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.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held for the British House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
constituency
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
of Swansea East
Swansea East (UK Parliament constituency)
Swansea East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.- Boundaries :The constituency comprises the electoral wards of Bonymaen, Cwmbwrla, Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Mynydd-Bach, Penderry, and St.Thomas...
on 28 March 1963.
The seat had become vacant when the Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) David Mort
David Mort
David Llewellyn Mort was a British Labour Party politician.Born in Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, he left school aged thirteen when his father died. After initially working in an outfitters shop, he subsequently entered the local steel works...
had died on 1 January 1963, aged 74. He had held the seat since being elected unopposed at a by-election in 1940
Swansea East by-election, 1940
The Swansea East by-election, 1940 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Swansea East on 8 May 1933...
.
The Labour candidate, Neil McBride
Neil McBride
Neil McBride was a British Labour Party politician.He was Member of Parliament for Swansea East from a by-election in 1963 until his death shortly before the October 1974 general election...
, held the seat for his party.
Votes
See also
- Swansea East constituencySwansea East (UK Parliament constituency)Swansea East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.- Boundaries :The constituency comprises the electoral wards of Bonymaen, Cwmbwrla, Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Mynydd-Bach, Penderry, and St.Thomas...
- Swansea East by-election, 1919Swansea East by-election, 1919The Swansea East by-election, 1919 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Swansea East on 10 July 1919....
- Swansea East by-election, 1940Swansea East by-election, 1940The Swansea East by-election, 1940 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Swansea East on 8 May 1933...
- SwanseaSwanseaSwansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- United Kingdom by-election recordsUnited Kingdom by-election recordsUK by-election records is an annotated list of notable records from UK Parliamentary by-elections. A by-election occurs when a Member of Parliament resigns, dies, or is disqualified or expelled, and an election is held to fill the vacant seat...