Abertillery by-election, 1965

The Abertillery by-election of 1 April 1965 was held after the death of Labour MP Llywelyn Williams.

The seat was very safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1964 by over 20,000 votes^[1]

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^[2]
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

↑ PoliticsResources.net
↑ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2015-08-19.

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