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British House of Commons by-election
1991 Neath by-election Turnout 64.0% ( 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
11.7%
16.9%
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
8.8%
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 .
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.
Peter Hain retained Neath easily for Labour, although there was a 14% swing to Plaid Cymru.
Previous results [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
Sources [ edit ]
Times Guide to the House of Commons 1992
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