1967 Rhondda West by-election

The 1967 Rhondda West by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 9 March 1967 for the British House of Commons constituency of Rhondda West in Wales.

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Iorwerth Thomas, died on 3 December 1966, aged 71. He had held the seat since the 1950 general election.

The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, Alec Jones, who won with a majority of 2,306 over Plaid Cymru's H. Vic Davies.

Jones represented the constituency until his death in March 1983. No by-election was held because of the imminence of the 1983 general election.

1967 Rhondda West by-election^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alec Jones	12,373	49.0	−27.1
	Plaid Cymru	Henry Vic Davies	10,067	39.9	+31.2
	Communist	Arthur True	1,723	6.8	−0.6
	Conservative	Gareth Neale	1,075	4.3	−3.5
Majority			2,306	9.1	−58.3
Turnout			25,238	82.2	+1.9
Registered electors			30,692
	Labour hold		Swing	-29.1

See also

• Rhondda West (UK Parliament constituency)
• 1920 Rhondda West by-election
• Rhondda
• Lists of United Kingdom by-elections

References

1. "1967 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary election results 1950-1970 (1 ed.). Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 9780900178023. Page 560

• UK General Elections since 1832 Archived 2 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)