Rhondda West by-election, 1967
- Rhondda West by-election, 1967
The Rhondda West by-election, 1967 was a parliamentary by-election held in 1967 for the British House of Commons constituency of Rhondda West in Wales.
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Iorwerth Rhys Thomas, died on 3 December 1966, aged 71. He had held the seat since the 1950 general election.
The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, Trevor Alec Jones, who won with a majority of 2,306 over the Plaid Cymru's Henry Davies.
Jones represented the constituency until he stepped down at the 1983 general election.
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
References
* [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/67.html#rhondda British Parliamentary by-elections, 1967: Rhondda West]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk UK General Elections since 1832]
*Rayment
ee also
*Rhondda West (UK Parliament constituency)
*Rhondda West by-election, 1920
*Rhondda
*List of United Kingdom by-elections
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