Swansea East

Swansea East is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in Wales. The seat was last held by Carolyn Harris (Labour) between 7 May 2015 to 30 May 2024.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 5 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
12,028
Electorate
58,011
Turnout
58%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Carolyn Harris
Labour
17,807 53.0% 1.5%
Clifford Johnson
UK Independence Party
5,779 17.2% 14.6%
Altaf Hussain
Conservative
5,142 15.3% 0.5%
Dic Jones
Plaid Cymru
3,498 10.4% 3.7%
Ann Jamal
Liberal Democrat
1,392 4.1% -14.2%