Rhondda West | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Rhondda and Mid Glamorganshire |
Replaced by | Rhondda |
Rhondda West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rhondda district of Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. Along with Rhondda East it was formed by dividing the old Rhondda constituency.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Throughout its existence the constituency included the towns of Treorchy and Tonypandy.
1918–1974: The Urban District of Rhondda first, second, third, fourth, and fifth wards, and part of the sixth. [1]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | William Abraham | Labour | |
1920 by-election | William John | ||
1950 | Iorwerth Thomas | ||
1967 by-election | Alec Jones | ||
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Rhondda |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Abraham | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William John | 14,035 | 58.5 | N/A | |
C | Unionist | Gwilym Rowlands | 9,959 | 41.5 | New |
Majority | 4,076 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,949 | 70.2 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William John | 18,001 | 62.1 | +3.6 | |
Unionist | Gwilym Rowlands | 10,990 | 37.9 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 7,011 | 24.2 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 28,991 | 83.7 | +13.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William John | 18,206 | 65.4 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | John Robert Jones | 9,640 | 34.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,566 | 30.8 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 27,846 | 78.5 | −5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William John | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William John | 23,238 | 65.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Moelwyn Hughes | 9,247 | 25.9 | New | |
Unionist | Wilfred Augustus Prichard | 3,210 | 9.0 | New | |
Majority | 13,991 | 39.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,695 | 86.7 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William John | 23,024 | 84.3 | +19.2 | |
Communist | John Leigh Davies | 4,296 | 15.7 | New | |
Majority | 18,728 | 68.6 | +21.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,320 | 66.7 | −20.0 | ||
Registered electors | 40,950 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +19.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William John | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | |||||
Registered electors | 41,032 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William John | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | |||||
Registered electors | 39,652 |
This was the last occasion in the United Kingdom when a seat saw a walkover at a general election outside Northern Ireland and not as a result of a by-election; the other being Liverpool Scotland. Both seats returned a Labour MP unopposed in the 1945 general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Iorwerth Thomas | 27,150 | 82.37 | N/A | |
Conservative | JP Driscoll | 3,632 | 11.02 | New | |
Plaid Cymru | James Kitchener Davies | 2,183 | 6.62 | New | |
Majority | 23,518 | 71.35 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,965 | 87.94 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 37,484 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Iorwerth Thomas | 26,123 | 81.06 | −1.31 | |
Conservative | E Simons | 3,635 | 11.02 | 0.00 | |
Plaid Cymru | James Kitchener Davies | 2,467 | 7.66 | +1.04 | |
Majority | 22,488 | 69.78 | −1.57 | ||
Turnout | 32,225 | 86.36 | −1.58 | ||
Registered electors | 37,315 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.79 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Iorwerth Thomas | 21,288 | 73.80 | −7.26 | |
Plaid Cymru | Glyndwr Powell James | 4,424 | 15.34 | +7.68 | |
Conservative | Charles PT Burke | 3,134 | 10.86 | −0.16 | |
Majority | 16,864 | 58.46 | −11.32 | ||
Turnout | 28,846 | 80.25 | −6.11 | ||
Registered electors | 35,943 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.47 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Iorwerth Thomas | 21,130 | 71.99 | −1.81 | |
Plaid Cymru | Glyndwr Powell James | 4,978 | 16.96 | +1.62 | |
Conservative | Francis Pym | 3,242 | 11.05 | +0.19 | |
Majority | 16,152 | 55.03 | −3.43 | ||
Turnout | 29,350 | 85.20 | +4.95 | ||
Registered electors | 34,450 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.72 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Iorwerth Thomas | 20,713 | 79.3 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Norman Lloyd-Edwards | 2,754 | 10.5 | −0.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Henry Victor Davies | 2,668 | 10.2 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 17,959 | 68.8 | +13.8 | ||
Turnout | 26,135 | 80.7 | −4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 32,401 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.89 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Iorwerth Thomas | 19,060 | 76.12 | −3.13 | |
Plaid Cymru | Henry Victor Davies | 2,172 | 8.67 | −1.54 | |
Conservative | Bryan Sandford-Hill | 1,955 | 7.81 | −2.73 | |
Communist | Arthur True | 1,853 | 7.40 | New | |
Majority | 16,888 | 67.45 | −1.29 | ||
Turnout | 25,040 | 80.28 | −0.38 | ||
Registered electors | 31,189 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.80 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alec Jones | 12,373 | 49.0 | −27.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Henry Victor Davies | 10,067 | 39.9 | +31.2 | |
Communist | Arthur True | 1,723 | 6.8 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Gareth Neale | 1,075 | 4.3 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 2,306 | 9.1 | −58.3 | ||
Turnout | 25,238 | 82.2 | −1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −29.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alec Jones | 18,779 | 74.8 | −1.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Henry Victor Davies | 3,528 | 14.1 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | John D. Morgan | 1,610 | 6.4 | −1.4 | |
Communist | Arthur True | 1,201 | 4.8 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 15,251 | 60.7 | −6.7 | ||
Turnout | 25,118 | 81.4 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 30,854 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.4 |