1965 Abertillery by-election

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The Abertillery by-election of 1 April 1965 was held after the death of Labour MP Llywelyn Williams.

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The seat was very safe, having been won at the 1964 United Kingdom general election by over 20,000 votes [1]

Result of the previous general election

General election 1964: Abertillery [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Llywelyn Williams 24,20485.9+0.9
Conservative Peter Rees 3,97314.1-0.9
Majority20,23171.8+1.8
Turnout 28,17775.5-6.4
Registered electors 37,310
Labour hold Swing

Result of the by-election

1965 Abertillery by-election [3] [4] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clifford Williams 18,25679.0-6.9
Conservative Peter Rees 3,30914.3+0.2
Plaid Cymru Edward Merriman1,5516.7N/A
Majority14,94764.7-7.1
Turnout 23,11663.2-12.3
Registered electors 36,567
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. Archived 14 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
  2. 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary election results 1950-1970 (1 ed.). Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN   9780900178023. Page 584
  3. "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1987). Chronology Of British Parliamentary By-Elections 1833-1987 (hardcover) (1st ed.). West Sussex: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-31-0.