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1963 Swansea East by-election

The 1963 Swansea East by-election 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.

Result

1963 Swansea East by-election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil McBride	18,909	61.1	-6.4
	Liberal	R. Owens	4,895	15.8	N/A
	People's Party	L Atkin	2,462	8.0	N/A
	Conservative	A. P. Thomas	2,272	7.3	-14.7
	Plaid Cymru	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	55.9	-24.2
Registered electors			55,328
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary election results 1950-1970 (1 ed.). Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 9780900178023. Page 561

Craig, F. W. S. (1971) [1971]. British parliamentary election results 1950-70 (1st ed.). Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 9780900178023.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources: UK General Election results October 1959 Archived 4 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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