Merthyr Tydfil by-election, 1972

The Merthyr Tydfil by-election of 13 April 1972 was held after the death of S. O. Davies on 25 February the same year. The Labour Party won the by-election in what had traditionally been a safe seat, although Davies had been elected in the 1970 general election as an Independent after he had been deselected due to his age.

Results

Merthyr Tydfil, 1972^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Rowlands	15,562	48.58	+19.89
	Plaid Cymru	Emrys Roberts	11,852	37.0	+27.44
	Conservative	Christopher Barr	2,336	7.29	-2.56
	Communist	Arthur Lewis Jones	1,519	4.74	N/A
	Liberal	Angus Donaldson	765	2.39	N/A
Majority			3,710	11.58
Turnout			32,034
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

NB: If one combines the totals for Labour and Independent Labour from the 1970 election the total was 80.59% making a loss of 32.01% of the vote.

References

↑ "1972 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-09-08.

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