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Labour win 29 seats - but fall short of a majority
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UKIP wins its first seats in the Assembly
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Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood ousts Labour in Rhondda
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Mapping the election - see party vote share by constituency across Wales
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
LAB Welsh Labour |
Candidates Mike Hedges | Votes 10,726 | 52.1% | Net percentage change in seats −6.2 |
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UKIP UKIP Wales |
Candidates Clifford Johnson | Votes 3,274 | 15.9% | Net percentage change in seats +15.9 |
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PC Plaid Cymru |
Candidates Dic Jones | Votes 2,744 | 13.3% | Net percentage change in seats +0.9 |
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CON Welsh Conservative |
Candidates Sadie Vidal | Votes 1,729 | 8.4% | Net percentage change in seats −6.2 |
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LD Welsh Liberal Democrat |
Candidates Charlene Webster | Votes 1,574 | 7.6% | Net percentage change in seats −1.2 |
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GRN Wales Green Party |
Candidates Tony Young | Votes 529 | 2.6% | Net percentage change in seats +2.6 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Welsh Labour Majority
7,452Turnout
35.7%Constituency Profile
Swansea East has seen substantial investment and economic regeneration in recent decades.
Projects have included the rebirth of the docks area as Swansea marina, and it was one of the first industrial enterprise zones in the early 1980s. Major local employers include the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and Morriston Hospital. The constituency boasts Premier League football courtesy of Swansea City, who share the Liberty Stadium with the Ospreys regional rugby team. Comfortably held by Labour since the first assembly election in 1999, the party had a majority in Swansea East of 8,281 in 2011 with 58.4% of the vote, followed by the Tories on 14.6%, Plaid Cymru 12.4%, the Lib Dems 8.8% and BNP 5.8%.