Rhondda West by-election, 1920
- Rhondda West by-election, 1920
The Rhondda West by-election, 1920 was a parliamentary by-election held on 21 December 1920 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), William Abraham, resigned from Parliament. He had held the seat since its creation at the 1918 general election, when he was returned unopposed. He had been the MP for the previous Rhondda constituency from its creation for the 1885 general election.
The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, William John, who won with a majority of 4,076 votes over Gwilym Rowlands. Rowlands described himself as "Labour in the Conservative interest", but was an official Conservative Party candidate.
John represented the constituency until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1950 general election.
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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 =
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ee also
*Rhondda West (UK Parliament constituency)
*Rhondda West by-election, 1967
*Rhondda
*List of United Kingdom by-elections
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