Merthyr (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Merthyr Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Merthyr was a borough constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Merthyr Tydfil.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Sir Edgar Rees Jones | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1922 | Richard Collingham Wallhead | Labour | |
| 1931 | ILP | ||
| 1933 | Labour | ||
| 1934 | Stephen Owen Davies | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Merthyr Tydfil | ||
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 1930s
| Merthyr by-election, 1934 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stephen Owen Davies | 18,645 | 51.8 | ||
| Liberal | J. V. Evans | 10,376 | 28.9 | N/A | |
| Ind. Labour Party | Rev Campbell Stephen | 3,508 | 9.8 | ||
| Communist | Wal Hannington | 3,409 | 9.5 | ||
| Majority | 8,269 | 22.9 | |||
| Turnout | 81.1 | +0.3 | |||
| Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party | Swing | ||||
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
