1934 Merthyr by-election
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The 1934 Merthyr by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 5 June 1934 for the British House of Commons constituency of Merthyr in Wales.
The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Richard Wallhead had died on 27 April 1934, aged 64. He had won the seat at the 1922 general election as a Labour candidate. At the 1931 general election, he had been returned as an Independent Labour Party (ILP) candidate, but had rejoined the Labour Party in 1933.
The Labour candidate, S. O. Davies, held the seat for his party.
Result
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | J. Victor Evans | 10,376 | 28.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Campbell Stephen | 3,508 | 9.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Wal Hannington | 3,409 | 9.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 8,269 | 22.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 35,938 | 81.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno | Swing | +55.7 | |||
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See also
- Merthyr constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Lists of United Kingdom by-elections
- United Kingdom by-election records
References
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- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. Template:ISBN. Page 538
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Further reading
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