Swansea East () is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Carolyn Harris of the Labour Party.
The constituency is set to be abolished as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election. It's wards are to be split between Neath and Swansea East, and Swansea West.
Boundaries
The constituency comprises the electoral wards of Bonymaen, Cwmbwrla, Brynhyfryd, Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Mynydd-Bach, Penderry and St. Thomas. It has been a Labour seat since 1922.
1918–1949: The County Borough of Swansea wards of East, Landore, Morriston, and St John's.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Swansea wards of Alexandra, Castle, Clase, Kilvey, Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Penderry, St John's, and St Thomas.
1955–1983: The County Borough of Swansea wards of Castle, Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Penderry, St John's, and St Thomas.
Constituency profile
Although the constituency voted strongly to leave the European Union in 2016, an analysis of YouGov polling by Focaldata suggested support for Remain had risen from 37.9% to 50.7% in August 2018. However, in the 2019 European elections the city of Swansea as a whole voted strongly for the Brexit Party.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 2010s
Of the 107 rejected ballots: 81 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. 25 voted for more than one candidate. 1 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.
Of the 66 rejected ballots: 50 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. 12 voted for more than one candidate. 4 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.
See also
Swansea East (Senedd constituency) List of parliamentary constituencies in West Glamorgan List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales
Notes
References
External links
Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards) Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards) 2017 Election House of Commons Library 2017 Election report A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)