Aberdare (distrito electoral del Parlamento del Reino Unido)

Aberdare
Antiguo distrito electoral de la Cámara de los Comunes
1918 - 1983
Número de miembros	Uno
Reemplazado por	Cynon Valley
Creado a partir de	Merthyr Tydfil

Aberdare era una circunscripción en el Parlamento del Reino Unido . Fue creado para las elecciones generales de 1918 y devolvió a un miembro del Parlamento (MP) por primera vez después del sistema de correos hasta que fue abolido para las elecciones generales de 1983 . El Partido Laborista tomó el escaño en 1922 y lo mantuvo cómodamente hasta su abolición.

Límites y nombre [ editar ]

La circunscripción consistía en las dos ciudades vecinas de Aberdare y Mountain Ash en Glamorgan , Gales . Cuando el asiento fue abolido en 1983, fue reemplazado en gran parte por el asiento de Cynon Valley .

1918-1950 [ editar ]

En virtud de la Ley de Representación del Pueblo de 1918 , el distrito parlamentario existente de Merthyr Tydfil se dividió en dos distritos electorales de un solo miembro. Uno de ellos fue Merthyr Tydfil, División de Aberdare , que constaba de los dos distritos urbanos de Aberdare y Mountain Ash. ^[1]

1950-1983 [ editar ]

La Ley de Representación del Pueblo de 1948 reorganizó los distritos electorales de Gran Bretaña e introdujo el término " distrito electoral " en lugar de "distrito parlamentario". La circunscripción del municipio de Aberdare, debidamente rebautizada, se definió de nuevo como compuesta por los distritos urbanos de Aberdare y Mountain Ash. ^[2] El distrito electoral renombrado se impugnó por primera vez en las elecciones generales de 1950 . Se mantuvo sin cambios en la próxima revisión de distritos electorales en 1970, continuando con el mismo nombre y límites hasta su abolición en 1983.

Miembros del Parlamento [ editar ]

	Miembro	Fiesta
1918	Charles Stanton	Coalición Nacional Demócrata
1922	George Hall	Labor
1946 by-election	David Thomas	Labour
1954 by-election	Arthur Probert	Labour
Feb 1974	Ioan Evans	Labour Co-operative
1983	constituency abolished: see Cynon Valley

History[edit]

The first member for Aberdare was Charles Stanton, Stanton was a militant miners' agent in the pre-1914 era but had become an equally fierce proponent of the war effort which brought him into conflict with former colleagues including Keir Hardie. Stanton was elected to succeed Hardie as member for Merthyr Boroughs at a by-election in 1915 and comfortably won the Aberdare constituency at the 1918 Coupon Election.

By 1922, Stanton's appeal and popularity had faded and he was defeated by George Hall, who held the seat for over twenty years.

Labour's hold on Aberdare was never threatened thereafter although Plaid Cymru did make a strong showing at the 1970 general election. Glyn Owen, the new Plaid Cymru candidate in 1974, sustained the campaign from 1970 but this did not seriously threaten the new Labour candidate, Ioan Evans, at the second election that year.

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

December 1918 general election: Aberdare^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	National Democratic	Charles Stanton	22,824	78.6	N/A
	Labour	T. E. Nicholas	6,229	21.4	N/A
Majority			16,595	57.2	N/A
Turnout			29,053	69.8	N/A
Registered electors			41,651
	National Democratic win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

1922 general election: Aberdare^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Hall	20,704	57.2	+35.8
	National Democratic	Charles Stanton	15,487	42.8	−35.8
Majority			5,217	14.4	N/A
Turnout			36,191	79.9	+10.1
Registered electors			45,285
	Labour gain from National Democratic		Swing	+35.8

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

1923 general election: Aberdare ^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Hall	22,379	58.2	+1.0
	Liberal	William M. Llewellyn	16,050	41.8	New
Majority			6,329	16.4	+2.0
Turnout			38,429	83.3	+3.4
Registered electors			46,148
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

1924 general election: Aberdare^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Hall	24,343	61.6	+3.4
	Liberal	David Bowen	15,201	38.4	−3.4
Majority			9,142	23.2	+6.8
Turnout			39,544	83.7	+0.4
Registered electors			47,267
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

1929 general election: Aberdare ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Hall	29,550	64.6	+3.0
	Liberal	Evan Joshua Roderick	10,594	23.2	−15.2
	Unionist	Hugh Molson	5,573	12.2	New
Majority			18,956	41.4	+18.2
Turnout			45,717	84.5	+0.8
Registered electors			54,134
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.1

Elections in the 1930s[edit]

1931 general election: Aberdare ^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Hall	Unopposed
	Labour hold

1935 general election: Aberdare ^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Hall	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

1945 general election: Aberdare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Hall	34,398	84.25
	Conservative	Charles George Clover	6,429	15.75
Majority			27,969	68.51
Turnout			40,827	76.25
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 Aberdare by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Thomas	24,215	68.32	−15.93
	Plaid Cymru	Wynne Samuel	7,090	20.0	New
	Conservative	Lincoln Hallinan	4,140	11.68	−4.07
Majority			17,125	48.31	−20.2
Turnout			35,445
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

1950 general election: Aberdare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Thomas	33,390	75.58	−8.67
	Conservative	Robert N. E. Hinton	6,098	13.80	−1.95
	Plaid Cymru	Wynne Samuel	3,310	7.49	N/A
	Communist	Alistair T. M. Wilson	1,382	3.13	New
Majority			27,292	61.77	−6.74
Turnout			44,180	85.89	+9.64
	Labour hold		Swing

N.B. Changes in 1950 are from the 1945 election and not the 1946 by-election.

