Election for the constituency of Neath on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Neath, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

Labour hold by Christina Rees with a majority of 5,637 - 15.3% - on a turnout of 65.1%.

An electorate of 56,419, having a valid vote count of 36,756 and an invalid vote count of 107.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
REES, Christina Lab / Co-op 15,920 43.3% -13.4%
BURNS, Jon Con 10,283 28.0% 4.3%
WILLIAMS, Daniel PC 4,495 12.2% -1.7%
BRISCOE, Simon BRX 3,184 8.7% -
KINGSTON-JONES, Adrian LD 1,485 4.0% 2.1%
LLOYD, Megan Green 728 2.0% -
ROGERS, Philip Ind 594 1.6% -
WILLIAMS, Carl SDP 67 0.2% -

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 03:03 on 13 December 2019. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.