1991 Neath by-election

British House of Commons by-election November 2021 March 2022 1991 Neath by-election parliamentary Wales Constituency of Neath no 1987 United Kingdom general election 1987 1992 United Kingdom general election 1992 4 April 1991 Peter Hain x160px Welsh Labour 17,962 51.7% 11.7% Dewi Evans PC Plaid Cymru 8,132 23.3% 16.9% Richard Evans Con Welsh Conservatives 2,995 8.6% 7.5% David Lloyd LD Welsh Liberal Democrats 2,000 5.8% black N/A John Warman SDP Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present) 1,826 5.3% 8.8% MP Subsequent MP Donald Coleman Welsh Labour Peter Hain Welsh Labour 64.0% ( 14.8%) 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 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 Peter Hain retained Neath easily for Labour, although there was a 14% swing to Plaid Cymru. 1991 Neath by-electionhttp://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1987.html Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament Boothroyd David 2015-10-01 United Kingdom Election Results Welsh Labour Peter Hain 17,962 51.7 −11.7 Plaid Cymru Dewi Evans 8,132 23.3 +16.9 Welsh Conservatives Richard Evans 2,995 8.6 −7.5 Welsh Liberal Democrats David Lloyd 2,000 5.8 -8.3 Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990) John Warman 1,826 5.3 −8.8 Local Independent Labour Rhys Jeffreys 1,253 3.6 N/A Official Monster Raving Loony Party David Sutch 263 0.8 N/A Captain Beany of the Bean Party Barry Kirk 262 0.7 N/A 9,830 28.4 −18.9 34,753 64.0 −14.8 54,482 Welsh Labour +2.0 Previous result General election 1987: NeathElection Data 1987 http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt Electoral Calculus 18 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt 15 October 2011 dead Welsh Labour Donald Coleman 27,612 63.4 +9.8 Welsh Conservatives Martin Howe 7,034 16.1 -1.3 Social Democratic Party (UK) John Warman 6,132 14.1 -7.3 Plaid Cymru Huw John 2,792 6.4 -0.8 20,578 47.3 +15.1 43,570 78.8 +2.3 55,261 Welsh Labour See also Neath (UK Parliament constituency) Lists of United Kingdom by-elections Sources Times Guide to the House of Commons 1992 Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies Category:1991 in Wales Category:1990s elections in Wales Category:1991 elections in the United Kingdom Category:West Glamorgan