1951 general election: Aberdare^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Thomas	34,783	78.55	+2.77
	Conservative	Jack Lewis	6,810	15.38	+1.58
	Plaid Cymru	Wynne Samuel	2,691	6.08	−1.41
Majority			27,963	63.17	+1.4
Turnout			44,284	86.12	+0.23
	Labour hold		Swing

1954 Aberdare by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Probert	24,658	69.48	−9.07
	Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Evans	5,671	15.98	+9.90
	Conservative	Michael Roberts	5,158	14.53	−0.85
Majority			18,987	53.5	−9.67
Turnout			35,487
	Labour hold		Swing

1959 general election: Aberdare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Probert	30,889	75.6	+0.6
	Conservative	Bernard McGlynn	6,584	16.1	+0.5
	Plaid Cymru	Ken P. Thomas	3,367	8.2	New
Majority			24,305	59.5	−0.1
Turnout			40,840	83.1	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing

1955 general election: Aberdare^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Probert	29,528	75.0	−3.5
	Conservative	William J. A. Bain	6,162	15.6	+0.2
	Welsh Nationalist	Trefor Beasley	3,703	9.4	New
Majority			23,366	59.4	−3.8
Turnout			39,393	78.3	−7.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

1964 general election: Aberdare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Probert	29,106	77.4	+1.8
	Conservative	Peter Price	5,780	15.4	−0.7
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi W. Thomas	2,723	7.2	−1.0
Majority			23,326	62.0	+2.5
Turnout			37,609	79.2	−3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

1966 general election: Aberdare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Probert	26,322	73.3	−4.1
	Conservative	Peter Price	4,204	11.7	−3.7
	Plaid Cymru	J. E. Williams	3,073	8.6	+1.4
	Communist	Alistair T. M. Wilson	2,305	6.4	New
Majority			22,118	61.6	−0.4
Turnout			35,904	77.0	−2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1970 general election: Aberdare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Probert	22,817	60.0	−13.3
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Morgan Jones	11,431	30.0	+21.4
	Conservative	David C. Purnell	2,484	6.5	−5.2
	Communist	Alistair T. M. Wilson	1,317	3.5	−2.9
Majority			11,386	29.9	−31.7
Turnout			38,049	77.9	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

February 1974 general election: Aberdare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ioan Evans	23,805	59.5	−0.5
	Plaid Cymru	Glyn Owen	11,973	29.9	−0.1
	Conservative	Michael J. Niblock	3,169	7.9	+1.4
	Communist	Alistair T. M. Wilson	1,038	2.6	−0.9
Majority			11,832	29.6	−0.3
Turnout			39,985	83.3	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

October 1974 general election: Aberdare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ioan Evans	24,197	63.3	+3.8
	Plaid Cymru	Glyn Owen	8,133	21.3	−8.6
	Conservative	B. G. C. Webb	2,775	7.3	−0.6
	Liberal	G. Hill	2,118	5.5	New
	Communist	Alistair T. M. Wilson	1,028	2.7	+0.1
Majority			16,064	42.0	−12.4
Turnout			38,251	79.1	−4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

1979 general election: Aberdare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ioan Evans	26,716	71.6	+8.3
	Conservative	D. Deere	6,453	17.3	+10.0
	Plaid Cymru	Phil Richards	3,652	9.8	−11.5
	Communist	Mary Winter	518	1.4	−1.3
Majority			20,263	54.3	+12.3
Turnout			37,339	78.6	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

References[edit]

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
Kimber, Richard (2008). "UK General Elections since 1832". psr.keele.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2008. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

^ Ninth Schedule, Part I: Parliamentary Boroughs in Wales and Monmouthshire. Representation of the People Act, 1918 (7&8 Geo. 5.) C. 64.
^ First Schedule: Parliamentary Constituencies, Part II: Wales, Representation of the People Act, 1948 (11&12 Geo. 6.) C. 65.
^ a b c d e f g Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 537. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
^ Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones.
^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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[1] Ninth Schedule, Part I: Parliamentary Boroughs in Wales and Monmouthshire. Representation of the People Act, 1918 (7&8 Geo. 5.) C. 64.

[2] First Schedule: Parliamentary Constituencies, Part II: Wales, Representation of the People Act, 1948 (11&12 Geo. 6.) C. 65.

[craig1918-3] Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 537. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.

[4] Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones.

[Archived_copy-5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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