Rhondda West (distrito electoral del Parlamento del Reino Unido)

Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Rhondda West
Antiguo distrito electoral de la Cámara de los Comunes
1918 - 1974 (1974)
Número de miembros	Uno
Reemplazado por	Rhondda
Creado a partir de	Rhondda y Mid Glamorganshire

Rhondda West era una circunscripción parlamentaria centrada en el distrito de Rhondda de Gales . Devolvió a un miembro del Parlamento a la Cámara de los Comunes del Parlamento del Reino Unido , elegido por el sistema de correos primero pasado . Junto con Rhondda East se formó dividiendo el antiguo distrito electoral de Rhondda .

Historia

El distrito electoral fue creado para las elecciones generales de 1918 y abolido para las elecciones generales de febrero de 1974 .

Límites

A lo largo de su existencia, la circunscripción incluyó las ciudades de Treorchy y Tonypandy .

1918-1974 : Distrito urbano de Rhondda primero, segundo, tercero, cuarto y quinto distritos, y parte del sexto. ^[1]

Miembros del Parlamento

Elección		Miembro	Fiesta
	1918	William Abraham	Labor
	1920 elecciones parciales	William John	Labor
	1950	Iorwerth Thomas	Labor
	1967 elecciones parciales	Alec Jones	Labor
	Febrero de 1974	distrito electoral abolido: ver Rhondda

Resultados de las elecciones

Elecciones en la década de 1910

Elecciones generales de 1918 , Rhondda

William Abraham regresó sin oposición

Elecciones generales de 1918 : West Rhondda

Fiesta		Candidato	Votos	%	±%
	Labor	William Abraham	Sin oposición
Electores registrados
	Labor win (nuevo asiento)

Elecciones en la década de 1920

1920 Elecciones parciales de Rhondda West

Fiesta		Candidato	Votos	%	±%
	Labor	William John	14.035	58,5	N / A
C	Unionista	Gwilym Rowlands	9,959	41,5	Nuevo
Mayoria			4.076	17.0	N / A
Apagar			23,949	70,2	N / A
	Retención laboral		Balancearse
C indica candidato respaldado por el gobierno de coalición .

Elecciones generales de 1922 : Rhondda West

Fiesta		Candidato	Votos	%	±%
	Labor	William John	18,001	62,1	+3,6
	Unionista	Gwilym Rowlands	10,990	37,9	-3,6
Mayoria			7.011	24,2	+7,2
Apagar			28.991	83,7	+13,5
	Retención laboral		Balancearse	+3,6

Elecciones generales de 1923 : Rhondda West

Fiesta		Candidato	Votos	%	±%
	Labor	William John	18,206	65,4	+3,3
	Liberal	John Robert Jones	9,640	34,6	Nuevo
Mayoria			8.566	30,8	+6,6
Apagar			27,846	78,5	-5,2
	Retención laboral		Balancearse	N / A

Elecciones generales de 1924 , Rhondda West

William John regresó sin oposición

Elecciones generales de 1924 : West Rhondda

Fiesta		Candidato	Votos	%	±%
	Labor	William John	Sin oposición
Electores registrados
	Retención laboral

Elecciones generales de 1929 : Rhondda West ^[2]

Fiesta		Candidato	Votos	%	±%
	Labor	William John	23,238	65,1	N / A
	Liberal	Moelwyn Hughes	9.247	25,9	Nuevo
	Unionista	Wilfred Augustus Prichard	3210	9.0	Nuevo
Mayoria			13.991	39,2	N / A
Apagar			35,695	86.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Rhondda West^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William John	23,024	84.3	+19.2
	Communist	John Leigh Davies	4,296	15.7	New
Majority			18,728	68.6	+21.4
Turnout			27,320	66.7	-20.0
Registered electors			40,950
	Labour hold		Swing	+19.2

General election 1935: Rhondda West^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William John	Unopposed
	Labour hold
Registered electors			41,032

Elections in the 1940s

Rhondda West: General election 1945: Rhondda West^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William John	Unopposed
	Labour hold
Registered electors			39,652

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Rhondda West^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iorwerth Thomas	27,150	82.37	N/A
	Conservative	JP Driscoll	3,632	11.02	New
	Plaid Cymru	James Kitchener Davies	2,183	6.62	New
Majority			23,518	71.35	N/A
Turnout			32,965	87.94	N/A
Registered electors			37,484
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1951: Rhondda West^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iorwerth Thomas	26,123	81.06	-1.31
	Conservative	E Simons	3,635	11.02	0.00
	Plaid Cymru	James Kitchener Davies	2,467	7.66	+1.04
Majority			22,488	69.78	-1.57
Turnout			32,225	86.36	-1.58
Registered electors			37,315
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.79

General election 1955: Rhondda West^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iorwerth 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

General election 1959: Rhondda West^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iorwerth Thomas	21,130	71.99	-1.81
	Plaid Cymru	Glyndwr Powell James	4,978	16.96	+1.62
	Conservative	Francis 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^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iorwerth Thomas	20,713	79.3	+7.3
	Conservative	Norman Lloyd-Edwards	2,754	10.5	-0.5
	Plaid Cymru	Henry Victor Davies	2,668	10.2	-6.8
Majority			17,959	68.8	+13.8
Turnout			26,135	80.7	-4.5
Registered electors			32,401
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.89

General election 1966: Rhondda West^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iorwerth 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	New
Majority			16,888	67.45	-1.29
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	Alec Jones	12,373	49.0	−27.1
	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	−3.5
Majority			2,306	9.1	−58.3
Turnout			25,238
	Labour hold		Swing	−29.1

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Rhondda West^[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alec Jones	18,779	74.8	−1.3
	Plaid Cymru	Henry Victor Davies	3,528	14.1	+5.4
	Conservative	John D. Morgan	1,610	6.4	−1.4
	Communist	Arthur True	1,201	4.8	−2.6
Majority			15,251	60.7	−6.7
Turnout			25,118	81.4	+1.1
Registered electors			30,854
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.4

See also

• 1920 Rhondda West by-election
• 1967 Rhondda West by-election

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)

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