1991 Neath by-election

1991 Neath by-election

4 April 1991

Constituency of Neath
Turnout64.0% ( 14.8%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
PC
Con
Candidate Peter Hain Dewi Evans Richard Evans
Party Labour Plaid Cymru Conservative
Popular vote 17,962 8,132 2,995
Percentage 51.7% 23.3% 8.6%
Swing 11.7% 16.9% 7.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
LD
SDP
Candidate David Lloyd John Warman
Party Liberal Democrats SDP
Popular vote 2,000 1,826
Percentage 5.8% 5.3%
Swing N/A 8.8%

MP before election

Donald Coleman
Labour

Subsequent MP

Peter Hain
Labour

The 1991 Neath by-election was a by-election held on 4 April 1991 for the House of Commons constituency of Neath in Wales. It was won by the Labour Party candidate Peter Hain.