Merthyr was a borough constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales.
It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Merthyr | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Merthyr Tydfil |
Replaced by | Merthyr Tydfil |
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Merthyr Tydfil.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Sir Edgar Rees Jones | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | R. C. Wallhead | Labour | |
1931 | ILP | ||
1933 | Labour | ||
1934 by-election | S. O. Davies | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Merthyr Tydfil |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Edgar Rees Jones | 14,127 | 52.7 | |
Labour | James Winstone | 12,682 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 1,445 | 5.4 | ' | ||
Turnout | 26,809 | 76.5 | |||
Registered electors | 35,049 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. C. Wallhead | 17,516 | 53.0 | +5.7 | |
Independent and Anti-Socialist | Richard Mathias | 15,552 | 47.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,964 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,068 | 90.6 | +14.1 | ||
Registered electors | 36,514 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. C. Wallhead | 19,511 | 60.1 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | David Rowland Thomas | 7,403 | 22.8 | New | |
Unionist | Arthur Fox-Davies | 5,548 | 17.1 | New | |
Majority | 12,108 | 37.3 | +31.3 | ||
Turnout | 32,462 | 86.8 | -3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 37,413 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. C. Wallhead | 19,882 | 59.8 | -0.3 | |
Unionist | Arthur Fox-Davies | 13,383 | 40.2 | +23.1 | |
Majority | 6,499 | 19.6 | -17.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,265 | 86.9 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 38,276 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. C. Wallhead | 22,701 | 59.6 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | James Jenkins | 8,696 | 22.8 | New | |
Unionist | Francis Bradley-Birt | 6,712 | 17.6 | -22.6 | |
Majority | 14,005 | 36.8 | +17.2 | ||
Turnout | 38,109 | 85.8 | -1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 44,408 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Labour Party | R. C. Wallhead | 24,623 | 69.4 | +9.8 | |
New Party | Sellick Davies | 10,834 | 30.6 | New | |
Majority | 13,789 | 38.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,547 | 80.8 | -5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 43,908 | ||||
Ind. Labour Party gain from Labour | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. O. Davies | 18,645 | 51.8 | New | |
Liberal | Victor Evans | 10,376 | 28.9 | New | |
Ind. Labour Party | Campbell Stephen | 3,508 | 9.8 | -59.6 | |
Communist | Wal Hannington | 3,409 | 9.5 | New | |
Majority | 8,269 | 22.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,938 | 81.1 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 44,286 | ||||
Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. O. Davies | 20,530 | 68.0 | N/A | |
Ind. Labour Party | Claude Stanfield | 9,640 | 32.0 | -37.4 | |
Majority | 10,890 | 36.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,170 | 68.8 | -12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 43,842 | ||||
Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. O. Davies | 24,879 | 81.4 | +13.4 | |
Independent Labour | Samuel Jennings | 5,693 | 18.6 | New | |
Majority | 19,186 | 62.8 | +36.8 | ||
Turnout | 30,572 | 68.6 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 44,540 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
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