1946 Aberdare by-election
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{{Use British English|date=November 2021}}
The 1946 Aberdare by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 5 December 1946 for the British House of Commons constituency of Aberdare in Wales. The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) George Hall had been created Viscount Hall on 28 October 1946. Hall had held the seat since the 1922 general election. The Labour candidate, David Thomas, held the seat for the party. He remained the constituency's MP until his death in 1954, when a further by-election was held.
The 1946 by-election was the best performance at the time by Plaid Cymru in the industrial valleys of South Wales.
Result and votes
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = David Thomas
|votes = 24,215
|percentage = 68.3
|change = −15.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Wynne Samuel
|votes = 7,090
|percentage = 20.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = L. Hallinan
|votes = 4,140
|percentage = 11.7
|change = −4.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17,125
|percentage = 48.3
|change = −20.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 35,445
|percentage = 65.7
|change = -10.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 53,911
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Welsh Labour
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Rayment-hc|a|1|date=March 2012}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/46.html#aberdare |title=1946 By Election Results |accessdate=2008-07-09 |author= |last= |first= |year= |format= |publisher=geocities.com/by-elections |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240524131805/https://www.webcitation.org/5klWfKWHl?url=http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/46.html |archivedate=24 May 2024 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}
{{By-elections to the 38th UK Parliament}}
{{Westminster by-elections in Wales 1900–1949}}
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies