Abertillery by-election, 1950

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The Abertillery by-election of 30 November 1950 was held after the death of Labour MP George Daggar.

The seat was very safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1950 by over 25,000 votes^[1]

Result of the previous general election

General Election 1950: Abertillery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Daggar	29,609	87.05
	Conservative	OJ Lewis	4,403	12.95
Majority			25,206	74.11	-

Result of the by-election

Llywelyn Williams held the subsequent by-election seeing his vote share increase by just over half of one percent, whilst his Conservative opponent share decreased by the same amount^[2]

References

↑ PoliticsResources.net
↑ UK Election Statistics: 1945-2003 Parliament.uk

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1950	April: Sheffield Neepsend Dunbartonshire West May: Brighouse and Spenborough September: Leicester North East October: Glasgow Scotstoun November: Oxford Birmingham Handsworth Belfast West Bristol South East Abertillery

1951	February: Bristol West April: Ormskirk Harrow West May: Londonderry June: Woolwich East Westhoughton

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