Swansea East by-election, 1963

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.

Votes

Swansea East by-election, 1963^[1]
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
	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
	Labour hold		Swing

↑ "1963 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2015-08-17.

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