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1991 Neath by-election

1991 Neath by-election
← 1987 4 April 1991 1992 →
Constituency of Neath
Turnout64.0% (Decrease 14.8%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
PC
Con
Candidate Peter Hain Dewi Evans Richard Evans
Party Labour Plaid Cymru Conservative
Popular vote 17,962 8,132 2,995
Percentage 51.7% 23.3% 8.6%
Swing Decrease 11.7% Increase 16.9% Decrease 7.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
LD
SDP
Candidate David Lloyd John Warman
Party Liberal Democrats SDP
Popular vote 2,000 1,826
Percentage 5.8% 5.3%
Swing N/A Decrease 8.8%
MP before election

Donald Coleman
Labour

Subsequent MP

Peter Hain
Labour

The 1991 Neath by-election was a by-election held on 4 April 1991 for the House of Commons constituency of Neath in Wales. It was won by the Labour Party candidate Peter Hain.

Vacancy

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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

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Peter Hain retained Neath easily for Labour, although there was a 14% swing to Plaid Cymru.

1991 Neath by-election[1]
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 −8.3
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 −18.9
Turnout 34,753 64.0 −14.8
Registered electors 54,482
Labour hold Swing +2.0

Previous result

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General election 1987: Neath[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Sources

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  1. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Times Guide to the House of Commons 1992