1991 Neath by-election
# 1991 Neath by-election

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

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.

## Result

Peter Hain retained Neath easily for Labour, although there was a 14% swing to Plaid Cymru.

1991 Neath by-election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Peter Hain | 17,962 | 51.7 | −11.7 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Dewi Evans | 8,132 | 23.3 | +16.9 |
| | Conservative | Richard Evans | 2,995 | 8.6 | −7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Lloyd | 2,000 | 5.8 | N/A |
| | SDP | John Warman | 1,826 | 5.3 | −8.8 |
| | Local Independent Labour | Rhys Jeffreys | 1,253 | 3.6 | N/A |
| | Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 263 | 0.8 | N/A |
| | Captain Beany of the Bean Party | Barry Kirk | 262 | 0.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,830 | 28.4 | −18.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,753 | 64.0 | −14.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 54,482 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 | |

## Previous results

General election 1987: Neath :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Donald Coleman | 27,612 | 63.4 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | Martin Howe | 7,034 | 16.1 | -1.3 |
| | SDP | John Warman | 6,132 | 14.1 | -7.3 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Huw John | 2,792 | 6.4 | -0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,578 | 47.3 | +15.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,570 | 78.8 | +2.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 55,261 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
