1922 Pontypridd by-election
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The 1922 Pontypridd by-election was held on 25 July 1922. The by-election was held due to the appointment of the incumbent Coalition Liberal MP, Thomas Arthur Lewis, as a Junior Lord of the Treasury. It was won by the Labour candidate Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones.[1] It was the last of only eight ministerial by-elections in the UK not to be retained by the incumbent. The requirement for MPs who were appointed as ministers to seek re-election was entirely abolished by the Re-Election of Ministers Act (1919) Amendment Act 1926.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Mardy-Jones | 16,630 | 57.0 | +14.2 | |
C | Liberal | Thomas Arthur Lewis | 12,550 | 43.0 | −13.1 |
Majority | 4,080 | 13.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,180 | 72.8 | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 40,071 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
References
- ^ "House of Commons". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Boothroyd, David. "Causes of Byelections since the 'Reform Act'". United Kingdom Election Results. demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-019. Page 562