| Swansea East | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Map1: | SwanseaEast2007 |
| Year: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 2024 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Electorate: | 60,809 (December 2010)[1] |
| Region: | Wales |
| European: | Wales |
| National: | Swansea East, South Wales West |
Swansea East (Welsh: Dwyrain Abertawe) was a borough constituency in Wales in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by members of the Labour Party from 1922 until 2024.
As part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales, the seat was abolished. Its wards were split between Neath and Swansea East, and Swansea West, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]
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.[3]
1983-2024: The City of Swansea wards of Bonymaen, Cwmbwrla, Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Mynydd-Bach, Penderry and St. Thomas.
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.[4] However, in the 2019 European elections the city of Swansea as a whole voted strongly for the Brexit Party.[5]
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Thomas Williams | Coalition Liberal | ||
| 1919 by-election | David Matthews | Coalition Liberal | ||
| 1922 | David Williams | Labour | ||
| 1940 by-election | David Mort | Labour | Died 1 January 1963 | |
| 1963 by-election | Neil McBride | Labour | Died 9 September 1974, no by-election held | |
| Oct 1974 | Donald Anderson | Labour | ||
| 2005 | Siân James | Labour | ||
| 2015 | Labour | Deputy Leader of the Welsh Labour Party | ||
| 2024 | Constituency abolished | |||
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