Swansea East by-election, 1963
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The Swansea East by-election, 1963 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Swansea East on 28 March 1963.
The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) David Mort had died on 1 January 1963, aged 74. He had held the seat since being elected unopposed at a by-election in 1940.
The Labour candidate, Neil McBride, held the seat for his party.
[edit] Votes
| Swansea East by-election, 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Neil McBride | 18,909 | 61.1 | −6.4 | |
| Liberal | Richard Owens | 4,895 | 15.8 | N/A | |
| People's Party | Leon Atkin | 2,462 | 8.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Pamela Thomas | 2,272 | 7.3 | −14.7 | |
| Welsh Nationalist | E. Chris Rees | 1,620 | 5.2 | −5.3 | |
| Communist | Bert Pearce | 773 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,014 | 45.3 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 30,931 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
- Swansea East constituency
- Swansea East by-election, 1919
- Swansea East by-election, 1940
- Swansea
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- United Kingdom by-election records
[edit] References
- British Parliamentary by-elections: 1963
- Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources: UK General Election results October 1959
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source?][better source needed]
