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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Hall | 22,379 | 58.2 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | William M. Llewellyn | 16,050 | 41.8 | New | |
Majority | 6,329 | 16.4 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 38,429 | 83.3 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 46,148 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Hall | 24,343 | 61.6 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | David Bowen (Welsh lawyer) | 15,201 | 38.4 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 9,142 | 23.2 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 39,544 | 83.7 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 47,267 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Hall | 29,550 | 64.6 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | Evan Joshua Roderick | 10,594 | 23.2 | −15.2 | |
Unionist | Hugh Molson | 5,573 | 12.2 | New | |
Majority | 18,956 | 41.4 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,717 | 84.5 | +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 54,134 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Hall | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Hall | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Hall | 34,398 | 84.25 | ||
Conservative | Charles George Clover | 6,429 | 15.75 | ||
Majority | 27,969 | 68.51 | |||
Turnout | 40,827 | 76.25 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Thomas | 24,215 | 68.32 | −15.93 | |
Plaid Cymru | Wynne Samuel | 7,090 | 20.00 | New | |
Conservative | Lincoln Hallinan | 4,140 | 11.68 | −4.07 | |
Majority | 17,125 | 48.31 | −20.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,445 | 65.7 | −10.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Thomas | 33,930 | 75.9 | −8.67 | |
Conservative | Robert N. E. Hinton | 6,098 | 13.6 | −1.95 | |
Plaid Cymru | Wynne Samuel | 3,310 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Communist | Alistair T. M. Wilson | 1,382 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 27,832 | 62.3 | −6.74 | ||
Turnout | 44,180 | 85.89 | +9.64 | ||
Registered electors | 51,437 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
N.B. Changes in 1950 are from the 1945 election and not the 1946 by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Thomas | 34,783 | 78.55 | +2.77 | |
Conservative | Jack Lewis | 6,810 | 15.38 | +1.58 | |
Plaid Cymru | Wynne Samuel | 2,691 | 6.08 | −1.41 | |
Majority | 27,963 | 63.17 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,284 | 86.12 | +0.23 | ||
Registered electors | 51,423 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Probert | 24,658 | 69.48 | −9.07 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwynfor Evans | 5,671 | 15.98 | +9.90 | |
Conservative | Michael Roberts | 5,158 | 14.53 | −0.85 | |
Majority | 18,987 | 53.50 | −9.67 | ||
Turnout | 35,487 | 69.7 | −16.4 | ||
Registered electors | 50,916 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Probert | 30,889 | 75.6 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Bernard McGlynn | 6,584 | 16.1 | +0.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Ken P. Thomas | 3,367 | 8.2 | New | |
Majority | 24,305 | 59.5 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 40,840 | 83.1 | +4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 50,333 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Probert | 29,528 | 75.0 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | William J. A. Bain | 6,162 | 15.6 | −0.5 | |
Welsh Nationalist | Trefor Beasley | 3,703 | 9.4 | New | |
Majority | 23,366 | 59.4 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,393 | 78.3 | −4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 49,124 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Probert | 29,106 | 77.4 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Price | 5,780 | 15.4 | −0.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dewi W. Thomas | 2,723 | 7.2 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 23,326 | 62.0 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 37,609 | 79.2 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 47,519 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Probert | 26,322 | 73.3 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Price | 4,204 | 11.7 | −3.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | J. E. Williams | 3,073 | 8.6 | +1.4 | |
Communist | Alistair T. M. Wilson | 2,305 | 6.4 | New | |
Majority | 22,118 | 61.6 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,904 | 77.0 | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 46,618 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Probert | 22,817 | 60.0 | −13.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gareth Morgan Jones | 11,431 | 30.0 | +21.4 | |
Conservative | David C. Purnell | 2,484 | 6.5 | −5.2 | |
Communist | Alistair T. M. Wilson | 1,317 | 3.5 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 11,386 | 29.9 | −31.7 | ||
Turnout | 38,049 | 77.9 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 48,771 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Ioan Evans | 23,805 | 59.5 | −0.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Glyn Owen | 11,973 | 29.9 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | Michael J. Niblock | 3,169 | 7.9 | +1.4 | |
Communist | Alistair T. M. Wilson | 1,038 | 2.6 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 11,832 | 29.6 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,985 | 83.3 | +5.3 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Ioan Evans | 24,197 | 63.3 | +3.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Glyn Owen | 8,133 | 21.3 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | B. G. C. Webb | 2,775 | 7.3 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | G. Hill | 2,118 | 5.5 | New | |
Communist | Alistair T. M. Wilson | 1,028 | 2.7 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 16,064 | 42.0 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,251 | 79.1 | −4.2 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Ioan Evans | 26,716 | 71.6 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | D. Deere | 6,453 | 17.3 | +10.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Phil Richards | 3,652 | 9.8 | −11.5 | |
Communist | Mary Winter | 518 | 1.4 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 20,263 | 54.3 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 37,339 | 78.6 | −0.5 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
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