The 1991 Neath by-election 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.
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Constituency of Neath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 64.0% ( 14.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vacancy edit
The seat had become vacant when the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Donald Coleman, died on 14 January 1991. Coleman had already announced his intention to stand down at the next election, so Peter Hain had already been selected to contest the seat.
Result edit
Peter Hain retained Neath easily for Labour, although there was a 14% swing to Plaid Cymru.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Hain | 17,962 | 51.7 | −11.7 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Dewi Evans | 8,132 | 23.3 | +16.9 | |
| Conservative | Richard Evans | 2,995 | 8.6 | −7.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Lloyd | 2,000 | 5.8 | N/A | |
| SDP | John Warman | 1,826 | 5.3 | −8.8 | |
| Local Independent Labour | Rhys Jeffreys | 1,253 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 263 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Captain Beany of the Bean Party | Barry Kirk | 262 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,830 | 28.4 | −18.8 | ||
| Turnout | 34,753 | 64.0 | −14.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 54,482 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Previous results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Donald Coleman | 27,612 | 63.4 | +9.8 | |
| Conservative | Martin Howe | 7,034 | 16.1 | -1.3 | |
| SDP | John Warman | 6,132 | 14.1 | -7.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Huw John | 2,792 | 6.4 | -0.8 | |
| Majority | 20,578 | 47.3 | +15.1 | ||
| Turnout | 43,570 | 78.8 | +2.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 55,261 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also edit
Sources edit
- ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.