1934 Merthyr by-election

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1934 Merthyr by-election
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  1931 5 June 1934 1935  

Constituency of Merthyr
Turnout81.1% (Increase2.svg 0.3%)
 First partySecond party
  S.O. Davies portrait (3x4 crop).jpg
Lib
Candidate S. O. Davies J. Victor Evans
Party Labour Liberal
Popular vote18,64510,376
Percentage51.8%28.9%
SwingN/ANew

 Third partyFourth party
 
ILP
Wal Hannington (3x4 crop).jpeg
Candidate Campbell Stephen Wal Hannington
Party Ind. Labour Party Communist
Popular vote3,5083,409
Percentage9.8%9.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg 59.6%New

MP before election

R. C. Wallhead
Labour

Subsequent MP

S. O. Davies
Liberal

The Merthyr by-election, 1934 was a parliamentary by-election held on 5 June 1934 for the British House of Commons constituency of Merthyr in Wales.

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The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Richard Wallhead had died on 27 April 1934, aged 64. He had won the seat at the 1922 general election as a Labour candidate. At the 1931 general election, he had been returned as an Independent Labour Party (ILP) candidate, but had rejoined the Labour Party in 1933.

The Labour candidate, S. O. Davies, held the seat for his party.

Votes

Merthyr by-election, 1934
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. O. Davies 18,645 51.8 N/A
Liberal J. Victor Evans10,37628.9New
Ind. Labour Party Campbell Stephen 3,5089.8-59.6
Communist Wal Hannington 3,4099.5New
Majority8,26922.9N/A
Turnout 35,93881.1+0.3
Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party Swing +55.7

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