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The Rhondda West by-election, 1920 was a parliamentary by-election held on 21 December 1920 for the British House of Commons constituency of Rhondda West in South Wales.
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), William Abraham, resigned from Parliament. He had held the seat since its creation at the 1918 general election, when he was returned unopposed. He had been the MP for the previous Rhondda constituency from its creation for the 1885 general election.
The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, William John, who won with a majority of 4,076 votes over Gwilym Rowlands. Rowlands described himself as "Labour in the Conservative interest", but was an official Conservative Party candidate.
John represented the constituency until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1950 general election.
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February: Liverpool West Derby • March: Leyton West • North Londonderry • Oxford University • Hull Central • April: Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central • May: East Antrim • July: Swansea East • Bothwell • Dublin University • August: Widnes • September: Pontefract • October: Manchester Rusholme • November: Chester-le-Street • Croydon South • Isle of Thanet • Plymouth Sutton • December: St Albans • Bromley • Spen Valley |
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| 1920 |
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| 1921 |
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| 1922 |
January: Ludlow • January: Tamworth • January: South Londonderry • February: West Down • February: Manchester Clayton • February: Camberwell North • February: North Down • February: Bodmin • March: Wolverhampton West • March: Liverpool Exchange • March: Cambridge • March: Inverness • March: Chertsey • March: Leicester East • May: Wandsworth • May: City of London • June: North Londonderry • June: Newbury • June: Moray and Nairn • June: Banbury • June: Nottingham East • July: Gower • July: North Down • July: Pontypridd • August: Hackney South • October: Newport |
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