Neath and Swansea East
Wales · County constituency
About the Neath and Swansea East constituency
Neath and Swansea East is a county constituency in Wales, spanning parts of Neath Port Talbot, Swansea and neighbouring councils. The sitting MP is Carolyn Harris (Labour), first elected in May 2015.
At the 2024 general election, Labour won Neath and Swansea East with 41.9% of the vote, ahead of Reform UK on 25.3%, a majority of 6,627 votes. Turnout was 52.6%.
If a general election were held today, PollCheck's projection at the current seven-poll average has Reform UK on 30.5% and Labour on 23.9% in Neath and Swansea East, a margin of 6.6 points, a projected change from Labour since 2024. The projection updates automatically as new polls are added.
Demographically, Neath and Swansea East is a Leave-leaning area (an estimated 56.3% voted Leave in 2016). About 27.3% of residents hold a degree, 65.7% of homes are owner-occupied, and the seat has a median age of about 42 (2021 Census).
Across the most recent general elections on record here, the seat has been won by Labour each time.
Who lives in Neath and Swansea East? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Neath and Swansea East vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Neath and Swansea East
Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.
How Neath and Swansea East voted at the Senedd election (7 May 2026)
Neath and Swansea East sits almost entirely within the Senedd constituency of Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd. Senedd elections use a closed-list proportional system; each Senedd seat returns six members.
| Senedd constituency | Share of Neath and Swansea East | Winner | Runner-up | Seats (6 per constituency) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd | 99% | Reform UK 33.2% | Plaid Cymru 28.7% | 3 Reform UK, 2 Plaid Cymru, 1 Liberal Democrats |
Senedd 2026 results from official declarations. Overlap percentages are area-based using the post-2024 Westminster boundary against the new 16-seat Senedd boundary.
Neath and Swansea East within Neath Port Talbot and Swansea
Neath and Swansea East crosses multiple council boundaries: Neath Port Talbot (63%), Swansea (37%). English councils rotate their election cycles and none of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below show the most recent ward result available for each ward.
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Neath Port Talbot | 63% |
| Swansea | 37% |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Mar 2024 | Neath East | Lab HOLD | — |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward. Where the council held a May 2026 election, those results are shown; otherwise we show the most recent available ward result (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024), or, where the seat was uncontested at the last election, the current sitting councillor from OpenCouncilData. The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Neath and Swansea East at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Neath and Swansea East at past general elections?
2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Lab hold | Peter Hain Neath MP | 46.3% | 13.1% | 14.9% | 9,775 | 64.8% |
| 2015predecessor | Lab hold | Christina Rees Neath MP | 43.8% | 15.3% | 3.2% | 9,548 | 66.2%+1.4 |
| 2017predecessor | Lab hold | Christina Rees Neath MP | 56.7% | 23.7% | 1.9% | 12,631 | 68.5%+2.3 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Christina Rees Neath MP, pre-review boundary | 47.1% | 28.2% | 4.1% | 8,451 | 60.0% |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Carolyn Harris | 41.8% | 9.4% | 5.8% | 6,627 | 52.6%-7.4 |
Neath and Swansea East was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Neath (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Neath and Swansea East
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Neath and Swansea East. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Graduate27.3 / 27.2vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent15.4 / 17.2vs 20.2
- ↓Employed52.3 / 55.1vs 57.3
- ↓Graduate27.3 / 27.3vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent15.4 / 12.8vs 20.2
- ↓Employed52.3 / 55.0vs 57.3
- ↓Graduate27.3 / 25.4vs 33.7
- ↓Employed52.3 / 52.5vs 57.3
- ↓Private rent15.4 / 16.1vs 20.2
- ↓Graduate27.3 / 26.9vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent15.4 / 13.1vs 20.2
- ↓Employed52.3 / 54.8vs 57.3
- ↓Private rent15.4 / 16.5vs 20.2
- ↓Graduate27.3 / 30.2vs 33.7
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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