Rhondda West (UK Parliament constituency)

Rhondda West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Rhondda
Created from	Rhondda

Rhondda West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rhondda district of Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. Along with Rhondda East it was formed by dividing the old Rhondda constituency.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

Throughout its existence the constituency included the towns of Treorchy and Tonypandy.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1918	William Abraham	Labour
1920 by-election	William John	Labour
1950	Iorwerth Thomas	Labour
1967 by-election	Alec Jones	Labour
Feb 1974	constituency abolished: see Rhondda

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918, Rhondda: William Abraham returned unopposed

Elections in the 1920s

Rhondda West by-election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William John	14,035	58.5	N/A
	Unionist	Gwilym Rowlands	9,959	41.5	N/A
Majority			4,076	17.0	N/A
Turnout			23,949	70.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhondda West: 1922 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William John	18,001	62.1	+3.6
	Unionist	Gwilym Rowlands	10,990	37.9	-3.6
Majority			7,011	24.2	+7.2
Turnout			28,991	83.7	+13.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

Rhondda West: 1923 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William John	18,206	65.4	+3.3
	Liberal	J.R. Jones	9,640	34.6	NA
Majority			8,566	30.8	6.6
Turnout			27,846	78.5	-5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1924, Rhondda West: William John returned unopposed

General Election 1929: Rhondda West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William John	23,238	65.1	n/a
	Liberal	Ronw Moelwyn Hughes	9,247	25.9	n/a
	Unionist	Wilfred Augustus Prichard	3,210	9.0	n/a
Majority			13,991	39.2	n/a
Turnout			35,695	86.7	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Rhondda West: 1931 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William John	23,024	84.28	+19.2
	Communist	John Leigh Davies	4,296	15.72	N/A
Majority			18,728	68.55	21.4
Turnout			27,320	66.72	-20.0
Registered electors			40,950
	Labour hold		Swing	+19.2

Rhondda West: 1935 general election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William John	Unopposed
	Labour hold
Registered electors			41,032

Elections in the 1940s

Rhondda West: 1945 general election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William John	Unopposed
	Labour hold
Registered electors			39,652

Elections in the 1950s

Rhondda West: 1950 general election^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Iorwerth Rhys Thomas	27,150	82.37	N/A
	Conservative	JP Driscoll	3,632	11.02	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	James Kitchener Davies	2,183	6.62	N/A
Majority			23,518	71.34	N/A
Turnout			32,965	87.94	N/A
Registered electors			37,484
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Rhondda West: 1951 general election^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Iorwerth Rhys Thomas	26,123	81.06	-1.31
	Conservative	E Simons	3,635	11.02	+0.26
	Plaid Cymru	James Kitchener Davies	2,467	7.66	+1.04
Majority			22,488	69.78	-1.56
Turnout			32,225	86.36	-1.58
Registered electors			37,315
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.79

Rhondda West: 1955 general election^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Iorwerth Rhys Thomas	21,288	73.80	-7.26
	Plaid Cymru	Glyndwr Powell James	4,424	15.34	+7.68
	Conservative	Charles PT Burke	3,134	10.86	-0.16
Majority			16,864	58.46	-11.32
Turnout			28,846	80.25	-6.11
Registered electors			35,943
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.47

Rhondda West: 1959 general election^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Iorwerth Rhys Thomas	21,130	71.99	-1.81
	Plaid Cymru	Glyndwr Powell James	4,978	16.96	+1.62
	Conservative	Francis Leslie Pym	3,242	11.05	+0.19
Majority			16,152	55.03	-3.43
Turnout			29,350	85.20	+4.95
Registered electors			34,450
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.72

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Rhondda West^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Iorwerth Rhys Thomas	20,713	79.25	+7.26
	Conservative	Norman Lloyd-Edwards	2,754	10.54	-0.51
	Plaid Cymru	Henry Victor Davies	2,668	10.21	-6.75
Majority			17,959	68.72	+13.69
Turnout			26,135	80.66	-4.54
Registered electors			32,401
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.89

General Election 1966: Rhondda West^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Iorwerth Rhys Thomas	19,060	76.12	-3.13
	Plaid Cymru	Henry Victor Davies	2,172	8.67	-1.54
	Conservative	Bryan Sandford-Hill	1,955	7.81	-2.73
	Communist	Arthur True	1,853	7.40	N/A
Majority			16,888	67.44	-1.28
Turnout			25,040	80.28	-0.38
Registered electors			31,189
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.80

By-election 1967: Rhondda West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Trevor Alec Jones	12,373	49.0	−27.0
	Plaid Cymru	Henry Victor Davies	10,067	39.9	+31.2
	Communist	Arthur True	1,723	6.8	−0.6
	Conservative	Gareth Neale	1,075	4.3	−3.6
Majority			2,306	9.1	−58.3
Turnout			25,238
	Labour hold		Swing	−29.1

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Rhondda West^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Trevor Alec Jones	18,779	74.76	−1.36
	Plaid Cymru	Henry Victor Davies	3,528	14.05	+5.38
	Conservative	John D. Morgan	1,610	6.41	−1.4
	Communist	Arthur True	1,201	4.78	−2.6
Majority			15,251	60.72	−6.7
Turnout			25,118	81.41	+1.1
Registered electors			30,854
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.4

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)

↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1931". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1935". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1945". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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