1955 Wrexham by-election
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The 1955 Wrexham by-election was a by-election held on 17 March 1955 for the British House of Commons constituency of Wrexham in Denbighshire, Wales.
The by-election was caused by the death of the town's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Robert Richards, who had held the seat since the 1935 general election.
The result was a victory for the Labour candidate James Idwal Jones, who held the seat with a majority of nearly 11,000 votes.
Result
{{Election box begin|title=1955 Wrexham by-election{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/55a.html#wrexham |title=British parliamentary by-elections: Wrexham 1955 |accessdate=2011-01-16 |publisher=Web Cite |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831055341/http://geocities.com/by_elections/55a.html#wrexham |archivedate=31 August 2009 }}Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary election results 1950-1970 (1 ed.). Chichester: Political Reference Publications. {{ISBN|9780900178023}}. Page 573}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Idwal Jones
|votes = 23,402
|percentage = 57.9
|change = -3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Liberal and Conservative
|candidate = Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones
|votes = 12,476
|percentage = 30.8
|change = -4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Elystan Morgan
|votes = 4,572
|percentage = 11.3
|change = +7.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,926
|percentage = 27.0
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 46,072
|percentage = 62.4
|change = -22.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 64,788
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Welsh Labour
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
Sources
- {{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=John Graham |title=The Cardiganshire Election of 1966 |journal=Llafur: Journal of Welsh People's History |date=2004 |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=95–106 |url=https://datasyllwr.llgc.org.uk/journals/pdf/AWJBR032019.pdf}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090831055341/http://geocities.com/by_elections/55a.html British parliamentary by-elections: Wrexham 1955]
- [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i21.htm UK General Election results October 1951: Wrexham] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319204728/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i21.htm |date=19 March 2007 }}
- [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ A Vision Of Britain Through Time] (Constituency elector numbers)
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Category:1955 elections in the United Kingdom