1954 Aberdare by-election
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The 1954 Aberdare by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 28 October 1954 for the British House of Commons constituency of Aberdare in Wales. The seat had become vacant when the Labour member of parliament (MP), David Thomas had died on 20 June 1954. Thomas had held the seat since the 1946 by-election. The Labour candidate, Arthur Probert held the seat for the party. He remained the constituency's MP until his retirement at the February 1974 general election.
Result
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Gwynfor Evans | 5,671 | 16.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Michael Roberts | 5,158 | 14.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 18,987 | 53.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 35,487 | 69.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 50,916 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | ||||
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References
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- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary election results 1950-1970 (1 ed.). Chichester: Political Reference Publications. Template:ISBN. Page 553
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