Rhondda East (UK Parliament constituency)
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Rhondda East Borough constituency |
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Created: | 1918 |
Abolished: | 1974 |
Type: | House of Commons |
Members: | one |
Rhondda East was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons to the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1974. Along with Rhondda West it was formed by dividing the old Rhondda constituency .
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[edit] History
Rhondda East was for a time a heartland of the Communist Party of Great Britain, who formed the main opposition on the Council. For a time, Annie Powell was the only Communist mayor in Britain. Harry Pollitt, General Secretary of the CPGB, narrowly failed to win the seat in 1945.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | David Watts-Morgan | Labour | |
1933 | William Mainwaring | Labour | |
1959 | Elfed Davies | Labour | |
1974 | constituency abolished: see Rhondda |
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1970: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Elfed Davies | 19,602 | 68.7 | - 8.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | G. P. James | 6,931 | 24.3 | + 16.7 | |
Conservative | R. C. Mullett | 1,359 | 4.8 | - 1.9 | |
Communist | A. Jones | 659 | 2.3 | - 6.1 | |
Majority | 12,671 | 44.4 | - 24.6 | ||
Turnout | 77.4 | - 1.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Elfed Davies | 21,567 | 77.4 | + 2.3 | |
Communist | Annie Powell | 2,349 | 8.4 | - 3.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | G. P. James | 2,088 | 7.5 | - 0.7 | |
Conservative | W. K. R. Ricketts | 1,857 | 6.7 | - 2.2 | |
Majority | 19,218 | 69.0 | + 9.5 | ||
Turnout | 78.5 | - 1.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1964: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Elfed Davies | 20,510 | 71.2 | + 6.0 | |
Communist | Annie Powell | 3,385 | 11.8 | - 2.7 | |
Conservative | D. C. Purnell | 2,548 | 8.9 | - 2.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | G. P. James | 2,361 | 8.2 | - 0.6 | |
Majority | 17,125 | 59.5 | + 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 79.5 | - 3.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Elfed Davies | 20,565 | 65.2 | - 7.4 | |
Communist | Annie Powell | 4,580 | 14.5 | - 0.6 | |
Conservative | D. H. Peace | 3,629 | 11.5 | - 0.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | N. Williams | 2,776 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,985 | 50.7 | - 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 83.2 | - 2.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1955: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Mainwaring | 21,859 | 72.6 | - 8.6 | |
Communist | Annie Powell | 4,544 | 15.1 | + 6.5 | |
Conservative | H. R. Rowlands | 3,711 | 12.3 | - 2.0 | |
Majority | 17,315 | 57.5 | - 13.5 | ||
Turnout | 85.5 | - 8.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1951: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Mainwaring | 27,958 | 81.2 | + 5.3 | |
Conservative | Oliver Stuchbury | 3,522 | 10.3 | + 2.8 | |
Communist | Idris Cox | 2,948 | 8.6 | - 4.1 | |
Majority | 24,436 | 71.0 | + 7.8 | ||
Turnout | 85.5 | - 2.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1950: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Mainwaring | 26,645 | 75.9 | + 26.5 | |
Communist | Harry Pollitt | 4,463 | 12.7 | - 32.8 | |
Conservative | G. Nicholls | 2,634 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | D. Davies | 1,357 | 3.9 | - 2.2 | |
Majority | 22,182 | 63.2 | + 60.3 | ||
Turnout | 87.5 | + 4.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Mainwaring | 16,733 | 48.4 | - 13.4 | |
Communist | Harry Pollitt | 15,761 | 45.5 | + 7.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | J. K. Davies | 2,123 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 972 | 2.9 | - 20.7 | ||
Turnout | 82.8 | + 2.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1935: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Mainwaring | 22,088 | 61.8 | -6.3 | |
Communist | Harry Pollitt | 13,655 | 38.2 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 8,433 | 23.6 | |||
Turnout | 80.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rhondda East by-election, 1933 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | William Mainwaring | 14,127 | 42.6 | -25.5 | |
Communist | Arthur Horner | 11,228 | 33.8 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | W. D. Thomas | 7,851 | 23.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,899 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 74.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1931: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | David Watts-Morgan | 22,086 | 68.1 | ||
Communist | Arthur Horner | 10,359 | 31.9 | ||
Majority | 11,727 | 36.2 | |||
Turnout | 32,445 | 73.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1929: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | David Watts-Morgan | 19,010 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal | R. D. Chalke | 10,269 | 27.0 | ||
Communist | Arthur Horner | 5,789 | 15.2 | ||
Conservative | J. F. Powell | 2,901 | 7.6 | ||
Majority | 8,741 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 84.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
- In the UK general election, 1924, David Watts Morgan was elected unopposed.
General Election 1923: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | David Watts-Morgan | 21,338 | 71.9 | ||
Conservative | A. J. Orchard | 8,346 | 28.1 | ||
Majority | 12,992 | 43.8 | |||
Turnout | 74.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1922: Rhondda East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | David Watts-Morgan | 17,146 | 55.0 | ||
National Liberal | F. W. Heale | 14,025 | 45.0 | ||
Majority | 3,121 | 10.0 | |||
Turnout | 80.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
[edit] Elections in the 1910s
- In the 1918 general election, David Watts Morgan was elected unopposed.
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (Complete list of MPs)
- http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970