Rhondda West (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Rhondda West
Type = Borough
Year = 1918
Abolition = 1974
members = one

Rhondda West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rhondda district of Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, MP elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

;General Election 1918, Rhondda:William John returned unopposed

Elections in the 1920s

Election box begin
title=Rhondda West by-election, 1920Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William John
votes = 14,035
percentage = 58.5
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Coalition Conservative
candidate = G. Rowlands
votes = 9,959
percentage = 41.5
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 4,076
percentage = 17.0
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 23,949
percentage = 70.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Election box begin
title=Rhondda West by-election, 1967Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Alec Jones
votes = 12,373
percentage = 49.0
change = −27.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Henry V. Davies
votes = 10,067
percentage = 39.9
change = +31.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Arthur True
votes = 1,723
percentage = 6.8
change = −0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gareth Neale
votes = 1,075
percentage = 4.3
change = −3.6Election box majority
votes = 2,306
percentage = 9.1
change = −58.3Election box turnout
votes = 25,238
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −29.1

Elections in the 1970s

Election box begin
title=Rhondda West: 1970 general electionElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Alec Jones
votes = 18,779
percentage = 74.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Henry V. Davies
votes = 3,528
percentage = 14.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. D. Morgan
votes = 1,610
percentage = 6.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Arthur True
votes = 1,201
percentage = 4.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 15,251
percentage = 60.7
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 81.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −29.1

See also

* Rhondda West by-election, 1920
* Rhondda West by-election, 1967

References

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