The 1963 Swansea East by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the

British House of Commons The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 mem ...

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of Swansea East on 28 March 1963. The seat had become vacant when the

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(MP)

David Mort David Llewellyn Mort (25 March 1888 – 1 January 1963) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, he left school aged thirteen when his father died. After initially working in an outfitters shop, he subsequently ...

had died on 1 January 1963, aged 74. He had held the seat since being elected unopposed at a by-election in 1940. The Labour candidate,

Neil McBride Neil McBride (13 April 1910 – 9 September 1974) was a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Swansea East from a by-election in 1963 until his death, aged 64, shortly before the October 1974 general election. ...

, held the seat for his party.

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