.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −10.0 | |||
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.
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Val Feld | 9,495 | 45.6 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | John G. Ball | 5,714 | 27.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Malcolm Black | 3,963 | 19.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | William Hughes | 1,663 | 8.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,781 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 20,835 | 36.1 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||