Abertillery by-election, 1965

The Abertillery by-election of 1 April 1965 was held after the death of Labour MP Llywelyn Williams:^[1]

The seat was very safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1964 by over 20,000 votes^[2]

Result of the previous general election

General Election 1964: Abertillery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Llywelyn Williams	24,204	85.90
	Conservative	Peter Wynford Innes Rees	3,973	14.10
Majority			20,231	71.80	–

Result of the by-election

By-election 1965: Abertillery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Clifford Williams	18,256	78.98	+6.29
	Conservative	Peter Wynford Innes Rees	3,309	14.31	+0.21
	Plaid Cymru	Edward Merriman	1,551	6.71	N/A
Majority			14,947
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ Full results
↑ PoliticsResources.net

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