- Aberdare (UK Parliament constituency)
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Aberdare Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1918–1983 Number of members One Replaced by Cynon Valley Created from Merthyr Tydfil Aberdare was a constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
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Boundaries and name
The constituency consisted of the two neighbouring towns of Aberdare and Mountain Ash in Glamorgan, Wales. When the seat was abolished in 1983, it was largely replaced by the Cynon Valley seat.
1918 – 1950
Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the existing parliamentary borough of Merthyr Tydfil was divided into two single-member constituencies. One of these was Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare Division, which consisted of the two urban districts of Aberdare and Mountain Ash.[1]
1950 – 1983
The Representation of the People Act 1948 reorganised constituencies throughout Great Britain, and introduced the term "borough constituency" in place of "parliamentary borough". The duly renamed Aberdare Borough Constituency was again defined as consisting of the Aberdare and Mountain Ash urban districts.[2] The renamed constituency was first contested at the 1950 general election. It was unchanged at the next revision of constituencies in 1970, continuing with the same name and boundaries until its abolition in 1983.
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1918 Charles Stanton Independent Labour 1922 George Hall Labour 1946 by-election David Thomas Labour 1954 by-election Arthur Probert Labour Feb 1974 Ioan Evans Labour Co-operative 1983 constituency abolished: see Cynon Valley Elections
1970s
General Election, 3 May 1979 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ioan Evans 26,716 71.55 +8.29 Conservative D Deere 6,453 17.28 +10.03 Plaid Cymru P Richards 3,652 9.78 −11.48 Communist M Winter 518 1.39 −1.3 Majority 20,263 54.27 +12.27 Turnout 37,339 78.61 −0.45 Labour hold Swing General Election, 10 October 1974 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ioan Evans 24,197 63.26 +3.73 Plaid Cymru G Owen 8,133 21.26 −8.68 Conservative BGC Webb 2,775 7.25 −0.68 Liberal G Hill 2,118 5.54 N/A Communist ATM Wilson 1,028 2.69 +0.09 Majority 16,064 42.0 −12.41 Turnout 38,251 79.06 −4.2 Labour hold Swing General Election, 28 February 1974 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ioan Evans 23,805 59.53 −0.44 Plaid Cymru G Owen 11,973 29.94 −0.1 Conservative MJ Niblock 3,169 7.93 +1.4 Communist ATM Wilson 1,038 2.60 −0.86 Majority 11,832 29.59 −0.33 Turnout 39,985 83.26 +5.34 Labour hold Swing General Election, 18 June 1970 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Arthur Probert 22,817 59.97 −13.34 Plaid Cymru GM Jones 11,431 30.04 +21.48 Conservative DC Purnell 2,484 6.53 −5.18 Communist ATM Wilson 1,317 3.46 −2.96 Majority 11,386 29.92 −31.68 Turnout 38,049 77.92 +0.9 Labour hold Swing 1960s
General Election, 31 March 1966 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Arthur Probert 26,322 73.31 −4.08 Conservative PN Price 4,204 11.71 −3.66 Plaid Cymru JE Williams 3,073 8.56 +1.32 Communist ATM Wilson 2,305 6.42 N/A Majority 22,118 61.60 −0.42 Turnout 35,904 77.02 −2.13 Labour hold Swing General Election, 15 October 1964 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Arthur Probert 29,106 77.39 +1.76 Conservative PN Price 5,780 15.37 −0.75 Plaid Cymru DW Thomas 2,723 7.24 −1.0 Majority 23,326 62.02 +2.51 Turnout 37,609 79.15 −3.99 Labour hold Swing 1950s
General Election, 8 October 1959 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Arthur Probert 30,889 75.63 +0.67 Conservative B McGlynn 6,584 16.12 +0.48 Plaid Cymru KP Thomas 3,367 8.24 N/A Majority 24,305 59.51 −0.19 Turnout 40,840 83.14 +4.88 Labour hold Swing General Election, 26 May 1955 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Arthur Probert 29,528 74.96 −3.59 Conservative WJA Bain 6,162 15.64 +0.26 Welsh Nationalist T Beasley 3,703 9.40 +3.32 Majority 23,366 59.32 −3.85 Turnout 39,393 78.26 −7.26 Labour hold Swing By-election, 28 October 1954 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Arthur Probert 24,658 69.48 −9.07 Plaid Cymru G R Evans 5,671 15.98 N/A Conservative M A H Roberts 5,158 14.53 −0.85 Majority 18,987 53.5 −9.67 Turnout 35,487 Labour hold Swing General Election, 25 October 1951 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour David Thomas 34,783 78.55 +2.77 Conservative J Lewis 6,810 15.38 +1.58 Plaid Cymru Wynne Samuel 2,691 6.08 −1.41 Majority 27,963 63.17 +1.4 Turnout 44,284 86.12 +0.23 Labour hold Swing General Election, 23 February 1950 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour David Thomas 33,390 75.58 −8.67 Conservative RNE Hinton 6,098 13.80 −1.95 Plaid Cymru Wynne Samuel 3,310 7.49 N/A Communist ATM Wilson 1,382 3.13 N/A Majority 27,292 61.77 −6.74 Turnout 44,180 85.89 +9.64 Labour hold Swing 1940s
By-election, 5 December 1946 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour David Thomas 24,215 68.32 −15.93 Plaid Cymru Wynne Samuel 7,090 20.0 N/A Conservative L Hallinan 4,140 11.68 −4.07 Majority 17,125 48.31 −20.2 Turnout 35,445 Labour hold Swing General Election, 5 July 1945 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George Hall 34,398 84.25 Conservative CG Clover 6,429 15.75 Majority 27,969 68.51 Turnout 40,827 76.25 Labour hold Swing References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
- Kimber, Richard (2008). "UK General Elections since 1832". psr.keele.ac.uk. http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
Categories:- Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
- History of Glamorgan
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983
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